Tribal College Grant Programs

1. Tribal College Grant Programs Similarities… and Specialties

2. Land Grant Mission • All universities engage in research and teaching • The nation's more than 100 land-grant colleges and universities, have a third critical mission—extension. • "Extension" means solving public needs with college or university resources through non-formal, non-credit programs.

3. 1994 Land Grant Mission • Primarily serve Native Americans • Underserved remote communities • Native American students/communities celebrate their cultural and historical identity. (Culturally relevant curriculum) • Higher education programs involving teaching, community outreach, and research.

4. Where Our Programs “Live” • Equity ---In a classroom • Endowment –On a campus • Extension--In a community • Research--A research field/a laboratory

5. Poverty Alleviation Youth Rodeo Community Gardens Elder Outreach Food Safety Worker Safety Juvenile Recidivism Renewable energy Native Arts/Crafts AV Safety Water Quality Pre-School Literacy Training Women’s Issues Horticulture Ag marketing Master Gardner Physical Activity Job Training Parenting Economic Community Environmental

6. Engine Building

7. Similarities

8. Equity Top Themes

9. Top Research Themes

10. Top Extension Themes

11. Research & Equity

12. Don’t research projects strongly encourage student involvement? Don’t equity projects promote experiential learning? Research and Equity

13. How Equity Can Help Research • Errors in data gathering undermine my work/peer credibility ---plus I don’t need lab accidents • Will the interns take this seriously? • Will the interns have the math skills I need • What if no one shows up? • Equity-funded class: “Principals of Research” covers safety and technique required of all interns • Youth Peer Panels evaluate who gets to participate. Must recruit/mentor new comers. • Math requirement—Equity funds STEM recovery • Equity-funded recruitment event with lab and field tour, hosted by interns Equity Research

14. Research and Extension

15. Applications for nutrition research are on the rise--how do they reach communities? How do extension nutrition projects get the best information to clients... Research and Extension

16. Mutual Benefits A need for surveys on attitudes and practices that capture focus populations candidly and respectfully A wealth of scientific expertise and knowledge waiting to be used A community ready to share—and guide surveys so that research is relevant to them A mission to provide the community with the best science-based information available Extension Research

17. Equity and Extension

18. Equity and Extension

19. Equity and Extension • Have a similar grant pattern of continuations on a four-year cycle • Influence stakeholders and each other in “hard to quantify” ways (It’s there, but how to put it in a database or CRIS report?)

20. It’s NOT always about numbers

21. Differences How Subjects are delivered

22. Key Equity Delivery Methods

23. Key Extension Delivery Methods

24. Key Research Delivery Methods

25. Specialties

26. Extension Specialties

27. SUMMARY • Equity, Research and Extension have subject overlap • Equity, Research and Extension specialize in how they address subjects • They also have special projects where schools might network and collaborate • Ample opportunity for program leverage

28. Next Steps Verify counts—what do tribal colleges see? What do their course catalogues say? Students: What classes to they want? What future excites them about learning? What do other stakeholders value?