美洲印地安高等教育聯盟（AIHEC）是由美國的部落大學（Tribal Colleges and Universities，TCUs）組成。AIHEC透過支持、研究和政策倡議，領導並影響美洲原住民高等教育的公共政策。除此之外，AIHEC希望促進原住民族的語言、文化、社群和民族自治，並透過其特殊地位服務聯盟成員和新興的部落大學。部落大學是為了使美洲原住民和一些在地理位置上較孤立而無法取得高等教育知識的社群而成立的，已成為美洲原住民學生取得教育機會的重要管道，透過連結個人與其文化背景，鼓勵美洲原住民學生克服困難爭取高等教育的機會。
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) is the collective spirit and unifying voice of America’s Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). AIHEC provides leadership and influences public policy on American Indian higher education issues through advocacy, research, and program initiatives; promotes and strengthens Indigenous languages, cultures, communities, and tribal nations; and through its unique position, serves member institutions and emerging TCUs. TCUs were created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians and generally serve geographically isolated populations that have no other means accessing education beyond the high school level. TCUs are unique institutions that combine personal attention with cultural relevance to encourage American Indians to overcome the barriers they face to higher education. |
