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AIHEC AIMS Fact Book 2007: Tribal Colleges and Universities Report
AIHEC AIMS Fact Book 2007 Tribal Colleges and Universities Report Author:Carrie Billy, Jason J. Kim, Linda M. Crasco The first Tribal College was established in 1968 in response to unmet higher education needs of American Indians. Barriers to post-secondary education for American Indian students include geographic isolation of reservations, inadequate precollege preparation, socioeconomic challenges, and family responsibilities. Tribal Colleges and Universiti... more »es (TCUs) are essential in providing educational opportunities for American Indian students. They offer higher education that is uniquely tribal with culturally relevant curricula, extended family support, and community educational services.
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) is the collective and unifying voice of our nation’s TCUs. AIHEC provides leadership and influences public policy on American Indian higher education issues through advocacy, research, and program initiatives, and promotes and strengthens Native American languages, cultures, communities and tribal nations.
The overarching goals of the AIHEC American Indian Measures for Success (AIMS) initiative are to build capacity in data collection and accountability at TCUs, strengthen TCUs ability to measure success, lay the foundation for systemic program change, and ultimately increase American Indian participation and success in higher education.
This report presents comprehensive quantitative and qualitative data from 35 TCU’s from 2003 through 2007.« less