Salish Kootenai College RISE II Program Plan

萨利什·库特奈学院 RISE II 项目计划

• 批准号: 7934431
• 负责人: DOUGLAS K STEVENS
• 金额: $ 46.21万
• 依托单位: SALISH KOOTENAI COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7934431
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; American Indians; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; Benchmarking; Biological Sciences; Body Size; Commit; Communication; Computers; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Effectiveness; Engineering; Evaluation; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Health; Heart Diseases; Human; Indian reservation; Institution; Internships; Knowledge; Leadership; Life; Mainstreaming; Measurable; Measures; Mentors; Methodology; Montana; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Native Americans; Obesity; Outcome Assessment; Population; Qualifying; Research; Reservations; Resources; Role; Salish Kootenai College; Science; Students; Thinking; Training; Tribes; Underrepresented Minority; Work; base; experience; high school; literacy; meetings; member; programs; public health relevance; skills; social integration; success; teacher; tribal college

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Salish Kootenai College (SKC) is a tribal college located on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. SKC currently offers 8 Bachelor's degree programs, 11 Associate's degree programs, and 7 Certificate of Completion programs. Typically, the student body size averages approximately 900-1000 students and between 50-100 Tribes are represented in any given academic year. This proposal is a renewal of an NIGMS RISE first awarded to SKC in 2006 (RISE I) that successfully developed and implemented an academically rigorous Associate of Science degree aimed at successful "2+2" matriculation of Native American students into the junior year at mainstream institutions and institutionalized a research culture at SKC. Building on the momentum of RISE I, SKC is requesting support for this RISE renewal (RISE II) with the following specific aims: 1) Engage students in a new, rigorous BS degree in Life Science that allows students to develop knowledge and skills required for advancement towards graduate programs, and 2) Increase the retention and academic success of American Indian students in tracks leading to PhD degrees in biomedical. Components of this new degree will include strong academic and social integration activities, both of which have been shown to be important in underrepresented minorities succeeding in the sciences. These include: inquiry-based coursework using recognized educational best practices, comprehensive research lab experience with intensive one-on-one student mentoring, development of critical thinking, presentation skills, and participation in national science meetings, all within the cultural framework of a tribal college that promotes program retention. Working in concert with this RISE II proposal are other, synergistic SKC programs, such as a new NSF-STEEP award to develop a BS (Secondary Education) to train Native high school science teachers and an ongoing NSF TCUP that has contributed to the development of both the BS (LS) and BS (Computer Engineering) programs. This proposal also includes a comprehensive evaluation plan to track the success of the program. This will be the first biological science-based Bachelor's degree to be offered at a tribal college and its support is critical to increasing numbers of Native students entering bioscience PhD programs at mainstream institutions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project seeks funds to support a new BS (Life Sciences) degree program at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), a tribal college on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. Support of this project will increase the numbers of Native Americans entering into and completing biomedical PhD programs. This will provide a pipeline for trained professionals culturally competent to address issues of health (diabetes, heart disease, obesity) among underserved, Native populations.

描述（由申请人提供）：萨利什库特奈学院 (SKC) 是一所部落学院，位于蒙大拿州西部弗拉特黑德印第安人保留地。 SKC 目前提供 8 个学士学位课程、11 个副学士学位课程和 7 个结业证书课程。通常，任何特定学年的学生人数平均约为 900-1000 名学生，并且有 50-100 个部落代表。 该提案是 2006 年首次授予 SKC 的 NIGMS RISE (RISE I) 的更新，该项目成功开发并实施了学术严谨的理学副学士学位，旨在成功地将美国原住民学生“2+2”录取到主流大学三年级SKC 的研究文化制度化。 在 RISE I 的势头基础上，SKC 请求对 RISE 更新（RISE II）的支持，其具体目标如下： 1) 让学生攻读新的、严格的生命科学学士学位，使学生能够发展以下领域所需的知识和技能：研究生课程的进步，以及 2) 提高美国印第安人学生在获得生物医学博士学位的道路上的保留率和学术成功率。这个新学位的组成部分将包括强有力的学术和社会融合活动，这两者都已被证明对于代表性不足的少数族裔在科学领域取得成功非常重要。其中包括：使用公认的教育最佳实践的基于探究的课程作业、全面的研究实验室经验以及密集的一对一学生指导、批判性思维的发展、演讲技巧以及参加国家科学会议，所有这些都在部落的文化框架内。促进课程保留的大学。与 RISE II 提案相配合的是其他协同 SKC 计划，例如新的 NSF-STEEP 奖项，旨在培养 BS（中等教育）以培训本地高中科学教师，以及正在进行的 NSF TCUP，该奖项有助于发展BS（LS）和BS（计算机工程）课程。该提案还包括一个全面的评估计划，以跟踪该计划的成功。这将是部落学院提供的第一个基于生物科学的学士学位，其支持对于越来越多的土著学生进入主流机构进入生物科学博士课程至关重要。 公共健康相关性：该项目寻求资金支持萨利什库特奈学院 (SKC) 的新 BS（生命科学）学位课程，该学院是蒙大拿州弗拉特黑德保留地的一所部落学院。该项目的支持将增加进入并完成生物医学博士课程的美洲原住民数量。这将为训练有素、具有文化能力的专业人员提供渠道，以解决服务不足的原住民群体的健康问题（糖尿病、心脏病、肥胖）。