June 8, 2007

Tribal Colleges Reach Beyond the Tribe

By ELYSE ASHBURN

As the institutions struggle with the cost of educating non-Indian students, a handful of states — like North Dakota — are helping out

Dawn M. Stein's only real chance at higher education was Turtle Mountain Community College, a tribal institution in Belcourt, N.D., population 2,440.

Like a lot of Turtle Mountain's students, Ms. Stein had limited financial means and was tied to the area because of family commitments.

What distinguished her from most

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