From Inside Higher Ed: “Little Priest Tribal College in Nebraska is the latest higher education institution to receive a donation from MacKenzie Scott. It comes after Trump sought to drastically cut funding to tribal colleges, which rely on federal money to survive…’It felt like Christmas came early,’(said) Manoj Patil, president of Little Priest…When the Winnebago tribe chartered the college in 1996, ‘their dream was to create trade programs,’ said Patil, adding that the college didn’t offer any such programs until after he became president in 2018. ‘Our students deserve state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.’ And with Scott’s gift, the college’s existing plan to triple the size of the campus over the next 25 years—and expand its slate of trade and degree programs—is now on an expedited timeline.”
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