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Non Technical Summary
The long-term goal of this project is to address the shortage of American Indian professionals by recruiting, educating, and retaining American Indians in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human science (FANH) disciplines. The most noticeable impact will be the increase in American Indians graduating in FANH to become the next generation of professionals in Tribal and rural communities in Wisconsin and beyond. This project is committed to serving the entire population of the Menominee Nation and Band of Lake Superior Chippewa people, including K-12 students and current students at CMN and LCOOU to enroll in FANH programs. In addition, community members will learn about FANH and potential career opportunities.This project aligns with the NEXTGEN program goals by increasing the number of professionals in FANH programs, promoting Federal FANH career opportunities, and will assist in closing the gaps in diversity by providing scholarships, experiential learning, and non-formal learning opportunities to American Indian students.In the end, the project will assess at least four academics, implement one new FANH academic program at CMN, create articulation and course sharing agreements between TCUs, recruit 15 students a year into FANH programs, host summer institute at 45 youth annually, reach at least 80 students through early college opportunities and provide experiential learning opportunities, and provide community members opportunities to increase awareness and knowledge in FANH.
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Goals / Objectives
The long-term goal of this project is to address the shortage of American Indian professionals by recruiting, educating, and retaining American Indians in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human science (FANH) disciplines.This project has established the following outcome-based goals to guide the success of the project.During the project period, CMN and LCOOU will strengthen the pathways in FANH by redesigning, developing, delivering, and expanding educational opportunities to increase Tracking Number:GRANT1376987Funding 4 Opportunity Number:USDA-NIFA-ARPAED-009362 Received Date:Dec 13, 2022 06:19:59 PM EST 7 awareness in FANH programs for students and tribal members (Students scholarships, experiential learning)During the project period, CMN and LCOOU will promote and provide learning opportunities to engage primary, middle school and secondary students in FANH opportunities and career exploration (experiential learning, outreach and engagement)During the project period, CMN and LCOOU will address the employment gaps in FANH on and near their perspective reservations (outreach and engagement).
Project Methods
CMN has a process that reports results that improve educational opportunities and programs. This evaluation plan will identify qualitative indicators and simple quantitative scores from surveys of participating faculty, staff, and students to effectively evaluate the impact of this program. The annual evaluation will be conducted by an internal evaluation team, and the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC). WEC will provide a Technical Assistance Evaluation (TEA) provider to support the internal evaluation team who will be leading the comprehensive aspects of an outcome evaluation. WEC will bring traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous evaluation, and complexity systems evaluation expertise to the outcome evaluation work and the project generally. This will help plan and co-create an outcome evaluation in year one and in years two through five, WEC will assist to co-create instruments, meet monthly with the evaluation or project leadership regarding data collection and evaluation and will provide input and detailed technical feedback on key documents, reports, or presentations.