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Leadership & Policy

California’s Only Tribal College Still Struggling After 35 Years

Thirty-five years after a group of American Indians and Mexican Americans scaled a…

November 8, 2005

Native Americans

Congressional Conference Committee Approves Funding for Tribal College

A House-Senate conference committee has approved a Department of the Interior appropriations bill that would include

October 5, 2005

Students

Tribal Colleges Want State Lottery Scholarships

Four tribal college presidents want their students to be eligible for the state lottery scholarship…

October 2, 2005

Students

Setting The Record Straight

Dr. Jon Quistgaard is unhappy with the way the national media has portrayed the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota Story:

August 24, 2005

Leadership & Policy

California Tribal College Loses Accreditation, Closes

California Tribal College Loses Accreditation, ClosesWOODLAND, Calif. American Indian leaders who tried to save California’s only tribal college say that problems at D-Q University are insurmountable. The two-year college in rural Yolo County lost its accreditation in January, after school officials failed to fix financial and management troubles.  “We realize the school has reached its […]

March 23, 2005

Native Americans

New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern Tribes

New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern TribesHARTFORD, Conn. The modern-day reawakening of American Indian groups across New England could spawn something never seen on the East Coast: a college dedicated to the region’s estimated 40,000 people with native roots. A tribal college would offer a connecting point for New England’s […]

December 15, 2004

Students

On The Right Path

On The Right PathOver the past 20 years, colleges and universities continue to experience an increase in the number of American Indian/Alaska Native students receiving degreesAccounting for only 1 percent of the total U.S. population, American Indians have a 60 percent to 70 percent high school dropout rate, the highest among all minority groups. At […]

June 16, 2004

Latinx

‘Change Takes Time’

‘Change Takes Time’While the names have changed — and some of the laws — many age-old debates in higher education have remained the same over the past 20 yearsBy Charles DervaricsIn the 1980s, a Republican president led a defense build-up in response to foreign crises, and his education secretary chided the establishment on school reform. […]

June 16, 2004

Sports

Riding the Crest of a Wave

Riding the Crest of a WaveOne of Black Issues’ first writers reflects on the growth of a well-timed publicationBy Eileen M. O’BrienIt’s always fun to ride the crest of a wave. As one of the first writers at Black Issues In Higher Education, I quickly realized the publication had impeccable timing, covering diversity and minority-serving […]

June 16, 2004

MSIs

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says

More Outreach Needed to Increase USDA Grant Funding, Report Says By Charles Dervarics More outreach from the U.S. Department of Agriculture could help minority-serving colleges and universities better compete for grant funding, a federal watchdog agency says. In a new report, the U.S. General Accounting Office says minority-serving institutions (MSIs) received less than 2 percent […]

June 18, 2003

Students

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek Change

Minority-Serving Institutions Join Forces to Seek ChangeBy Charles Dervarics In an effort to promote mutual goals, leaders of Black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges are endorsing an ambitious agenda that includes a doubling of the maximum Pell grant and new incentives to promote student enrollment in math, science, teaching and other high-demand specialties. With […]

March 12, 2003

Native Americans

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense Funds

Tribal Colleges Receive Department of Defense FundsBy Charles Dervarics Thirteen tribal colleges will gain new funds from the Pentagon under a program designed for Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions. The 13 colleges will receive $3.3 million under the Department of Defense’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program, which is […]

January 1, 2003