Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education

Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education

I thought this article was interesting and it went along with my assessment of assessment in a tribal college setting. It is the same, but it isn't...if that makes one iota of sense.

As I shared in my presentation, Native Americans and Western European Education really don't mix, and to have an accrediting body like the NCA be the ones to decide whether or not the Tribal Colleges (TCU) are doing assessment properly is interesting. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done, at this point, there needs to be someone making TCU responsible and accountable and as American Indian Educators and students, we want to make sure everyone around us knows that "yes, we are a real college".

This article shared a lot of information, and although it is over 10 years old, it kind of brings one through some of the struggles that TCU had to endure in order to hit the mark and become accredited. I think you' ll find the article interesting to read, only three pages.