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2024 AIAN Expansion Enhancement - Change Summary

• Expand and update the current CCCApply list of AIAN tribes and nations in the AIAN race group

• Revise Enhance the user interface UI in the Race & Ethnicity section with an AIAN look-up modal and optional “write-in” data fieldto allow user’s to “search and select” up to five AIAN tribes

• Add new “write-in” data field to capture Other AIAN Description (write-in field)data fieldRace & Ethnicity Full data field update to accommodate additional AIAN codesa tribe(s) that doesn’t exist in the updated AIAN list

2024 AIAN Expansion Enhancement

• Expand the list of AIAN tribal affiliations in the Race & Ethnicities section of the CCCApply Standard/Noncredit application:

  • Update/correct the existing list of American Indian/Alaskan Native (AIAN) ethnicities (correct names, remove duplicates, discontinue tribes that are no longer recognized)

  • Add/expand the list of the AIAN ethnicities with the full Federal Register of Indian Entities Recognized into the AIAN ethnicities

  • Implement the ability for students to “write-in” up to 5 tribal names that do not appear in the expanded list

• Enhance the Race & Ethnicities section with new search & select modal for new and existing AIAN ethnicities.:

  • Implement ability for students to search, display, and select multiple AIAN ethnicities from the large expanded list

  • Changes pertain to the AIAN section of the Race/Ethnicity section (race group = 16 = AIAN)

• Update the Race & Ethnicity data fields to include the vast number of AIAN tribes:

  • Maintain all existing <race_ethnic_full> data values in DB, and add & document new values

  • Add new AIAN tribes and codes to the existing <race_ethnic_full> field

  • Add new “write-in” field(s) to DED

  • Minimal changes to existing data fields; minimal impact to colleges is critical

Expand and update the list of AIAN tribes in the Race & Ethnicity section of CCCApply

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