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Native Americans

Mayville State, Tribal College Considering Agreement

MAYVILLE, N.D. Officials at Mayville State University and Cankdeska Cikana tribal college on the Spirit Lake Sioux reservation are considering a range of possible cooperative agreements. They include delivering four-year degree courses to Spirit Lake graduates on the tribal campus, through the Internet, interactive video and visiting professors, said Keith Stenehjem, Mayville’s vice president for […]

December 11, 2007

Tribal Colleges: The Model For Cultural- and Community-based Education Reform

Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling’s Commission’s report, “A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education” denotes much-needed reforms in higher education. The report, which emphasizes that all Americans need access to higher education to thrive in today’s global economy, highlights the needs of the Black, Hispanic and low-income communities, but it fails to address those of American Indians.

November 28, 2007

Montana Tribal College Dreams Big, Celebrates 30th Anniversary

PABLO Mont. If she wanted to, Lois Slater wouldn’t have to go any farther than a mirror to find a compelling story about how educational opportunities can turn a life around.

November 7, 2007

Native Americans

Spokane Tribal College Opens Second Campus

Spokane Tribal College, an institution that specializes in providing a culturally appropriate higher education for Native American students in eastern Washington state, has expanded its facilities to accommodate a larger population of American Indians living in Spokane, Wash.

November 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box.

October 31, 2007

New Pact Makes It Easier for Tribal College Students to Transfer to UW-Madison

MADISON, Wis. An agreement was signed Monday between the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the College of the Menominee Nation that will make full student transfers possible between the two schools, the first formal arrangement with a tribal school in the state.

October 31, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Title III Grant Helps Expand Distance Education In Indian Country

BISMARCK, N.D. A grant from the U. S. Department of Education will enhance the distance education programs at United Tribes Technical College.

October 31, 2007

Native Americans

Just the Stats: Investment in STEM Programs at Tribal Colleges Working

A new study shows that investment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs at tribal colleges boosts the number of American Indians pursuing STEM degrees.

October 31, 2007

Tribal Colleges

New Pact Makes It Easier for Menominee Students to Transfer to UW-Madison

MADISON Wis. Menominee students will have an easier time transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Madison thanks to a new agreement between the university and a tribal college.

October 29, 2007

How MSIs Fared in the Budget Agreement

House and Senate negotiators have finalized a higher education investment package with a significant Pell grant increase along with an additional $500 million for minority-serving institutions such as Black colleges and Hispanic-serving universities.

September 6, 2007

Just the Stats: How to Increase Minority Presence in STEM Fields at Your Institution

A few weeks ago, I started to look at the programs that work to boost minority participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, specifically Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) is another successful program that focuses on helping STEM students by providing long-term institutional funding to Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, and tribal colleges and universities. The National Science Foundation provides funding for both programs.

July 18, 2007

A United Way

Capitalizing on the Opportunity for Black/Latino Cooperation

July 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

To educate a nation; Native American tribe hopes to bring higher education to an Arizona reservation – Tohono O’Odham Nation, Papago Indian Reservation, Sells, Arizona

When the Tohono O’Odham Nation’s surveyed its members last year about barriers that they faced to obtaining a college degree, recurring themes kept cropping up. The nearest college to the Sells, Arizona community was more than an hour’s drive away. Moving to a city with a college was not an option for others. And many found the high cost of big-city rent prohibitive.

July 12, 2007

Washington UPDATE

ED Backs Continued Default-Rate Exemption for HBCUs

July 12, 2007

HBCUs, HSIs at odds over Title III criteria – aid in doubt at Hispanic and Black-serving educational institutions

The Clinton adminstration is touting a new Hispanic Initiative that targets both students and colleges, and may leave some tough decisions for congressional leaders and educators of color.

July 11, 2007

1998 Ad

Congress returns to work this month facing a litany of major education issues affecting African Americans and other students of color.

July 11, 2007

Who speaks for you? – representatives of colored people in government’s higher education policy

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans has a new director, but who is speaking for other underrepresented groups?

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Former state Indian Affairs official named to UND search panel

BISMARCK N.D. A tribal college president and former director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission has been appointed to the committee that will recruit the University of North Dakota’s new president.

July 2, 2007

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