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2019
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- Planning for the Next Generation: Capital Infrastructure at Colleges and Universities White Hat, Emily R. Tribally Controlled Education Colleges Educational Facilities Planning Educational Facilities Improvement Educational Facilities Student Needs School Buildings Educational Needs Culturally Relevant Education Educational Facilities Design Long Range Planning 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 communities within each tribal nation. Beginning in 1999, the American Indian College Fund saw a need for physical tribal college campuses and launched Campaign Sii HaSin, the largest Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) capital infrastructure project of its kind at the time. A partnership between the College Fund, the tribal colleges, and federal and private entities, the campaign resulted in the construction or renovation of approximately one to three projects and/or buildings on TCU campuses across the nation. Today, the need for building renovations and new construction on tribal college campuses still exists as TCUs increasingly respond to student, academic, and community needs. Traditional Native arts classes, for example, have been held in spaces that often fail to meet the needs or conditions for art instruction, lacking proper and efficient lighting, ventilation, or electrical support. Additionally, many TCUs have archival spaces that were originally constructed when library spaces were often designed with aesthetics in mind instead of archival preservation concerns such as humidity, temperature control, and ventilation. Due to these shortcomings, the College Fund has initiated three capital infrastructure projects: the Traditional Native Arts and Energy/Water Efficiency Infrastructure Program, the TCU Capital Infrastructure Fund, and the Traditional Native Arts and Environmental Infrastructure Planning Project. Implementation of these projects highlights the need to plan for the next phase of campus growth and improvements through infrastructure assessments and strategic long-range goals.