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	Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education
		TCJ is published by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, an organization of 35 tribally-controlled colleges in the U.S. and Canada.
		She is a former associate dean of continuing education at Crownpoint Institute of Technology in New Mexico and a former executive director of the Navajo Nation branch of the North Central Association accreditation agency.
		The normally quiet and soft-spoken Ambler is a passionate and knowledgeable advocate for American Indian higher education, and she has imbued her co-workers with the same devotion to the Journal and its mission.
	www.tribalcollegejournal.org /about/news.html (4297 words)

	American Indian Higher Education Consortium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) was formed, 1972, in order to lobby the United States Congress for the purposes of granting land-grant status to 29 tribal colleges.
		This status was conferred in October of 1994 and AIHEC was granted a representative in the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges's Council of Presidents.
		AIHEC now represents 32 tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) in the United States and one Canadian institution and is jointly governed by representatives from each member institution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Indian_Higher_Education_Consortium (217 words)

	Indianz.Com > News > Education Secretary Paige visiting tribal college (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Education Secretary Rod Paige is visiting the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in New Mexico today to sign an agreement between the between the Department of Education and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
		Under the agreement, AIHEC will work with the Office of Indian Education to develop a compendium of practices to assist high-risk American Indian students in middle and high school, identify strategies to assist college students in completing their degrees and provide professional development opportunities and other programs through grants opportunities.
		AIHEC is a consortium of 34 tribal colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
	www.indianz.com /News/2004/001277.asp?print=1 (131 words)

	Higher education consortium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education (BACHE) is a partnershipamong the five, four-year colleges and universities in the greater Birmingham...
		In 1992, the Southside Higher Education Consortium adopted a cooperative registrationarrangement among the four member institutions that was patterned on...
		The Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC), is a collaborative project of fourtertiary education institutions in the Province of the Western Cape of South...
	www.godistanceeducation.com /higher+education+consortium.html (849 words)

	TCU: Whats New - National Tribal College Consortium Establishes Leadership Institute to Train Future American Indian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		"Indian nations, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and AIHEC recognize that effective leadership is essential to achieve our vision for Indian country, and we view the tribal colleges as a viable mechanism to achieve their goal of reestablishing themselves as healthy viable communities and thus, healthy nations," said AIHEC Executive Director Gerald Gipp.
		AIHEC was founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation's first six tribal colleges, as an informal collaboration among member colleges.
		Specifically, AIHEC strives to maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education; to support the development of new tribally controlled colleges; to promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Indian higher education; and to encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.
	www.tcu.omhrc.gov /2pgtcu/what_tcu_069.htm (759 words)

	American Indian Education Foundation (AIEF) - providing support for Indian Education throughout the United States
		Educator Lionel R. Bordeaux was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
		He was educated at St. Francis Indian Mission School and received a B.S. in history and social science from Black Hills State University in 1964.
		While working on his doctoral dissertation in educational administration at the University of Minnesota in 1973 he was named the first president of Sinte Gleska College on the Rosebud Reservation.
	www.aiefprograms.org /nna_lionelbordeaux.htm (364 words)

	AIHEC Homepage
		American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) was founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation’s first six Tribal Colleges, as an informal collaboration among member colleges.
		AIHEC’s mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination.
		Its mission statement, adopted in 1973, identifies four objectives: maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education; support the development of new tribally controlled colleges; promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Indian higher education; and encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.
	www.aihec.org (365 words)

	Native American Student Education: Pubs & Resources
		OIEP’s vision is to create a preeminent education school system by fulfilling its mission of serving children and their families from birth through life, working in partnership with Indian tribes, families, communities and American Indian education organizations.
		The National Congress of American Indians was founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest tribal government organization in the United States.
		National Indian Education Association (NIEA) was founded in 1969 to give Alaska Natives and Native Americans a national voice in their struggle to improve access to educational opportunities.
	www.ccsso.org /projects/High_Poverty_Schools_Initiative/Projects/Native_American_Student_Education/4664.cfm?printthispage=1& (701 words)

	American Indian Education Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Issues in Native American Education The gap in educational achievement between white and non-white ethnic groups, cultural dissonance between the dominant and non-dominant culture, assimilation and integration of Native American culture, cultural perceptions of Native Americans by the "white" culture, classroom climate, and solutions.
		Native Education Directory Native Education Directory Organizations and Resources for Educators of Native Americans The Native Education Directory includes organizations, governmental agencies, and schools that are involved in the education of Native students and serve a statewide, multistate, or national audience.
		Native Education: Language and Diversity One of the ten national goals for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), which are similar to the National Goals established in 1989 by the Bush administration, involves maintaining Native languages and cultures.
	cobalt.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp /~krkvls/edu.html (2045 words)

