Bay Mills Community College is committed to providing a quality education for urban, minority, and poor children by using innovative oversight methods to ensure students attending our academies are prepared to be career and college ready. We began with the realization that incoming college students were unable to graduate from high school ready for the challenges of either entering the work force or pursuing higher education. The educational system was unable to meet the needs of not only Native American students, but non-Native students alike. Bay Mills Community College decided that innovation would be key in meeting our vision; to assure a meaningful high school diploma for historically underrepresented children in Michigan.