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Shannon Finley became the new executive director of the American Indian College Fund on September 1. The former deputy director, Finley will head up the American Indian College Fund’s new national office in Denver.
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IAIA Faces Uncertain Future
Friends of the Institute for American Indian Arts succeeded in rescuing the college in Santa Fe, N.M., from closing its doors last summer, but they convinced Congress to provide funds for only one year.
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Accreditation Notes–
State of Kansas education officials approved the first four-year college program at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, in July. The Kansas State Board of Education granted provisional accreditation to Haskell’s new teacher education program.
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Montana Decision Termed a “Miracle”
The Montana Legislature has agreed to pay tribal colleges part of the costs for educating non-Indian students. The decision was described as a “miracle” by Fort Peck Community College President James Shanley,
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U.N. Promotes Tribal Colleges
On December 23, 1994, the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly voted to extend the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People (1993) into an International Decade (1995-2004).
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Kellogg Foundation Announces Major Initiative
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched a major initiative in August to help colleges and universities across the United States create new learning opportunities for Native Americans.
