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C-EB seniors eligible for American Indian College Fund’s Native Pathways Program




Students from Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School in South Dakota are eligible to participate in the American Indian College Fund’s new Native Pathways program. The program which improves Native students’ access to college, is now accepting applications.


Through the College Admissions Pathways component of the program, the College Fund will work to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) junior and senior high school students who consider college as an option, increasing their financial readiness for colleges, guiding them through the admissions process, and easing their transition to college. 


The Transfer Pathways component of the program will support the successful transfer of students attending two-year tribal colleges to four-year institutions.


Finally, the Pathways Bridge Programs will increase admissions testing and college readiness of high school students through academic preparedness strategies delivered by the tribal colleges.


The College Fund will work through partnerships with reservation-based high schools and tribal colleges in designing and implementing the programs for students and their families, while also identifying mainstream colleges and universities that wish to increase the diversity of their student body by increasing AIAN student presence at their institutions.


Other students from schools eligible to participate in the program include the following schools in South Dakota: Todd County, St. Francis, Wakpala, McLaughlin, Pine Ridge, Red Cloud, Little Wound, Crazy Horse, and White River; North Dakota schools including Mandaree; White Shield Public, New Town, Parshall, and Standing Rock; Wisconsin schools including Menominee Indian, Shawano, Green Bay Southwest, and Seymour; Washington schools including Ferndale, Lummi Nation High School, and Bellingham; Montana schools including Arlee, St. Ignatius, Polson, Two Eagle River, and Ronan; and in Alaska, schools near Iligsgvik College.


Interested participants should visit the College Fund’s web site at collegefund.org/nativepathways for application instructions and links. For additional information, visit the program’s social media sites at Facebook at Native College Pathways and @nativepathways on Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. www.collegefund.org/nativepathways




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