UIC to offer in-state tuition to students from any of the 573 tribal nations in US | Newswise: News for Journalists

31.5.19

UIC to offer in-state tuition to students from any of the 573 tribal nations in US | Newswise: News for Journalists: “Increased access for native students by offering financial incentives is a great way to improve educational equity and remedy historic barriers to education experienced by indigenous people,” Crazy Bull said. “When an institution takes this progressive step, its leaders show foresight and demonstrate that they are willing to take action that supports vision and opportunity.”

UIC student Ashley Rouse, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, said that given the history of indigenous people and the use of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forced native people into reservations on lands that they often had no connection to, UIC’s initiative acknowledges that for “indigenous people this country is our home.”