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Read more Tribal college campuses are falling apart. The U.S. hasn’t fulfilled its promise to fund the schools. – The Hechinger ReportThis story is a collaboration between Grist and High Country News and is reprinted with permission. On a wet spring day in June, fog shrouded the Mission Mountains on the Flathead…
Read more Trust issues: How schools profit from land and resources on tribal nations – The Hechinger ReportDURANGO, Colo. — For three dozen high schoolers, summer break in this southwest Colorado city kicked off with some rock climbing, mountain biking and fly-fishing. Then, the work…
Read more ‘Not waiting for people to save us’: 9 school districts combine forces to help students – The Hechinger ReportTOHONO O’ODHAM NATION, Ariz. — By the numbers, Tohono O’odham Community College is booming. Enrollment in the fall semester was just under 1,200, according to the American Indian…
Read more A vexing drawback to tribal online college: cultural and social isolation – The Hechinger ReportThis story was originally published by Grist and is reprinted with permission. Alina Sierra needs $6,405. In 2022, the 19-year-old Tohono O’odham student was accepted to the University…
Read more Misplaced trust: The extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land – The Hechinger ReportEditor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about…
Read more Boosting computer science access for Native students
