November 8, 2019

Planning for the Next Generation: Capital Infrastructure at Colleges and Universities

Author: Emily R. White Hat

Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) were founded with humble beginnings. From the movement’s inception, the founders used any available community space to teach classes, including church basements; trailers; and older, government buildings constructed for purposes other than teaching, lab, or office use. There were other limitations. Many spaces, for example, were available only at night and often classrooms were noncontiguous, leading to decentralized campuses with classes taught in various