Retention & Recruitment

Displaying 751 - 800 of 1241

National Workshop on Strategies to Recruit and Retain Aboriginal Nursing Students in the Nursing Profession: A Report of the Proceedings Submitted by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, September 26-28, 2003

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
Summary of a workshop which focused on strategies to recruit and retain Aboriginal nursing students in New Zealand, and looks at how the strategies can apply in Canada.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native American Academic Performance: Does School Type Matter?

Alternate Title
Class of 2011 Research Paper No. 2, November 2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Blythe George
Based on use of culturally relevant course materials and teaching methods, examines if Native American students in charter schools perform better than in public schools .
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native American Students Going to and Staying in Postsecondary Education: An Intervention Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard S. Adelman
Linda Taylor
Perry Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 3, Reducing Barriers to Native American Student Success in Higher Education, 2013, pp. 29-56
Discusses what has been done to improve student readiness, increase enrollment, ease transitions, and support completion.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Birthrights and Indigenous Science

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrienne Brant James
Tammy Lunday
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 2014, pp. 56-58
Comments on how the Circle of Courage bridges together Indigenous and Western knowledge and provides a foundation for positive youth development in any culture.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Education: Searching for Alternatives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. N. (Bob) Arkell
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 1, October 1977, pp. [28-30]
Intervention Strategies Taxonomy model is used as an approach to problem solving in education.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Indian Teachers: A Key to Progress

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Hands Back, Hands Forward: Revising Aboriginal Voices and Revisioning Aboriginal Research, 1999, pp. 57-63
Suggests that Indigenous teachers are best able to create a learning environment that makes education relevant to the needs of children.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Intelligence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Janigan
Maclean's, vol. 115, no. 4, January 28, 2002, p. 47
Describes economist John Richards' look at funding and changes necessary such as increasing educational achievements and decreasing reliance on welfare.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Student and Faculty Experiences: Supportive Systems from the Outside

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki A. Green
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 228-232
Author encourages Indigenous people looking at careers in academia to seek out mentorship from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members and stresses the roles that allies can play to support Indigenous people entering the academy.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Suspicion

Alternate Title
Canada's Colleges and Universities Look for Ways to Recruit Aboriginal Students Wary of a Once-Hostile Educational System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Birchard
Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 52, no. 19, January 13, 2006, pp. 46-49
Discusses the problems associated with recruitment of Aboriginal students to Canadian colleges and universities given the perception that education is a threat to native cultures and traditions.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Native Youth Media as Social Justice Youth Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Johnston-Goodstar
Jenna Sethi
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 52, no. 3, 2013, pp. 65-80
"This article reviews the history of youth development theory and its emergence from colonial, sexist and racist contexts".
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Navajo Transition to Higher Education: Knowledge Systems, Cultural Values and Educational Policies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander W. Wiseman
International Journal of Educational Research, vol. 33, no. 6, 2000, pp. 621-629
Explains transitional problems as being affected primarily by community characteristics such as socioeconomic status and rural location as well as those unique to the Navajo such traditions, theology and culture.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

Navajo Youth and Anglo Racism: Cultural Integrity and Resistance

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Deyhle
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 65, no. 3, Fall, 1995, pp. 403-[444]
Ten-year anthroplogical study tracked students from 1980-1981 to 1988-1989. Author argues problems of retention and success in school are part of conflict in the larger community.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

A New Approach to Understanding Aboriginal Educational Outcomes: The Role of Social Capital

Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 3
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jerry White
Nicholas Spence
Paul Maxim
vol. 3

Paper based on inventory of policies and programs, and contact with experts, students and government officers.

Chapter four from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

Login or Register to create bookmarks.

NEW Implementation Report

Alternate Title
Making Education Work (MEW) Implementation Report 2011
Documents & Presentations
Overview of project implementation to evaluate supports offered to grade 10 to 12 students to stay in school and meet requirements for post secondary education.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.

A New Start in Indian Education

Alternate Title
A Start in Indian Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Wade
John Anderson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 1, October 1978, pp. [1-5]
Describes the ESEA Title III Indian Education Project at Ashland, Wisconsin that successfully addressed both system improvements and attendance in the public school system.
Login or Register to create bookmarks.
Subscribe to Retention & Recruitment