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Tribal colleges and BIE schools report staff terminations, call for immediate reversals and more funding
Summary
Officials from the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and the Bureau of Indian Education told the Appropriations subcommittee that mid‑year staff terminations at Haskell Indian Nations University and SIPI have caused major disruption for students and campus operations.
Anawake (Anawake) Rose, president and CEO of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), and other witnesses told the Appropriations subcommittee that recent mid‑year personnel actions at two federal tribal colleges — Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) — have been disruptive to students and campus operations.
"27% of Haskell's workforce and 24% of SIPI's workforce have been terminated," Rose told the committee, citing staff reductions she said followed an administrative hiring freeze. She said the cuts included…
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