recruitment
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american indian recruitment
ABOUT AIR
The American Indian Recruitment (AIR) Project at UCLA was established in the mid 1990's out of concern that not enough was being done to outreach to American Indian students for higher education. AIR is one of the first student-run, student-initiated, and student-funded outreach programs in the nation, with the goal of increasing admission of American Indian students in higher education and at UCLA.
OUR SERVICES
Community College Component
We seek to provide community college students with guidance through our services to successfully transfer and continue their higher education. The CCC creates partnerships with other Community College Outreach Programs and Student Transfer programs on campus such as the Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP) and the Student Transfer Opportunities and Mentorship Program (STOMP) in order to provide American Indian students in surrounding community colleges with services such as conferences, workshops, summer programs, and useful literature pertaining to the transfer process.
Weekly Site Location
Los Angeles has the highest population of Urban American Indians in the United States. In order to better serve the American Indian Students in Los Angeles County, AIR continues to provide services to three community sites in L.A. County, all of which are Native American community centers serving students who are at risk. AIR provides much needed tutoring, peer advising, a variety of beneficial workshops, and field trips throughout the year.
Higher Education Awareness
HEA provides useful college and financial aid information as well as e-mail or mail resources that you request to foster your journey to higher education. It is designed to target students who are outside the Los Angeles area and do not have as many resources / access to a UC school or higher education in general. AIR targets all students who are thinking of higher education after high school, whether it be a UC, California State, private school, or a community college. AIR currently provides services to American Indian students at Sherman Indian high School and American Indian Reservations in Southern California. AIR has extended its services to Native youth and communities on the San Manuel Indian Reservation, the Viejas Reservation, the Pala Reservation, and the Bishop Paiute Reservation.
Youth Conference
Our annual youth conference provides a chance for Native American and Native Alaskan Students to learn more about higher education and cultural workshops. The youth conference is also famous for its basketball tournament.