Education

Features

• Learning for Life: General education must be a priority, argues Brian Palecek

  Paul Boyer

  United Tribes Technical College instructor Brian Palecek talks about the value of general education.

• Seize the Day: Tribal colleges must focus on the future

  Larry Belgarde

  Tribal colleges must focus on research, leadership and mutual support, according to Larry Belgarde.

• For Good Measure: Colleges must prove their students are learning. It’s a task easier said than done

  Jack Barden

  What, exactly, do students learn in college? Jack Barden reports that American colleges and universities are now expected to know the answer.

• Who Should Pass Judgment?: Tribal colleges must be responsible for their own accreditation

  Cheryl Crazy Bull

  Sinte Gleska University Vice President Cheryl Crazy Bull urges tribal colleges to pursue self-accreditation.

• Giving Accreditation Where Accreditation is Due: An interview with Patricia Thrash

  Paul Boyer

  An interview with Patricia Thrash of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

• Going the Distance: Tribal college educators approach telecommunications with caution, but most like what they see

  Marjane Ambler

  Telecommunications may allow tribal colleges to create a unique university without walls.

Editor's Essay

• A Brief History of a Young Journal: Tribal college celebrates five years of publication

  Paul Boyer

  Six years ago, while preparing to write a report on tribally controlled colleges, I spent several days at Salish Kootenai College in western Montana. At the time,

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