The majority of Native American students in Arizona and New Mexico experience inferior elementary and secondary educations. They attend small rural schools with limited resources in remote locations on or near reservations. Poverty and unemployment rates are high. Northern Arizona University, the Navajo and Hopi Tribes, Northern Arizona Education…

University, tribal, and community partners developed a 5-week summer program called Nizhoni Academy to provide academic support services and culturally appropriate instruction to educationally disadvantaged secondary students attending rural schools on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations. Attending the academy had positive impacts on participants'…

This report describes the School, College, and University Partnership Program (SCUP) at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, this program established partnerships among NAU, Northern Arizona School Board Association, seven Arizona secondary schools, and the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe.…