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The University of Tulsa announced Monday that Stacy Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, will become the university’s next president, effective July 1.
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Haskell Indian Nations University and the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy have launched a fellowship aimed at strengthening tribal leadership in renewable energy development and governance.
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The Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development has appointed Amy Besaw Medford as senior program director, marking her return to an organization where she has worked for nearly two decades.
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law and the Tribal Leadership Council will offer an Executive Certificate in Tribal Sovereignty and Economic Leadership Program targeting professionals in tribal governance and business strategy.
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Haskell Indian Nations University has appointed Dr. Alex Red Corn as temporary president through an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment while the Bureau of Indian Education continues its search for a permanent leader.
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A bipartisan spending bill passed by Congress this month preserves federal funding for the Institute of American Indian Arts after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the school’s annual appropriation.
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The College of the Muscogee Nation and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas signed an agreement that will allow tribal college students to transfer into UNLV's hospitality program with a focus on tribal gaming and hospitality management.
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Nearly 5,800 government employees of the Cherokee Nation could either be headed back to school or receiving compensation for recently completing a degree under a new tribal workforce development program.
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Alexandria Ehlert has pursued a college education hoping to become a park ranger or climate scientist. Now she’s wondering whether she’ll ever finish her studies at College of Menominee Nation.
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Native American enrollment in colleges has fallen off by 37% since 2010 — more than double the national average decline in higher education attendance rates during the same time period.