Survey conducted with 19 students found that they experienced isolation, racism, lack of respect and insufficient support from the institution. Author argues that present policies address the symptoms rather than the root causes of the lack of student retention.
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Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 169-184
Description
Article reveals that some unique approaches exist and raises a series of challenges including: implementing goals, evaluation, relevance, access, completion rates and Indigenous control.
Discusses the development of Canadian anthropology with American and British influences and major personalities in the discipline. The related article is entitled Co-habitation and Co-optation: some Intersections between Native American and Euroamerican Legal Systems in the Nineteenth Century.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 82-91
Description
Debate over the most effective approach to First Nation postsecondary education programs. Asserts that Elder participation as role models and guest teachers add value.
Provides overview of education, description of add-on, First Nations control, and partnership approaches, case studies of specific institutions, and interviews with practitioners.
Case studies: First Nations Partnership Program; Nunavut Sivuniksavut Program; first Nations House of Learning at the University of British Columbia, Malaspina University College; Saanich Adult Education Center.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, p. 29
Description
Brief article describes 12 Indigenous students who received scholarships totalling $60,000 during Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Week in Australia.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 26, no. 1, October 1986, pp. [6-13]
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Description and appraisal of the University Preparation Program (UPP) at University of Lethbridge, a six week course aimed at improving retention and graduation rates.
Journal of College Student Retention, vol. 2, no. 2, 2000/20001, pp. 141-159
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Students identified persistence, commitment to community, family, financial, and institutional supports as contributing to their success. Barriers were lack of funding, negative experiences in high school, lack of affordable housing and childcare.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 99-115
Description
Discusses the scholarship of First Nations history from the 1950s to present and how this scholarship has grown from a marginal fragment to a very considerable and sophisticated history.