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Wakshul, Barbra – Winds of Change, 1994
Profiles 11 companies and government agencies that work in partnership with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) to improve the science and math education of American Indian students. Support to AISES chapters, schools, colleges, and universities is given through scholarship monies, fellowships, internships, and goods and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Corporate Support, Educational Improvement, Educational Opportunities
Hamilton, Candy – Winds of Change, 1993
In a program sponsored by the Apple Crossroads III Educational Grant, American Indian students at Pine Ridge High School (Oglala, South Dakota) use computers to enhance their study of Lakota history and culture and other subjects and to communicate with other schools. This program has increased student interest in school and improved student test…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Sorensen, Barbara – Winds of Change, 1999
The Summer Institute in Computer Science (SICS) at the University of California in Irvine invites Native American community college students to spend 6 weeks studying computer science. The students live on campus and intern with a large corporation, sharpening computer skills and establishing mentoring relationships with business professionals.…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, College Programs, Community, Computer Literacy
Evans, Lara – Winds of Change, 1996
A partnership between Intel Corporation, a tribal K-12 school, a public school system serving a reservation community, and the American Indian and Science Engineering Society resulted in plans for developing technical education centers, a community-based curriculum, a college success program, a teacher enhancement project, and other strategies for…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Corporate Support, Corporations, Curriculum Development