the 1994 land grant institutions (tribal colleges and universities)
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The 1994 Land Grant Institutions (Tribal Colleges and Universities)
December 3, 2006
John L. Phillips
Introduction to the 1994 Land Grants
Tribal College Land Grant Status: Why Important?
• The Potential– To meet the needs of your communities– To increase the capacity of your institution– $26 million of funding in FY05
• The Network– of over 100 higher education institutions– of federal, state, and local governments– of the international academic community
What is a “Land Grant” institution?
• A designation by Congress that establishes a formal relationship between the federal government (USDA) and a college or university….
• To support activities (research, education, and extension) related to the agricultural and family sciences…..
• With the proceeds from Federal grants of land or their equivalent (tribal college endowment fund).
A brief history of “Land Grant”
• First Morrill Act of 1862
• Second Morrill Act of 1890
• The US Territories and the U. of the District of Columbia
• The Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994
• White Earth, Saginaw Chippewa, Tohono O’odham
Tribal College Land Grant authorized grant programs
• Equity: $2.2M in FY06 (about $60,000/yr/college)
• Endowment: $12M added in FY06 (interest yield from about $77M principal about $2.1M)
– formula calculated
• Extension: $3.3M in FY06– Increasing Capacity (Base) Program ($80,000/yr/college)– Special Emphasis ($100,000/3yr)
• Research: $1M in FY06–two-year grant cycle; $150,000/3yr grants
• Capacity Building - never appropriated
• Rural Development Community Facilities Grants - $4.5M in FY06 (approx. $300,000 max. per year per college)
Tribal College Land Grant Extension Programs
• Youth Development
• Natural Resources
• Nutrition, Diet, and Health
• Economic Development
Tribal College Land Grant Education Programs
• Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
• Nutrition, Diet, and Health
• Animal Sciences
• Technology
Tribal College Land Grant Research Programs
• Natural Resources / Environmental Sciences
• Water Quality • Range Management• Watershed Management• Native Plants
• Nutrition, Diet, and Health
• Animal Sciences
AIHEC Land Grant Organizational Structure
• Land Grant Department within the TCU?
• AIHEC Land Grant Subcommittee reporting to AIHEC Federal Programs Committee
• USDA/AIHEC Leadership Group
• National Association of State Universities & Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
• FALCON (First Americans Land-grant College & Organization Network), a Tribal College Land Grant Professionals Association
USDA’s Organizational Points of Interest
• Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES)
Partners with Land Grant and higher education systems Administers Equity, Extension, Research & Endowment
• Rural Development Administers the community facilities program
• Office of Civil Rights Director of 1994 programs Supports USDA/AIHEC Leadership Group Developing 1994 Scholars Program
• Forest Service
• National Agricultural Library
• Others: Food & Nutrition Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service, etc.
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