Dine College
Diné College is a two-year, tribally controlled community college, serving the Navajo Nation, an area of 27,000 square-miles. Current enrollment is 1,830 students, of which 210 are degree-seeking transfer students for four-year institutions. Scholarships are available through the American Indian College Fund.
The Navajos have a long history of dedication to education for their people. A few days before his death in 1893, the great chief, Hastinn Ch'il Haajiin (Manuelito) said, "My grandchild, education is the ladder. Tell our people to take it." For the past five decades, the Navajos have allocated a relatively large proportion of their efforts and resources to improving educational opportunities for their tribal members.
The Navajo Tribe took a momentous step toward educational self-determination of Indians by establishing Navajo Community College (now Diné College) in 1968. This landmark institution was an innovative means to meet the long unmet postsecondary educational needs of Native Americans.
Diné College was the first college established by Native Americans for Native Americans. It set a precedent for later tribally controlled community colleges on or near reservations. Diné College remains the oldest and largest. In the following decades, 33 similar colleges have been founded by other Indian tribes.
Dine College Website: Retrieved from http://www.dinecollege.edu July 12,2014
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Dine College Academic Website
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Dine College Library
Dr. Maggie George: President of Dine College
Students at Dine College
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