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Standing Rock College Gets Grant For Academic Support Effort

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FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The tribal college on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is getting a federal grant to continue an academic support program that serves a large percentage of its students.

The Bismarck Tribune reports ( ) that Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates is receiving $220,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for its TRIO Student Support Services program.

The program serves students who are the first in their family to attend college, as well as students with disabilities or low incomes. Funding goes toward academic coaches who help tutor students and to faculty who teach remedial classes.

The college says 95 percent of the school’s 300 students require remedial coursework to prepare them for college-level classes.

The 3,600-square-mile reservation straddles the North Dakota-South Dakota border.

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Information from: Bismarck Tribune,

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