Partnership for Advanced Marine and Environmental Science Training for Pacific Islanders

太平洋岛民海洋和环境科学高级培训伙伴关系通过太平洋岛屿社区学院改善大学和中学的技术教育，支持制定与区域相关的课程，社区学院教员和中学教师的专业发展，教员、教师和学生的实习和实地经验，以及加强参与机构的科学基础设施。这些活动包括举办讲习班，提供开展相关研究的培训和必要工具，制定区域两年制学院和少数民族大学海洋和环境科学方案之间的衔接协议，研究经验和合作，中学教师和学生支持，并将在NSF和NOAA支持的现有项目的基础上，满足美国的科学和技术需求。附属太平洋岛屿：美属萨摩亚、北方马里亚纳群岛联邦、密克罗尼西亚联邦、马歇尔群岛共和国和帕劳共和国。 太平洋岛屿拥有高度多样化和独特的珊瑚礁和陆地生态系统，由于发展压力、过度捕捞的影响、沉积物造成的沿海污染以及农用化学品的使用增加，这些生态系统面临更大程度的压力和退化。群岛及其人口的未来取决于当地资源管理者、决策者和利益攸关方的技术技能和知识。以文化上适当的方式提供获得准确和充分信息的关键途径的一个有效手段是加强地方高等教育机构的能力：美属萨摩亚社区学院、密克罗尼西亚联邦学院、马歇尔群岛学院、北方马里亚纳学院和帕劳社区学院。当地机构、企业和利益相关者的投入将确定社区大学毕业生填补政府和私营部门职位所需的技能。

The Partnership for Advanced Marine and Environmental Science Training for Pacific Islanders improves technological education at the undergraduate and secondary school levels through the community colleges of the Pacific Islands by supporting regionally relevant curriculum development, the professional development of community college faculty and secondary school teachers, internships and field experiences for faculty, teachers, and students, and by strengthening the scientific infrastructure of the participating institutions. The activities include workshops that provide both training and the necessary tools to perform relevant research, development of articulation agreements between marine and environmental sciences programs at regional two-year colleges and minority-serving universities, research experiences and collaborations, secondary school teacher and student support, and will build on existing programs supported by NSF and NOAA to address the scientific and technical needs of the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands: American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. The Pacific Islands contain highly diverse and unique coral reef and terrestrial ecosystems that are under elevated levels of stress and degradation due to development pressures, the effects of overfishing, and coastal pollution from sedimentation and the increased use of agrochemicals. The future of the Islands and their populations depends on the technical skills and knowledge available to local resource managers, policy makers and stakeholders. An effective means of providing critical access to accurate and adequate information, in a culturally appropriate manner, is to strengthen the capacity of the local institutions of higher education: American Samoa Community College, the College of Micronesia - FSM, the College of the Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas College, and Palau Community College. Input from local agencies, businesses and stakeholders will identify the skills needed by community college graduates to fill positions within the government and private sector.