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- 1 2 AIHEC Accepts Comanche College as 36th Member. Tribal College Journal. Fall 2005 (17 Feb 2009)
- ↑ "Comanche Nation College". Comanche Nation College. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- 1 2 American Indian Higher Education Consortium Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Re'Chelle Turner (July 21, 2017). "Comanche Nation College closing its doors after 15 years". KSWO. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ Bill Donovan (February 25, 2013). "CNC granted academic accreditation". Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Statement of Accreditation Status". Higher Learning Commission. February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ Admissions. Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Comanche Tribal College. (17 Feb 2009)
- ↑ Schonchin, Jolene. "Comanche Nation College nursing program gains two-year approval.", The Comanche Nation News. 7 April 2011 (retrieved 19 April 2011)