	CMMR - Native American Resources
		The mission of the National Indian Education Association is to support traditional Native cultures and values, to enable Native learners to become contributing members of their communities, to promote Native control of educational institutions, and to improve educational opportunities and resources for American Indians and Alaska Natives throughout the United States.
		The Native American History Archive is designed for use by K-12 students using the Web for classroom projects, in the spirit of the Native American History Archive Inquirer, a model for collaborative group projects in History, offered as a starting point for teachers seeking authentic uses of the World Wide Web in their classrooms.
		Native Americans at Princeton is a student organization/support group for students comprised of Native Hawaiian, American Indian, and Native Alaskan members.
	www-rcf.usc.edu /~cmmr/Native_American.html (4318 words)

	Tribal Connections - Education & Training: Higher Education
		AIHEC's mission is to support the work of the tribal colleges within the consortium, as well as supporting the national movement for tribal self-determination.
		ANAMS represents Native American graduate stusents throughout the United States and Canada and is comprised of students enrolled in medical school or allied health professions including dentistry, veterinary, optometry, podiatry and pharmacy.
		The Institute of American Indian Arts is committed to the post secondary education of Native American Indians.
	www.tribalconnections.org /education/colleges.html (440 words)

	Tribal Colleges: An Overview. ERIC Digest. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		AIHEC now represents 32 TCUs in the United States and one Canadian institution and is jointly governed by representatives from each member institution.
		American Indian Higher Education Consortium, The Institute for Higher Education Policy and Sallie Mae Education Institute (2000).
		American Indian Higher Education Association (AIHEC) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy, (2001).
	www.ericdigests.org /2003-2/tribal.html (1270 words)

	Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Higher education links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
		Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications
		Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Higher Education
	insidehighered.com /links (189 words)

	Alliance for Equity in Higher Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Alliance for Equity in Higher Education is a policy-based coalition comprised of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), and the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO).
		AIHEC, HACU, and NAFEO represent Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), respectively.
		The proportion of the total U.S. population comprised of people of color (including African Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics) is expected to grow from 28 percent in the year 2000 to 36 percent in 2020 and 47 percent in 2050.
	www.msi-alliance.org /main.asp?firsttime=yes&flash=yes (537 words)

	Canku Ota - February 21, 2004 - Tribal Colleges Blossom in U.S.
		For much of its 120-year history, Haskell Indian Nations University has been one of only a handful of schools that gave Native American students a shot at higher education.
		Much of Haskell's niche in the education marketplace is defined by its being one of only two American Indian colleges -- the other being Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, N.M. that does not charge tuition.
		At the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Gipp said most tribal colleges' beginnings were rooted in leaders' frustrations over seeing their young people fail in off-reservation schools.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues04/Co02212004/CO_02212004_Tribal_Colleges.htm (1060 words)

	NAHEI links
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs' mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.
		American Indians, troubled because of a lack of higher education opportunities for their young people, began envisioning -- and building -- colleges and universities of their very own, first in a remote reservation community on the Navajo Nation, then throughout Indian Country.
		The Family Education Model (FEM) is an integrated system for the purpose of improving student retention among minority students at community colleges and tribal colleges.
	ed-web2.educ.msu.edu /voice/nahei_links.htm (462 words)

	Black Issues in Higher Education: United We Stand - alliance of minority student organizations
		WASHINGTON -- The old divide-and-conquer ploy may be harder to execute on future racial politics of higher education now that a new alliance has been formed between three of the largest organizations serving the needs of minority students.
		And by 2015, college enrollments are expected to increase by 5 percent for Whites, compared to 23 percent for African Americans and 73 percent for Hispanics.
		The paper also points out that the percentage of African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher is dramatically lower -- 15 percent, 11 percent, and 9 percent, respectively -- than for Whites, 25 percent.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_11_16/ai_55512487 (1452 words)

