Expanding Native Access to Higher Education

Native students visit Princeton to prepare for college

August 2, 2017

This summer, more than 100 Native American high school students spent a week at Princeton preparing for college applications as part of the College Horizons program. Students wrked with admissions officers on their college essays, attended a college fair with representatives from 42 schools, and received advice on how to succeed during their college years. This was Princeton’s 19th year taking part in the program.

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Native American tribes in New Mexico attend summer policy academy at Woodrow Wilson School

July 2, 2018

This year marks the 11th annual Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy (SPA), hosted at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. This year, SPA brought seventeen high school and college students from a diverse group of American Indian tribes in New Mexico to Princeton for a weeklong program focusing on contemporary challenges and federal policies affecting Native American communities.

Students focused on challenges and federal policies affecting Native American communities during this year’s Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy hosted at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. They were guided by instructors Regis Pecos, Class of 1977 (front row, far left), Dr. Amanda J. Montoya (front row, second from left), Christie Abeyta (second row, far left), Patrice Chavez (third row, far left), Casey Douma (third row, third from left), and Aaron Sims (third row, fifth from left).
Photo by Egan Jimenez, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs


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Summer program at Princeton for Native American high school students explores issues, policy, community

July 9, 2019

Every year, the Santa Fe Leadership Institute’s Santa Fe Leadership Institute (SPA), brings Native American high school students from New Mexico to the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs to learn about “contemporary challenges and federal policies affecting Native American communities.” SPA was co-founded and is co-directed by Regis Pecos (Cochiti Pueblo), a 1977 Princeton alumnus, a former University trustee and former governor of the Cochiti Pueblo, and Carnell Chosa of the Jemez Pueblo.

Faculty leader Amanda Montoya (center), the executive director of the Chamiza Foundation who is from the Taos Pueblo, and students in the Santa Fe Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy participate in a team activity addressing issues related to education, community planning, climate change and sacred site protection.
Photo by Egan Jimenez, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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Summer programs focus on access to education

August 28, 2017

“Summer on campus routinely buzzes with young people who come to Princeton to become a stronger student, researcher, athlete or performer. Summer 2017 stood out for the variety of programs the University hosted to help low-income and nontraditional students access college in the first place, and succeed once they’re admitted.”

More than 100 Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawai’ian high school students spent a week at Princeton for the College Horizons program, learning about topics such as standardized tests and financial aid, and experiencing life on a residential campus.
Photo by Chris Fascenelli, Princeton University Office of Communications.

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