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Native American Colleges

Author : Paul Boyer
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997-06-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 0931050634

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Updating a 1989 report on the status of tribally controlled colleges in the United States, this monograph describes the history and characteristics of the tribal college movement and presents recommendations for the colleges. An introduction provides a brief history of tribal colleges and notes four common characteristics: they establish a learning environment that encourages participation and builds self-confidence in students who have come to view failure as the norm; they celebrate and help sustain Native American traditions; they provide essential community services; and they serve as centers for research and scholarship. Chapter 1 then traces the history of Native American "mis-education," noting the negative role played in the past by boarding schools, and chapter 2 reviews the original needs for establishing tribal colleges, including low college participation and graduation rates among Native Americans. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the 27 existing tribal colleges, describing governance, curriculum, instruction, students, facilities, funding, and intercollege cooperation. Chapter 4 discusses issues affecting reservations to provide a context in which the colleges operate, focusing on economic empowerment, efforts to rebuild traditions, and health care. Chapter 5 describes the role that the colleges play to bring about fundamental change on reservations, highlighting efforts to serve students, rebuild cultures, and strengthen communities. Finally, chapter 6 presents 10 recommendations for ensuring educational quality and tribal renewal. A list of tribally controlled colleges is appended. (HAA)

Native American Higher Education in the United States

Author : Cary Carney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351503525

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Many aspects of Native American education have been given extensive attention. There are plentiful works on the boarding school program, the mission school efforts, and other aspects of Indian education. Higher education, however, has received little examination. Select articles, passages, and occasional chapters touch on it, but usually only in respect to specific subjects as an adjunct to education in general. There is no thorough and comprehensive history of Native American higher education in the United States. Native American Higher Education in the United States fills this need, and is now available in paperback. Carney reviews the historical development of higher education for the Native American community from the age of discovery to the present. The author has constructed his book chronologically in three eras: the colonial period, featuring several efforts at Indian missions in the colonial colleges; the federal period, when Native American higher education was largely ignored except for sporadic tribal and private efforts; and the self-determination period, highlighted by the recent founding of the tribally-controlled colleges. Carney also includes a chapter comparing Native American higher education with African-American higher education. The concluding chapter discusses the current status of Native American higher education. Carney's book fills an informational gap while at the same time opening the field of Native American higher education to continuing exploration. It will be valuable reading for educators and historians, and general readers interested in Native American culture.

Native American Studies in Higher Education

Author : Duane Champagne,Joseph H. Stauss
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 0759101256

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In this collection, Champagne and Stauss demonstrate how the rise of Native studies in American and Canadian universities exists as an extraordinary achievement in higher education. In the face of historically assimilationist agendas and institutional racism, collaborative programs continue to grow and promote the values and goals of sovereign tribal communities. In twelve case studies, the authors provide rich contextual histories of Native programs, discussing successes and failures and battles over curriculum content, funding, student retention, and community collaborations. It will be a valuable resource for Native American leaders, and educators in Native American studies, race and ethnic studies, comparative education, anthropology, higher education administration and educational policy.

Beyond Access

Author : Stephanie J. Waterman,Shelly C. Lowe,Heather J. Shotton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000973464

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Beyond Access by Stephanie J. Waterman,Shelly C. Lowe,Heather J. Shotton Pdf

This book argues that two principal factors are inhibiting Native students from transitioning from school to college and from succeeding in their post-secondary studies. It presents models and examples of pathways to success that align with Native American students’ aspirations and cultural values.Many attend schools that are poorly resourced where they are often discouraged from aspiring to college. Many are alienated from the educational system by a lack of culturally appropriate and meaningful environment or support systems that reflect Indigenous values of community, sharing, honoring extended family, giving-back to one’s community, and respect for creation.The contributors to this book highlight Indigenized college access programs--meaning programs developed by, not just for--the Indigenous community, and are adapted, or developed, for the unique Indigenous populations they serve. Individual chapters cover a K-12 program to develop a Native college-going culture through community engagement; a “crash course” offered by a higher education institution to compensate for the lack of college counseling and academic advising at students’ schools; the role of tribal colleges and universities; the recruitment and retention of Native American students in STEM and nursing programs; financial aid; educational leadership programs to prepare Native principals, superintendents, and other school leaders; and, finally, data regarding Native American college students with disabilities. The chapters are interspersed with narratives from current Indigenous graduate students.This is an invaluable resource for student affairs practitioners and higher education administrators wanting to understand and serve their Indigenous students.

