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Native Americans

Partnership Receives Gates and Lumina Grants

The Partnership for Native American College Access and Success received $292,000 from the Gates Foundation and $195,000 from the Lumina Foundation to strengthen postsecondary curriculum for Native students and create a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree for Native Americans in Muckleshoot and Tulalip communities, Evergreen State College announced.

Native Americans

Keeping With Traditions

With the 2008 Olympic Games taking place in Beijing this month, approximately 4 billion viewers worldwide will tune into the two week-long event.

Students

STAYING TRUE TO ITS MISSION

Celebrating 40 years, the tribal college movement remains committed to sustaining native culture, language and community, officials say.

Students

Tribal Colleges Stay True to Mission

Celebrating 40 years, the tribal college movement remains committed to sustaining native culture, language and community, officials say.

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges-Grants — North Dakota Tribal Colleges Getting Grants

Three tribal colleges in North Dakota are getting federal grants totaling nearly $6 million to improve academic quality, the state’s congressional delegation says.

Leadership & Policy

It’s All About Degrees Conferred

College rankings have always been a bit controversial, but over the last year debates over such lists, particularly U.S. News’ rankings, have really heated up.

HBCUs

Feds Fund Three Types of Minority-serving Institutions

Under new education department programs, money for eligible colleges and universities is up for grabs.

Leadership & Policy

A Tribal College With an ‘Edge’

Created out of the need to preserve the native language of the Cheyenne tribe, CATC opens its doors in Oklahoma.

HBCUs

Feds Fund Three Types of MSIs

Money for Predominantly Black-serving, non-tribal American Indian-serving and Asian-serving institutions is up for grabs.

Native Americans

American Indian Higher Education Consortium Prepares for New Leadership

Carrie Billy of the Navajo tribe will take over the position of executive director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium effective June 1.

Native Americans

DIVERSIFYING PEDAGOGY

Indigenous Ways of Knowing has been making its way out of tribal colleges into mainstream universities, but this method of teaching has its critics.

Leadership & Policy

Returning Home

As part of our tribute to female college presidents, Diverse talks with Dr. Linda Warner, president of Haskell Indian Nations University.

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