Freshman enrollment dropped more than 25% across Montana tribal colleges and universities last fall, and nationwide all Native American student enrollment experienced the largest drops nationwide. Montana Public Radio reporter Aaron Bolton speaks to President Cheryl Crazy Bull of the American Indian College Fund, tribal college presidents, and tribal college students about how COVID-19 and the digital divide in Montana’s rural reservation areas fueled many students’ decisions not to enroll or return to college last fall. https://www.marketplace.org/2021/04/14/native-american-community-colleges-see-enrollment-declines-because-of-covid-19/

Department of Education Affirms Native Students are Citizens of Sovereign Indian Nations with Legal Relationship with Federal Government
The Department of Education affirmed its recognition of the sovereign authority of Native Nations to educate their citizens and its relevance to all education institutions in a letter to the National Indian Education Association. Learn more about the letter and how Native sovereignty works.