Serving Native American Students

Author : Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox,Shelly C. Lowe,George S. McClellan
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121596790

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The increasing Native American enrollment at campuses across the United States is something to be celebrated. It reflects the resiliency of Native people across the country, a commitment on the part of Native students and their families to pursue educational goals, and the growing strength in tribal government and tribal economies. However, the underlying reality that the retention rate for Native American students is the lowest for any group in higher education ought be a source of tremendous concern. It is a consequence of the history of Native Americans in the United States; the state of elementary and secondary education for many Native Americans; and the lack of awareness in much of higher education to Native American students, people, and issues. What are the trends in enrollment for Native American students? What do we know about their experiences on our campuses? What contributes to their success in pursuing their educational aspirations, and what inhibits them? How might greater awareness of contemporary issues in Indian country affect our ability to serve Native American students? How might knowledge of Native American epistemology, cultural traditions, and social structures help in our efforts to address challenges and opportunities on our campuses? In this volume of the New Directions in Student Services series, scholars and practitioners alike, most of them Native American, address these important questions.

Tradition and Culture in the Millennium

Author : Linda Sue Warner,Gerald E. Gipp
Publisher : IAP
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607529897

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Tradition and Culture in the Millennium by Linda Sue Warner,Gerald E. Gipp Pdf

This volume of The David C. Anchin Research Center Series on Educational Policy in the 21st century: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions focuses on tribal colleges and universities. As a recent member of higher education community, tribal colleges and universities provide a unique perspective on higher education policy. Policies and structures rely increasingly on native culture and traditions and yet provide the framework for academic rigor, collaboration, and relevance. Tribal Colleges and Universities have played an integral role in the growing numbers of students who attain the bachelor’s degree. According to Ward (2002), these colleges and universities experienced a five-fold increase in student enrollment between 1982 and 1996. As it stands today, approximately 142,800 American Indians and Alaska Natives who are 25 and older hold a graduate or professional degree (Diverse, 2007), and Tribal Colleges and Universities have been integral to this graduate level attainment. With this edited volume, Dr. Linda Sue Warner and Dr. Gerald E. Gipp, and the invited scholarly contributors, have provided a comprehensive explication of the phenomenal history of Tribal Colleges and Universities in the United States and the policy issues and concerns that these colleges and universities face.

Beyond the Asterisk

Author : Heather J. Shotton,Shelly C. Lowe,Stephanie J. Waterman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000978933

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Beyond the Asterisk by Heather J. Shotton,Shelly C. Lowe,Stephanie J. Waterman Pdf

