Overview

All early college students take a college preparatory curriculum.
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Early colleges are culturally relevant, academically rigorous, small high schools. They blend high school, local cultural content, and college requirements in their curricula. Students can earn up to two years of college credit free of charge while completing their high school diplomas.

Early colleges engage tribal communities in the education of their young people. Early colleges use a collaborative system of governance where tribal, secondary and postsecondary stakeholders share responsibility for school planning, implementation, evaluation and success.