SDSU-FIS Success Academy: Preparing Native American Students for College and Preparing a College for Native American Students

Authors

Mary Jo Benton Lee, Coordinator, South Dakota State University-Flandreau Indian School Success Academy, Brookings, SD
Doris Giago, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Valerian Three Irons, Diversity and Service Learning Associate, Graduate Student in Rural Sociology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Allen Branum, Acting Director, Office for Diversity Enhancement, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD

Date of this Version

November 2003

Abstract

South Dakota State University-Flandreau Indian School Success Academy is an early and intensive college preparatory program for Native American high school students. The panel members---students, faculty, staff, and administrators---will explain how this unique K-16 partnership is working to help more Native Americans prepare for and succeed in college.