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2013While the success of higher education and student affairs is predicated on understanding the students we serve, the reality is, where the Native American population is concerned, that this knowledge is generally lacking. This lack may be attributed to this population’s invisibility within the academy – it is often excluded from institutional data and reporting, and frequently noted as not statistically significant – and its relegation to what is referred to as the “American Indian research asterisk.”The purpose of this book is to move beyond the asterisk in an effort to better understand Native students, challenge the status quo, and provide an informed base for leaders in student and academic affairs, and administrators concerned with the success of students on their campuses.The authors of this book share their understanding of Native epistemologies, culture, and social structures, offering student affairs professionals and institutions a richer array of options, resources, and culturally-relevant and inclusive models to better serve this population. The book begins by providing insights into Native student experiences, presenting the first-year experience from a Native perspective, illustrating the role of a Native living/learning community in student retention, and discussing the importance of incorporating culture into student programming for Native students as well as the role of Native fraternities and sororities.The authors then consider administrative issues, such as the importance of outreach to tribal nations, the role of Tribal Colleges and Universities and opportunities for collaborations, and the development of Native American Student Services Units..The book concludes with recommendations for how institutions can better serve Native students in graduate programs, the role that Indigenous faculty play in student success, and how professional associations can assist student affairs professionals with fulfilling their role of supporting the success of Native American students, staff, and faculty. This book moves beyond the asterisk to provide important insights from Native American higher education leaders and non-Native practitioners who have made Native students a priority in their work.While predominantly addressed to the student affairs profession – providing an understanding of the needs of the Native students it serves, describing the multi-faceted and unique issues, characteristics and experiences of this population, and sharing proven approaches to developing appropriate services – it also covers issues of broader administrative concern, such as collaboration with tribal colleges; as well academic issues, such as graduate and professional education. The book covers new material, as well as expanding on topics previously addressed in the literature, including Native American Greek organizations, incorporating Native culture into student programming, and the role of Native American Special Advisors. The contributors are themselves products of colleges and universities where Native students are too often invisible, and who succeeded despite the odds. Their insights and the examples they provide add richness to this book. It will provide a catalyst for new higher education practices that lead to direct, and increased support for, Native Americans and others who are working to remove the Native American asterisk from research and practice.

The Renaissance of American Indian Higher Education

Author : Maenette K.P. A Benham,Wayne J. Stein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135630928

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The Native American Higher Education Initiative (NAHEI), a W.W. Kellogg Foundation project, has supported the development and growth of centers of excellence at Tribal Colleges and Universities across the United States. These are centers of new thinking about learning and teaching, modeling alternative forms of educational leadership, and constructing new systems of post-secondary learning at Tribal Colleges and Universities. This book translates the knowledge gained through the NAHEI programs into a form that can be adapted by a broad audience, including practitioners in pre-K through post-secondary education, educational administrators, educational policymakers, scholars, and philanthropic foundations, to improve the learning and life experience of native (and non-native) learners.

Engineering Studies at Tribal Colleges and Universities

Author : National Academy of Engineering,Steering Committee for Engineering Studies at the Tribal Colleges
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309180962

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Engineering Studies at Tribal Colleges and Universities by National Academy of Engineering,Steering Committee for Engineering Studies at the Tribal Colleges Pdf

This study was designed to provide expert, objective, independent advice to 11 tribal colleges that are working together to offer engineering programs. The chief data-gathering activity was a one and one-half day workshop. Reasons for establishing a four-year engineering program at a TCU were outlined in the workshopâ€"making it possible for American Indian students to complete a four-year engineering degree entirely within the tribal college system; reducing the high attrition rate of American Indian students who attend mainstream educational institutions; and providing an engineering program that is culturally relevant to tribal students.

Tribal Colleges

Author : Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Publisher : Foundation
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015013959245

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Tribal Colleges by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Pdf

Drawing from site visits conducted over a 2-year period, this study report assesses the current status of the 24 tribally controlled colleges in the United States. A foreword by Ernest L. Boyer summarizes the major study findings, including the following: (1) at almost all of the colleges, salaries were too low, libraries were underfunded, and budgets were inadequate; (2) in addition to conventional college curricula to prepare students to transfer to four-year institutions, the colleges offered programs for older students, transition programs for re-entry students, and enrichment programs for high school students; and (3) at the heart of the tribal college movement is a commitment by Native Americans to reclaim their cultural heritage. Chapter 1 provides a brief history of tribal colleges and notes four characteristics common to all of the institutions. First, tribal colleges establish a learning environment that encourages participation and builds self-confidence in students who have come to view failure as the norm. Second, tribal colleges celebrate and help sustain Native American traditions. Third, they provide essential community services, and, fourth, they serve as centers for research and scholarship. Chapter 2 traces the history of Native American "mis-education," noting the negative role played in the past by boarding schools. Chapter 3 provides a profile of the 24 tribal colleges in terms of educational philosophy, curriculum, enrollment, students, governance, faculty, physical facilities, and funding. In chapter 4, the role of these institutions within their local communities is discussed, with respect to cultural change, health care, and economic empowerment. Chapter 5 considers their role in building communities and rebuilding a sense of heritage. Finally, chapter 6 presents a series of recommendations for ensuring educational quality and tribal renewal. A list of tribally controlled colleges is appended. (AYC)

