Postsecondary Education for American Indian and Alaska Natives
Higher Education for Nation Building and Self-Determination: ASHE Higher Education Report 37:5
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Beschreibung
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students continue to besignificantly underrepresented in institutions of higher educationand continue to face barriers that impeded their academic success.This volume explores the factors that influence college going inIndigenous communities and,upon enrollment in institutions ofhigher education, the factors that influence college completion.Chapters cover:
* The legacy of Western education in Indigemous communities
* The experiences of Indigenous students in the K-12 system
* Transition from student to faculty of AI/AN graduates
* Recommendations that can improve the success of Indigenousstudents and faculty
This is the fifth issue the 37th volume of the Jossey-Bass seriesASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph in the seriesis the definitive analysis of a tough higher education problem,based on thorough research of pertinent literature andinstitutional experiences. Topics are identified by a nationalsurvey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned towrite the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of eachmanuscript before publication.
Autor*in
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
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