Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Indigenous women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Research
Violence against women
Women and health
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate change
Education
Gender equality
Information for decision-making and participation
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
United States of America
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1865 |
| Organizational structure: |
Cornell is the federal land-grant institution of New York State, a private endowed university, a member of the Ivy League/Ancient Eight, and a partner of the State University of New York. It has been described as the first truly American university because of its founders' revolutionary, egalitarian and practical vision of higher education, and is dedicated to its land-grant mission of outreach and public service. The American Indian Program is administratively located within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and is part of the land-grant mission with outreach and public service to Indigenous communities. The AIP supports a faculty director, an associate director, two recruitment and retention officers and three office support positions. The AIP is a leader in the field of Native American graduate studies, provides an undergraduate minor, supports an AISES Chapter, scholarships for Native students and is a part of the Native American Students in the Ivy League. The AIP also has the first and oldest Native student residence in academic institutions in north American, Akwe:kon. There are over 272 undergraduate and 47 graduate Native American students at Cornell University and served by the American Indian Program. The AIP has sponsored key research initiatives in collaboration with the Cayuga Nation,and Haudenosaunee people. With the support of the AIP, individual faculty members have worked with Indigenous peoples across the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Africa. |
| Number and type of members: |
The AIP has ten full time faculty members, six affiliated faculty and two visiting appointments, all focused on Indigenous knowledge and history as their primary research and teaching area.There are over 272 undergraduate and 47 graduate Native American students at Cornell University and served by the American Indian Program. The AIP is located within the ancestral homelands of the Cayuga Nation (Haudenosaunee) and has an elder advisory circle of chiefs, clanmothers and community members. |
| Funding structure: |
Fundraising campaigns
Fees for education and training services
Grants from Governments
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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