School to Work Program

Beginning in 2005, the Chickasaw Nation began offering the school to work program to Chickasaws wishing to pursue higher educational goals. This program provides full-time employment and benefits to citizens while they work to complete their GED, obtain training from a technical school or earn a degree from a college or university. Students split their 40-hour work week between time in the classroom and time on the job. This allows Chickasaws, which would otherwise be unable to pursue higher education because of financial obligations, the opportunity to do so.