	Boston.com / News / Education / Higher education / Feasibility of New England tribal colleges to be explored (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Boston.com / News / Education / Higher education / Feasibility of New England tribal colleges to be explored
		Gerald Gipp, executive director of the consortium, said most of the colleges are out West, where the tribes and reservations are larger and more isolated than they are in the East.
		The schools generally focus on study areas where there are needs on the reservations, including education, health services, economic development and natural resources, he said.
	www.boston.com /news/education/higher/articles/2004/12/12/feasibility_of_new_england_tribal_colleges_to_be_explored_associated_press?pg=2 (417 words)

	ICT [2005/08/03] Background and future of education
		Having served in Indian education for over 40 years in positions from coach and teacher to president of Haskell University, he brings extensive knowledge to his discussion of tribal colleges.
		Then the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1978 came along, resulting in greater control of schools funded and operated by the BIA.
		''For the first time in the history of formal education, Indian parents were being welcomed into the school and given a clear role and voice in the operations of the BIA school,'' he said.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096411319 (783 words)

	Alliance for Equity in Higher Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Today, AIHEC has grown to represent 34 colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution.
		AIHEC’s mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination.
		Its mission statement, adopted in 1973, identifies four objectives: maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education; support the development of newly tribally controlled colleges; promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Higher Education; and encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.
	www.msi-alliance.org /main.asp?catid=2&subcatid=6 (134 words)

	NDBRIN Announcements-AIHEC
		AIHEC is an American Indian organization representing 34 colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution, including the five tribal colleges in North Dakota that participate in the BRIN program.
		She is also Director of Special Programs and Science Education in the Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences and Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of South Dakota University of South Dakota School of Medicine.
		She is also the Director of American Indian Research Opportunities at Montana State University-Bozeman.
	www.med.und.nodak.edu /brin/Announcements-AIHEC.htm (899 words)

	JAIE Abstracts - 2003
		The Journal of American Indian Education is pleased to publish this second of two special issues celebrating the advances and innovations in American Indian Higher Education of the past 30 years.
		This article compares the college experiences of one group of American Indian students who were raised primarily on a reservation with a second group who were reared primarily in nonreservation areas.
		An exemplary educator led the creation of a culturally appropriate secondary alternative school that refused to replicate the status quo, providing a haven for American Indian students who failed to connect with traditional high school settings.
	jaie.asu.edu /abstracts/abs2003.htm (1614 words)

	NASA - NASA Awards Grant to Native American Higher Education
		NASA awarded a $7 million, five-year cooperative agreement grant to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), Alexandria, Va. AIHEC is comprised of the presidents of all 34 Tribal Colleges and Universities.
		The Native American community contributes to our pipeline, and through this grant we seek to expand their participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines," said Dr. Adena Williams Loston, NASA's Chief Education Officer.
		AIHEC is responsible for strengthening the delivery and management of NASA-sponsored programs; recruiting, identifying participants; and fostering a closer exchange of ideas and information among NASA, students, faculty and staff.
	www.nasa.gov /home/hqnews/2004/sep/HQ_04313_native_award.html (342 words)

	American Indian Higher Education Consortium member (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Tribal colleges were founded by American Indian people to meet the needs of Indian people for an educational environment that respects both Indian people as individuals and the tribal culture.
		There are now 35 tribal colleges in the United States, and one in Canada, which combine to form the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
		The consortium provides a united voice for tribal colleges and acts as a clearinghouse for sharing resources for member colleges.
	www.fdl.cc.mn.us /facts/aihec.html (125 words)

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		Her career reflects a commitment to public service and to protecting and promoting the culture, rights and well being of American Indians and improving the quality of life and educational status of all Americans.
		During her tenure at AIHEC, Congress enacted a new program within the Higher Education Act, authorizing and funding critically needed development activities at Tribal Colleges.
		Indian Affairs: Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act; restoration of funding for Indian education programs amendments; Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Arts and Culture Act; Pueblo de Isleta land claim legislation; Radiation Exposure Compensation Act amendments; and various amendments to include Indian tribes in federal legislation.
	www.si.umich.edu /~presnick/courses/fall01/575/docs/CLBBIO20011.DOC (364 words)

	Project Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Tribal Colleges were created over the last 25 years in response to the unique higher education needs of Native Americans and in recognition of the tremendous importance of post-secondary education to tribal economic development, cultural preservation and sovereignty.
		In 1972, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) was founded by six of the first tribally-controlled community colleges and today represents 31 colleges in the United States and Canada.
		On February 3, 1998, USDA and Veronica Gonzales, Executive Director of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) representing the "1994 Institutions" cited in the 1994 Act.
	www.ezec.gov /News/NCE/ncet2.html (830 words)

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