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Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher Training

Tribal Colleges Praise New Funds for Teacher TrainingBILLINGS, Mont. — One thousand new American Indian teachers will be trained over the next five years, thanks to a $10 million congressional appropriation, the American Indian College Fund announced late last month. The money will create the American Indian Corps of Teachers, part of President Clinton’s initiative […]

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Appalachian, American Indian Students Bridge Cultural Divide

Appalachian, American Indian Students Bridge Cultural DivideCUMBERLAND, Ky. — Kristen Foley, a fourth-generation resident in Harlan County, is separated by 1,253 miles from some new friends — Sioux Indians living on the Rosebud Reservation in Mission, S.D. Through a course offered jointly at Southeast Community College here and at Sinte Gleska University on the reservation, […]

Tribal College Students Petition Congress for More Financial Help

Tribal College Students Petition Congress for More Financial HelpSANTA FE, N.M. — Students at the Institute of American Indian Arts have started a letter-writing campaign to Congress and are seeking help from their tribes, saying the school needs more support than it’s getting. Under a compromise version of funding for the school, the institute is […]

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American Indian Colleges Get $30M

American Indian Colleges Get $30MWASHINGTON — Tribal colleges struggling on campuses cobbled together from old Army barracks, double-wide trailers or decommissioned high schools are getting a $30 million donation to help with construction and renovation.“We’re aware of the conditions at these tribal colleges, and felt that since we had the resources, we’d like to be […]

Making the Circle a Circle

Making the Circle a CircleOf the myriad challenges facing Native American college students, retention appears to be the most dauntingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Leaving the reservation for college wasn’t too hard for Rozanna Benaly, a Utah teen who already had lived away from home at the Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington.But it’s different this time. School […]

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Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting

Tribal College Advisory Board Holds First Meeting WASHINGTON — Agendas were set and board members were sworn in as 13 of the 15 members of the President’s Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities gathered here in July for the group’s inaugural meeting.Carrie L. Billy, executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges […]

Teaching Tolerance

Teaching ToleranceWASHINGTON — Many colleges and universities have found that admitting a diverse student body is just the beginning of creating a diverse campus. Without conscious attempts at educating students about how to get along with others, some students may feel threatened or hostile and do things that are destructive to other students and to […]

The Top 100: Interpreting the Data

The Top 100: Interpreting the DataEight years and running. Since 1992, I have provided Black Issues with a set of lists enumerating the colleges and universities that have conferred the highest number of degrees to students of color. The first Top 100 issue examined degree production during the 1988-89 academic year. In this year’s issue, […]

BI News Briefs

Badillo Appointed to Chair CUNY’s Board NEW YORK — Herman Badillo, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s top education adviser, has been named the next chairman of the board of the City University of New York, the nation’s largest urban university system. Gov. George Pataki appointed him late last month. “Herman Badillo and the governor share a commitment […]

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Notre Dame Gets First Black Mascot

Notre Dame Gets First Black MascotSOUTH BEND, Ind. — It’s hard to miss the vivid color of Michael Brown’s uniform as the leprechaun mascot for the University of Notre Dame. But these days it is the color of Brown’s skin that has captured the attention of many longtime Fighting Irish fans. The sophomore business major […]

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