AIHEC Full Membership
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College became a Regular Member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) on March 28, 2003, at a Special Membership Meeting of AIHEC. Previously, SCTC had been granted Applicant Member status at the fall 2002 Membership Meeting of AIHEC. As a full member of AIHEC, SCTC now will enjoy full membership benefits, such as SCTC participation in varied AIHEC corporate programs and the SCTC President serving on the AIHEC Board of Directors. SCTC now also will be eligible for funding participation in the American Indian Scholarship Fund.
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium was founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation’s first six Tribal Colleges, as an informal collaboration among member colleges. Today, AIHEC has grown to represent 34 colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution. Unlike most professional associations, it is governed jointly by each member institution. AIHEC’s mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination. Its mission statement, adopted in 1973, identifies four objectives:
- maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education,
- support the development of new tribally controlled colleges,
- promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Indian higher education, and
- encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.
