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Aug. 18, 2005
Antioch Received $330,000 to create an Intergenerational
Higher Education model in three schools serving Native Americans
Seattle – Antioch University Seattle received a $330,000 grant
from Lumina Foundation for Education to implement an Intergenerational
Higher Education (IHE) model in three Early College High Schools. The
IHE model will enable Native American adults to take classes alongside
secondary students in these ECHSs, which are secondary schools that provide
postsecondary dual credit courses for their students.
Each of the schools implementing the Intergenerational Higher Education
model predominately serves Native American high school students, and will
continue to do so. Stakeholders in these programs include adults from
local tribal communities, high school students, representatives from higher
education institutions, and school personnel.
With the Foundation’s funds, these participating schools will develop
the structure, capacity, and process to allow the adults to take college
courses on the campus of a secondary school. Along with providing the
financial support needed to catalyze this new model, Antioch will provide
technical assistance in the form of school planning, policy research,
and community engagement. Antioch will ensure the process and outcomes
are documented so others can replicate this model.
This grant will also enable Northwest Indian College to write eight syllabi
for college courses that address Native American perspectives. NWIC will
also provide two trainings for the faculty of the three ECHSs in culturally
appropriate pedagogy.
About the Lumina Foundation for Education
Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis -based, private, independent
foundation, strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding
access and success in education beyond high school. Through grants for
research, innovation, communication and evaluation, as well as policy
education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues
that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly
underserved students groups, including adult learners. The Foundation
bases its mission on the belief that postsecondary education remains one
of the most beneficial investments that individuals can make in themselves
and that society can make in its people. For more details on the Foundation,
visit its web site at www.luminafoundation.org.
About Antioch
At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find individualized, innovative
programs with a commitment to academic excellence, community service and
social justice. AUS is one of six campuses of Antioch University, founded
in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Horace Mann, noted abolitionist and first
president of Antioch College, gave a charge to the class of 1859 that
is repeated to each Antioch graduating class: "Be ashamed to die
until you have won some victory for humanity.”
