Nebraska Indian Community College

Nebraska Indian Community College
Type Tribal College Public, non-profit
Established 1973
President Micheal Oltrogge
Students 95
Undergraduates available
Postgraduates not available
Location PO Box 428 Macy, Nebraska, US68039
Campus rural
Affiliations Omaha, Santee Sioux & Winnebago reservations
Website www.thenicc.edu

Nebraska Indian Community College is a co-educational public, regionally accredited community college located in Macy, Nebraska. Today NICC serves the Omaha Tribe and the Santee Sioux Nation, and maintains an open door philosophy. The multicampus structure of NICC provides opportunities for individualized attention and distance learning for students and teachers who may be separated by hundreds of miles. The college operates three sites: in Macy on the Omaha Reservation, in Santee on the Santee Sioux reservation, and in the urban South Sioux City.[1]

History

Nebraska Indian Community College began in July, 1973 as the American Indian Satellite Community College under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education. The grant was administered through Northeast Technical Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska, to provide post-secondary education on the Omaha, Santee Sioux, and the Winnebago reservations. In 1979, Nebraska Indian Community College established itself as a fully independent two-year college chartered by the governments of three Nebraska Indian Tribes following the enactment of the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act. In 1996 the Winnebago chartered the Little Priest Tribal College on its reservation. It is named after one of its notable chiefs and is open to students of other tribes as well.[2]

Campus

The American Indian Satellite Community College established classrooms and administrative offices in communities on each reservation, with the central office located in Winnebago. In serving its clientele, Nebraska Indian Community College has made a variety of cultural, educational, and social resources available in isolated and economically underdeveloped areas. The college libraries at each campus are developing collections of resources important to the history and culture of each tribe, and the nation.[3]

Governance

An eight-member board of directors governs the NICC. In 1979, the schools of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, of which the Nebraska Indian Community College is a member, succeeded in persuading Congress to pass and fund Public Law 95-471, the Tribally Controlled Community College Act. Nebraska Indian Community College and other tribally controlled community colleges thus became eligible for direct funding from the federal government as land grant institutions. NICC established itself as a fully independent two-year college. It was granted a charter by the governments of each of the Indian tribes within Nebraska.[4]

In June 1981, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) approved the college for accreditation at the associate degree granting level. The institution was granted a charter by each of the three Nebraska Indian Tribes. A Board of Trustees composed of three members from each tribe was appointed by the individual Tribal Councils to govern the college. To reflect its independent status, the Board renamed the institution the Nebraska Indian Community College.

Majors available

References

  1. ↑ American Indian Higher Education Consortium
  2. ↑ American Indian Higher Education Consortium
  3. ↑ American Indian Higher Education Consortium
  4. ↑ American Indian Higher Education Consortium

See also

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