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Goal 4

Serve as the premiere higher educational center for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Natives

To address the interests of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Natives, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø has developed Fairbanks-based academic and outreach programs in indigenous studies as well as rural campuses that provide educational access to a significant portion of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native population. By 2005 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø will strengthen and coordinate functions such as these in order to focus on the following objectives and strategies:

1. Increase the number of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native students receiving degrees and certificates.
   1. Strengthen programs to recruit and welcome ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Natives to ²ÝÁñÉçÇø so that admissions meet or exceed ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s demographic distribution.
   2. Introduce ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native students to university opportunities, including a wide range of disciplines and career options, through high school outreach programs.
   3. Enhance retention and encourage ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Natives to seek advanced degrees with mentoring programs and attention to the transition from a rural to an urban campus.
2. Enhance, coordinate and provide information about ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s research, outreach, curricular and extracurricular programs and services that address issues of importance to ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Natives and enrich the quality of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø educational experience.
   1. Provide centralized means for facilitating access to programs and services that incorporate indigenous culture into higher education as well as research efforts and findings by, about and with indigenous peoples.
   2. Increase course offerings and course content that address issues of importance to ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Natives.
   3. Incorporate Native elders, educators and communities into the curriculum, extra-curricular activities, and outreach programs and services in order to employ ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native cultures as a model and base for learning.
   4. Review and re-evaluate policies and procedures in order to establish, with counsel from the Native community, ethical standards for such research.
   5. Document and celebrate ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Native cultural activities at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø to encourage and promote cross-cultural understanding and learning opportunities