Next Steps

Author : Karen Gayton Swisher,John Tippeconnic
Publisher : Charleston, W. Va. : ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015049716031

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Next Steps by Karen Gayton Swisher,John Tippeconnic Pdf

"What is "Indian education" today? What will it look like in the future? These were the questions Karen Gayton Swisher and John W. Tippeconnic III posed to a dozen leading American Indian scholars and practitioners. They responded with the essays in Next Steps: Research and Practice to Advance Indian Education, which explore two important themes. The first is education for tribal self-determination. Tribes are now in a position to exercise full control of education on their lands. They have the authority to establish and enforce policies that define the nature of education for their constituents, just as states do for their school districts. The second theme is the need to turn away from discredited deficit theories of education, and turn instead to an approach that builds on the strengths of Native languages and culture and the basic resilience of Indigenous peoples. This second theme could be especially important for the 90 percent of Indian students who attend public schools. Next Steps is appropriate for multicultural and teacher education programs. It addresses facets of K-12 and post-secondary Native American education programs, including their history, legal aspects, curriculum, access, and achievement"--Back cover.

The Tribally Controlled Indian Colleges

Author : Norman T. Oppelt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015019823171

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"This book is a well researched history on American Indian higher education from the seventeenth century through the present time and it describes why and how early education efforts failed tribal groups. Out of these first efforts, and two centuries later, the tribally controlled Indian college movement began. Oppelt looks at each Indian controlled college that has been established since the early 1960s and gives some perspective on each one's educational philosophy, history, and status as they each exist today"--Back cover.

Education and the American Indian

Author : Margaret Szasz
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0826320481

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Education and the American Indian by Margaret Szasz Pdf

This revised edition provides an overview of American Indian/Alaska Native education from 1928 to 1998.

Native American Studies in Higher Education

Author : Duane Champagne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 075910123X

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Native American Studies in Higher Education by Duane Champagne Pdf

Thirty-three academics from the U.S. and Canada discuss the formation of American Indian studies programs in mainstream universities over the past 30 years. Coverage includes the origination of the programs, their relations with the Indian community, financial and administrative relations with their university administration, contributing factors to their successes and setbacks, specific courses offered, and the philosophy for Indian studies. The 12 case studies detail several specific programs, including Dartmouth, U. of California-Davis, UCLA, Harvard, U. of Alaska-Anchorage, U. of Minnesota-Duluth and Twin Cities, U. of Oklahoma, U. of Arizona, U. of North Carolina-Pembroke, Trent U., and Saskatchewan Indian Federated College. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

American Indian Education

Author : Jon Reyhner,Jeanne Eder
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780806180403

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American Indian Education by Jon Reyhner,Jeanne Eder Pdf

In this comprehensive history of American Indian education in the United States from colonial times to the present, historians and educators Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder explore the broad spectrum of Native experiences in missionary, government, and tribal boarding and day schools. This up-to-date survey is the first one-volume source for those interested in educational reform policies and missionary and government efforts to Christianize and “civilize” American Indian children. Drawing on firsthand accounts from teachers and students, American Indian Education considers and analyzes shifting educational policies and philosophies, paying special attention to the passage of the Native American Languages Act and current efforts to revitalize Native American cultures.