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Officials with the University of North Dakota (UND) Department of Social Work and Sitting Bull College (SBC, Fort Yates, ND) are collaborating on a new undergraduate social work degree.
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Haskell develops new interdisciplinary program
Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU, Lawrence, KS) is in the process of developing its fifth four-year degree program, a bachelor’s degree program in interdisciplinary liberal studies (ILS).
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FBCC grads succeed in nursing consortium
Fort Berthold Community College (FBCC, New Town, ND) is the only tribal college that is an equal partner in the Dakota Nursing Program (DNP).
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AIHEC partners with feds on climate change
With funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE), and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) have partnered to bring tribal colleges and universities into the climate-change-education community established by the Climate,
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LPTC Comparing Mayan Culture with Ho-Chunk
Multi-culturalism is a well-known buzzword amongst educators these days. The faculty members at Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) in Winnebago, NE, are no exception. Partnering with faculty at Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha,
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Tribal Colleges Initiate Space Programs
Three members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) will be building space programs thanks to a new minority partnership program initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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UTTC Takes Lead in Tourism Development
United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck, N.D., has received funding from the U.S. Labor Department to develop a two-year tribal tourism curriculum emphasizing tribal art,
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Fond du Lac Prepares Students for Finance
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) is promoting business and financial services in the American Indian community with a two-year Associate of Science degree and a certificate program.
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Dull Knife Instructor Opening USDA Doors
Dull Knife Memorial College has taken a leadership role in several efforts designed to benefit all of the tribal colleges’ and universities’ land grant activities.
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NWIC Training Tomorrow’s Land Managers
The first cohort of students has graduated from Northwest Indian College’s Tribal Environmental Resource Management program. As part of its contract with the National Science Foundation,
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Inventing New Approaches to Tribal Education
Instead of modeling failed educational programs put forth by mainstream American education institutions, tribal colleges are developing programs based on the values, beliefs, and culture of their own tribes.
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Making Science Interesting
Children as young as ten will benefit from a grant awarded to Fond du Lac Community College for a new computer science and engineering curriculum.
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First Four-year Business Degree Offered by Sinte Gleska University
Responding to the growing need for business expertise on the Rosebud Reservation of South Dakota, Sinte Gleska University is now offering a four-year degree in business administration.
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Tribal College Entrepreneurship Programs: The family emphasis
On the surface, entrepreneurship programs at tribal colleges seem to follow the small business and entrepreneur curriculum designs of conventional, non-Indian colleges, but a closer examination of course content and objectives at tribal colleges reveals an emerging pattern that traditional, non-Indian colleges would do well to follow.
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Teaching to Empower: Tribal colleges must promote leadership and self determination in their reservations
Oglala Lakota College President Elgin Bad Wound makes the case for tribal colleges’ promotion of leadership and self-determination on their reservations.
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These Are Ancient Traditions and They Don’t Grow Old
Two faculty members from Navajo Community College document the work in progress to integrate both Navajo and Western systems of knowledge in its curriculum.
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Little Hoop College Teams with Tribal Industry
The Devil’s Lake Sioux Reservation suffers from the same high unemployment rates that burden many Indian communities.
But Little Hoop Community College is joining with tribal businesses and industry,
