Program Office: Institutional Service
CFDA Number: 84.031T (Part A) and 84.031D (Part F)
Program Type: Discretionary/Formula-Funded A
Also Known As: TCCU Program
This program helps eligible institutions of higher education increase their self-sufficiency by providing funds to improve and
strengthen the academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability of eligible institutions.
Examples of authorized activities include:
- (A) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes;
- (B) Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services, and the acquisition of real property adjacent to the campus of the institution on which to construct such facilities;
- (C) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, and faculty fellowships to assist in attaining advanced degrees in the faculty's field of instruction or in tribal governance or tribal public policy;
- (D) Academic instruction in disciplines in which Indians are underrepresented and instruction in tribal governance or tribal public policy;
- (E) Purchase of library books, periodicals, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program material;
- (F) Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs designed to improve academic success;
- (G) Education or counseling services designed to improve the financial literacy and economic literacy of students or the students' families;
- (H) Funds management, administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management;
- (I) Joint use of facilities, such as laboratories and libraries;
- (J) Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve contributions from alumni and the private sector;
- (K) Establishing or enhancing a program of teacher education designed to qualify students to teach in elementary schools or secondary schools, with a particular emphasis on teaching Indian children and youth, that shall include, as part of such program, preparation for teacher certification;
- (L) Establishing community outreach programs that encourage Indian elementary school and secondary school students to develop the academic skills and the interest to pursue postsecondary education;
- (M) Developing or improving facilities for Internet use or other distance education technologies; and
- (N) Other activities proposed in the application submitted pursuant to subsection (d) that-
- (i) contribute to carrying out the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (M); and
- (ii) are approved by the Secretary as part of the review and acceptance of such application.
