Dine College: Narrative Description

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DINE COLLEGE C-12

PO Box 98
Tsaile, AZ 86556
Tel: (520)724-6600
Admissions: (928)724-6633
Fax: (520)724-3349
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.dinecollege.edu/

Description:

Federally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: 1,200-acre rural campus. Endowment: $3.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $383,607. Total enrollment: 1,836. Students come from 3 other countries, 63% 25 or older, 8% live on campus. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Off campus study at members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Arizona State University.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript, certificate of Indian Blood form for Native American Students. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Placement: SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT, SAT II: Writing Test recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous. Preference given to Native Americans.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $720 full-time, $30 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $720 full-time. Mandatory fees: $130 full-time. College room and board: $3764. College room only: $1180. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 7 open to all. Most popular organizations: Associate Students of Navajo Community College, Bar-N-Rodeo Club, Red Dawn Indian Club, Native American Church. Major annual events: Fall Bash, Spring Fling, Farewell Dance. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. Option: coed housing available. Tsaile-Navajo Community College Library plus 1 other with 50,000 books, 329 serials, and a Web page. 262 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

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