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The purpose of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program is to provide grants and related assistance to Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities to enable such institutions to improve and expand their capacity to serve Indian Students. Grant funds may be used for the following activities; (1) Faculty exchanges, faculty fellowships, and faculty development that provide faculty with the skills and knowledge needed to: (i) Develop academic support services, including advising and mentoring students; (ii) Develop academic programs or methodology, including computer-assisted instruction, that strengthen the academic quality of the institution; or(iii) Acquire terminal degrees that are required to obtain or retain accreditation of an academic program or department; (2) Funds and administrative management that will improve the institution's ability to: (i) Manage financial resources in an efficient and effective manner; and (ii) Collect, access, and use information about the institution's operations for improved decision making; (3) Developing and improving academic programs that enable the institution to: (i) Develop new academic programs or new program options that show promise for increased student enrollment; (ii) Provide new technology or methodology to increase student success and retention or to retain accreditation; or (iii) Improve curriculum or methodology for existing academic programs to stabilize or increase student enrollment; (4) Acquiring equipment for use in strengthening management and academic programs to achieve objectives of this program; (5) Establishing or increasing the joint use of facilities such as libraries and laboratories to: (i) Eliminate the distance and high cost associated with providing academic programs and academic support; or (ii) Provide clinical experience that is part of an approved academic program at off-campus locations; (6) Developing or improving student services to provide: (i) New or improved methods to deliver student services, including counseling, tutoring, and instruction in basic skills; or(ii) Improved strategies to train student services personnel; (7) Payment of any portion of the salary of a dean, with proper justification, to fill a position under the project such as project coordinator or activity director; (8) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes; (9) Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, and other instructional facilities, including the integration of computer technology into institutional facilities to create smart buildings; (10) Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve contributions from alumni and the private sector; (11) Establishing or improving an endowment fund, provided a grantee uses no more than 20 percent of its grant funds for this purpose and at least matches those grant funds with non-Federal funds; (12) Creating or improving facilities for Internet or other distance learning academic instruction capabilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services; (13) For grants authorized under section 316 of the HEA to tribal colleges or universities: (i) Purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment for educational purposes, including instructional and research purposes; (ii) Construction, maintenance, renovation, and improvement in classroom, library, laboratory, and other instructional facilities, including purchase or rental of telecommunications technology equipment or services; (iii) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development, and faculty fellowships to assist in attaining advanced degrees in their field of instruction; (iv) Curriculum development and academic instruction; (v) Purchase of library books, periodicals, microfilm, and other educational materials, including telecommunications program materials; (vi) Funds and administrative management, and acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening funds management; (vii) Joint use of facilities such as laboratories and libraries; and (viii) Academic tutoring and counseling programs and student support services designed to improve academic services; (ix) Academic instruction in disciplines in which Indians are underrepresented; (x) Establishing or improving a development office to strengthen or improve contributions from the alumni and the private sector; (xi) 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; (xii) 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; and (xiii) Establishing or improving an endowment fund, provided a grantee uses no more than 20 percent of its grant funds for this purpose and at least matches those grant funds with non-Federal funds. There will not be a competition this year for construction grants. However, construction is now an allowable activity within the development grant.