ERIC ED451818: Building Strong Communities: Tribal Colleges pdf

ERIC ED451818: Building Strong Communities: Tribal Colleges

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This policy report explores the expanding role of Tribal colleges and Universities in serving local communities and examines the challenges and successes in some specific areas of involvement. The report is the fourth in a series under the Tribal College Research and Database Initiative, which has collected data over the last 3 years regarding student demographics and background, curricula, institutional environments, and community services. Information comes from a variety of government and private sector sources. Five areas of Tribal College community engagement are highlighted in this report: (1) preschool, elementary, and secondary education; (2) health and nutrition activities; (3) faculty role models; (4) agriculture and natural resource management; and (5) cultural and language preservation and development. In each section, the challenges faced by American Indian communities are outlined, and the various ways that Tribal Colleges are helping to address these problems are described, with specific attention to the programs that stand out as evidence of success.

The report concludes with a summary of how Tribal Colleges are engaged as community institutions and with specific recommendations for continued support for the colleges’ efforts. (Contains 10 figures and 113 references.) (SLD

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2001-04
• Year: 2001
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Programs, Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Tribal Government, Tribally Controlled Education, Tribes, Cunningham, Alisa Federico, Redmond, Christina

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