See how Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are leading the way for student caregivers:
The American Indian College Fund, the Urban Institute, PERG Learning, and TCU partners—Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University, Salish Kootenai College, and Turtle Mountain College—have collaborated for the Family-Friendly Tribal and Rural Campuses project, with support from Ascendium Education.
The Family-Friendly Tribal and Rural Campuses project is a knowledge exchange: Urban and PERG provide the Family-Friendly Campus Toolkit for TCU partners to implement as part of the College Fund’s Cultivating Native Student Success strategic enrollment management initiative. The TCUs are providing feedback to make the toolkit more relevant for tribal and rural campuses. The Urban Institute, in turn, will inform the higher education field about the promising practices TCUs have implemented.
TCU partners refined and administered a Fall 2024 survey for student caregivers and hosted site visits in which staff, administrators, and student caregivers shared their experiences and insights.
The Family-Friendly Tribal and Rural Campuses project is affiliated with the Student-Parent Action through Research Knowledge (SPARK) Collaborative.