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Latinx

Wal-Mart Foundation Gives Over $4 Million to Institute for Higher Education Policy

The Wal-Mart Foundation has announced a $4.2 million grant to support programs to increase first-generation student success at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and tribal colleges and universities.

October 14, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Tribal College Presidents Will Reflect on Century

Four speakers will address the “Tribal College Presidents’ Perspectives on the Last 100 Years” at the 20th Annual “Consider the Century” conference on Friday, Oct. 10, the South Dakota State University announced.

October 6, 2008

Native Americans

17 Tribal Colleges Win Grants

Seventeen tribal colleges have been awarded $4 million through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Tribal College Grant program to buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance improvements.

September 29, 2008

Native Americans

Alaska and Washington Schools Win Grants

Grants to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Interior Aleutian campus and the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash., have been announced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

September 16, 2008

Native Americans

$5 Million Awarded to Tribal Colleges

Seven Native American colleges and universities will share $5 million to expand, renovate, and equip their own facilities, to improve student housing, and to support construction of new facilities. the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.

September 16, 2008

Native Americans

Tribal College Expanding Campus

United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck is officially marking the start of a campus expansion with a ceremony Friday at a 135-acre tract of land immediately south of the current campus.

September 7, 2008

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.

August 24, 2008

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.

August 6, 2008

Students

STAYING TRUE TO ITS MISSION

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

August 6, 2008

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.

August 5, 2008

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.

July 16, 2008

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.

June 11, 2008