Navajo Technical University

Short description: University

Navajo Technical University

Type| Public tribal land-grant university
Established| 1979 (1979)
President| Dr. Elmer Guy
Dean| Dr. Casmir Agbaraji
Students| 1777
Location|

Crownpoint

New Mexico

United States

Campus| Urban/suburban reserve
Mascot| Skyhawk
Website| www.navajotech.edu

Navajo Technical University (NTU) is a public tribal land-grant university in Crownpoint, New Mexico, with sites in the towns of Chinle, Arizona and Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. NTU is the largest tribal college in the country and is a 1994 land grant university. It has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 2005[1] and is home to the first accredited veterinary technician program on an Indian reservation.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Services
* 3 Academics
* 4 Partnerships
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

Dr. Jill Biden visited the college in 2013 during graduation.

Navajo Technical University was chartered by the Navajo Nation in 1979 as the Navajo Skill Center and sought to meet the needs of its unemployed population. After expanding the school's mission, the Center was renamed Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1985. The institution was designated a land-grant college in 1994 alongside 31 other tribal colleges.[2] In 2006, the Navajo Nation Council approved changing its name to Navajo Technical College. The institution's name was changed once more in 2013 to its current name, Navajo Technical University.[3]

## Services

NTU provides support services including:

* student and faculty housing (Crownpoint site only)
* a childcare center
* computer technologies
* comprehensive library services[4]

## Academics

NTU offers a variety of academic programs, including certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degree, and a Master of Arts degree in Diné Studies.[4] As of 2011, it is one of seven tribal colleges in the U.S. to offer a degree related to tribal administration.[5] In 2023, the university introduced a doctoral program in Diné language and culture.[6]

## Partnerships

NTU is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), a community of tribally- and federally-chartered institutions. NTU was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. It generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means of accessing education beyond the high school level.[4]

## References

1. ↑ "About Navajo Technical University – Navajo Technical University | Crownpoint, NM". http://www.navajotech.edu/about/63-about.
2. ↑ "NIFA 1994s The First 20 Years of the 1994 Land-Grant Institutions Standing on Tradition, Embracing the Future". National Institute of Food and Agriculture. September 25, 2015. https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/1994 LGU Anniversary Pub WEB_0.pdf. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
3. ↑ "Navajo Technical University | Crownpoint, NM – Navajo Technical University | Crownpoint, NM". http://www.navajotech.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=310&Itemid=285.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "American Indian Higher Education Consortium". Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614070512/http://www.aihec.org/colleges/TCUprofiles.cfm.
5. ↑ Ronquillo, John C. (March–April 2011). "American Indian Tribal Governance and Management: Public Administration Promise or Pretense?". Public Administration Review 71 (2): 285–292. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02340.x. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41061189. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
6. ↑ "Navajo Tech is the first tribal university to offer PhD program". NBC News. NBC. 2023-03-26. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navajo-tech-first-tribal-university-offer-phd-program-rcna76717. Retrieved 2023-03-26.

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## External links

* Official website

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