Tribal Colleges and Universities – New Orleans, LA

GISS – TCU 2.0 2016: TAKING TCU GOVERNANCE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL

A second successful institute with over 90 participants from 26 tribal colleges/universities was held on October 7-9, 2016 in New Orleans, LA. Colleges reported on progress made since the last institute, identified what was working (safeguards), challenges that still needed to be addressed (roadblocks and detours), shared success stories, and discussed how they will move forward. A special focus was given to how some colleges are reforming developmental education.

In the post-institute evaluations, here is what a few participants had to say about their experience:

“I liked learning about what other colleges were doing to improve their programs based on their data.”

“I completely appreciated the individual assessment and statistical information for our college to compare with other Tribal Colleges.”

“I enjoyed learning how a Board can be very effective with the right tools.”

Regarding the most important learning:

“Different strategies on how to get your students to be successful”

“How to be data-driven,” and “The role of the Board vs Admin functions”

We are once again appreciative of the generous support from the Lumina Foundation and for ACCT’s outstanding partnership with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), without which, this institute would not have been possible.

Participating colleges included:

• Blackfeet Community College
• California Tribal College
• Cankdeska Cikana Community College
• Chief Dull Knife
• College of Menominee Nation
• College of the Muscogee Nation
• Comanche Nation College
• Diné College
• Ilisagvik College
• Institute of American Indian Arts
• Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
• Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
• Little Big Horn College
• Leech Lake Tribal College
• Navajo Technical University
• Nebraska Indian Community College
• Northwest Indian College
• Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
• Red Lake Nation College
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
• Salish Kootenai College
• Sitting Bull College
• Stone Child College
• Turtle Mountain Community College
• United Tribes Technical College
• White Earth Tribal and Community College

We are once again appreciative of the generous support from the Lumina Foundation and for ACCT’s outstanding partnership with the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), without which, this institute would not have been possible.