Engineering Studies at Tribal Colleges and Universities (2006) / Chapter Skim
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Eleven TCUs responded to the invitation (about one-third of the TCUs at the time) : Blackfeet Community College, Montana; Chief Dull Knife College, Montana; College of the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin; Crownpoint Institute of Technology, New Mexico; Fort Berthold Community College, North Dakota; Haskell Indian Nations University, Kansas; Salish Kootenai College (SKC)
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They include: making it possible for American Indian students to complete a four-year engineering degree entirely within the tribal college system; reducing the high attrition rate of American Indian students who attend mainstream educational institutions; and providing an engineering program that is culturally relevant to tribal students. ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING The working group requested that NAE conduct a workshop -- formally referred to by the National Academies as a consensus study -- under the sponsorship of the dean of engineering at SKC for the purpose of providing expert, objective, independent advice to the working group.
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The workshop agenda is provided in Appendix B, and a list of invited experts is provided in Appendix C The committee met at the conclusion of the workshop to draft the letter report.
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