ICE-TI: Building Capacity and Pathways to STEM Degrees

ICE-TI：能力建设和通往 STEM 学位的途径

• 批准号: 2326616
• 负责人: Allen Derks
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: White Earth Tribal and Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-15 至 2029-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2326616&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ICE; TI; Building; Capacity; Pathways

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings at these institutions expands the opportunities for their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover may serve as a model and impetus for similar institutions of higher education to develop degree programs. The connection of faculty to the development of novel opportunities for programs of study that ensure successful transfer to local employment, particularly tribal employment, or to baccalaureate studies at nearby universities will demonstrate the essentiality of engaging full-time, credentialed STEM faculty devoted to a specific strand of study and preparation. Moreover, for those students entering the workforce directly from a tribal college it is crucially important that they have a well-defined skill set in mathematics, science, and technology for entry into the STEM workforce. This project provides an accredited STEM associate of science (AS) degree in the natural sciences at White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) for students who may then transfer to a local university for upper division studies to pursue a baccalaureate degree or be prepared for employment at local, particularly tribal, service organizations. The AS project recognizes and furthers students’ ability to pursue degrees in the natural sciences to include chemistry and physics, in addition to biology—a degree that can have a significant benefit to the career and life options for TCU students. The increase in specialized STEM faculty, specifically chemistry and physics, ensures that the curricular offerings have relevance more broadly to related programs of study. Strengthening the natural sciences provides a grounding and assists student success and matriculation into other programs of study, including health sciences, that are sometimes marginalized by funding agencies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

部落学院和大学计划 (TCUP) 的目标是提高为国家土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 教学和研究能力。机构为学生提供了在 STEM 领域追求具有挑战性、回报丰厚的职业的机会，提供可能具有文化意义的领域的研究，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。此外，还可以作为类似高等教育机构开发学位课程的典范和推动力，将教师与新的学习项目发展机会联系起来，确保成功转移到当地就业，特别是部落就业，或。在附近大学攻读学士学位将证明聘请全职、有资格的 STEM 教师致力于特定的学习和准备工作的重要性。此外，对于那些直接从部落学院进入劳动力市场的学生来说，拥有一个至关重要的能力。明确的该项目为白土部落和社区学院 (WETCC) 的学生提供获得认可的 STEM 自然科学副学士学位 (AS)，然后学生可以转学到该学院。当地一所大学，进行高年级学习，以攻读学士学位或为在当地（特别是部落）服务组织就业做好准备。AS 项目认可并提高学生攻读自然科学学位（包括化学和物理学）的能力。到生物学——一个对 TCU 学生的职业和生活选择有重大好处的学位。专业 STEM 教师的增加，特别是化学和物理，确保了课程设置与相关学习项目具有更广泛的相关性。科学提供了基础，帮助学生成功并入读其他反映学习的项目，包括健康科学，这些项目有时会被资助机构削弱。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的评估，被认为值得支持影响审查标准。