Dwindling education budgets threaten a drive by Alaska natives to obtain secondary and higher education. There are calls for expansion of rural educational services to provide greater access to Western education. Learn Alaska Network, a state-wide audio-conference and instructional-television system is described. (MLW)

The Rural Alaska Native Adult program of Alaska Pacific University is specifically designed for adult Native learners. Courses in business administration, human services, and teacher education are offered to rural Native adult students via an interactive Internet-based format after an initial 1-week residency. The Internet component is facilitated…

Recent organizational changes in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as well as the formation of Alaska's Rural Education Attendance Areas (REAAs) have important implications for the education of rural Native American children. The Title XI Education Amendments passed in November, 1978 (P.L. 95-561) aim at solving some of the administrative…