Retention & Recruitment

Study involved interviews, observations, written surveys, meetings, and other consultations. Sample drawn from residents of Wabasca, Fox Lake, Ft. Mckay, and Fort Chipewyan in 2007-2008.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of St. Thomas, 2011.

Discusses the concerns of Aboriginal students to address the needs for academic success.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Montana, 2017.

Program helps clients heal from trauma through creative expression, emotional and physical support, and a sense of belonging.

Broad recommendations focus on language and a holistic approach. Others are mandated across four areas: early childhood, prekindergarten to Grade 12, post-secondary, and labour force attachment.

Examines the impact Native American faculty and staff can have in mainstream institutions of higher education.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Waikato, 2016.

Research indicates that the reasons for students to leave school include academic challenges, family responsibilities, drugs and alcohol and crime.

Educational Administration Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of South Dakota, 2010.

Looks at the vision of the Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network for better educational outcomes.

Brief general discussion of Montana's American Indian enrolment statistics, problems encountered when tribal colleges apply for accreditation and a cooperative effort by three institutions to ease the transition from tribal colleges to four-year institutions.

Business, Law and Economics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2017.

Physical Education Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2013.

Question scan undertaken to provide overview of pertinent research literature. One hundred and fourteen documents listed.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.

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.

Using the Youth in Transition Survey (which excluded people who lived on-reserve or in the North) author found that 90 percent of the university attendance gap was associated socio-economic and academic characteristics.

Contends that the best results come from a combination of good teaching and management on the school side, and support and determination on the community side.

Findings from 6 focus groups conducted with 26 Alaska Native college students, identified 8 quality of life domains which will be integrated into programing promoting academic success.

Overview of a project intended to identify effective human resource management strategies, practices and programs (specifically, within the areas of recruitment and career development).

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 2002.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2000.

Examines the factors affecting education of Aboriginal youth, creating graduation rates that lag behind that of their non-Aboriginal classmates.

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Reviews data from 10 states to examine possible contributing factors which would explain why male enrollment is less than half of that of female.

Exploration of the need for, development, and implementation of the Facilitated Indigenous Admissions Program at McMaster University.

Study examines the failure of education system to benefit Aboriginal people based on results which display conflicts with moral and cultural values of the students.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.

Author articulates the barriers they feel Indigenous people face in the field of Native Studies, and the ways that contemporary Native Studies departments tend to favor non-Indigenous candidates in the hiring process.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2003.

Examines Aboriginal human resources issues including: challenges with the labour market, skills development and employment, and activities designed to promote business development.

Comments on the relationship between adversity and resilience in efficacious students.

Brief annotated review of articles pertaining to the subject.

Address delivered by a Governor of the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Tribes challenges students to further their education.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2005.

Discusses aspects of education and learning in different disciplines, programs and locations in Canada and Greenland, with an emphasis on cultural content.

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Sources include: books, chapters, articles, research reports, annotated bibliographies, opinion and discussion papers, organizational reports, legislation, and policies.

Discusses education in an Nlakapamux narrative regarding identifying success in contemporary settings; article adapted from author's doctoral dissertation.

Address to the Second Annual Navajo Youth Conference stresses the importance of planning for your future by obtaining a good education.

Literature review and 10 recommendations to improve supports and placement resources in Alberta.