It's About Family: Native American Student Persistence in Higher Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael M. Guillory ◽  
Mimi. Wolverton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Native American ◽  
Student Persistence ◽  
American Student ◽  
Persistence In Higher Education

The Impact of Learning on Student Persistence in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 152102512091557
Author(s):  
Maureen Snow Andrade ◽  
Ronald Mellado Miller ◽  
David McArthur ◽  
Morgan Ogden
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Persistence ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Professional Mobility ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Graduating Students ◽  
Persistence In Higher Education

The private economic benefits of persistence in higher education include better salaries and benefits, higher employment rates, greater savings, superior working conditions, and increased personal and professional mobility. Democratizing higher education is a first step to extending these benefits to a range of individuals. However, universities must also help an increasingly diverse body of students be successful and persist to graduation. This study explores a new aspect of persistence research, specifically, the views of graduating students and alumni regarding factors that influence whether or not they would return to the same institution, go to another institution, or not attend university at all if they were to make the choice again. Findings indicate that those who would not pursue higher education at all scored significantly lower on ratings reflective of learning, specifically essential learning outcomes and various aspects of academic engagement, suggesting that the learning experience is key to higher education persistence.

Expanding the Circle: Connecting Native American Learners with Distance Education

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
CeCelia R. Zorn, ◽  
Mary Ellen Stolder, ◽  
Marina J. Majeski,
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Native American ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
American Student ◽  
Native American Students ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
American Students

There appears to be a lack of bridging between Native American students and their culture, and the dominant Anglo system of higher education. This gap widens when the student participates in distance education (DE) and is separated from the teachers by space and time. This article calls for meeting the challenge of caring in academe by addressing cultural aspects of Native American students and provides suggestions for facilitating their learning through DE. After the Native American-Anglo relationship is briefly examined, characteristics and experiences of the Native American student are highlighted, followed by an examination of DE concerns pertinent to this population. Situated learning and a caring pedagogy are used as a framework to provide strategies that enhance success of the Native American student in DE.

scholarly journals Native American Student Perspectives of Challenges in Natural Resource Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 115 (5) ◽  
pp. 491-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breanna K. Gervais ◽  
Chase R. Voirin ◽  
Chris Beatty ◽  
Grace Bulltail ◽  
Stephanie Cowherd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Native American ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Student Perspectives ◽  
American Student

From Teen Parent to Student Parent: Latina Mothers’ Persistence in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 153819272098030
Author(s):  
Giselle Emilia Navarro-Cruz ◽  
Brianne A. Dávila ◽  
Claudia Kouyoumdjian
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Latina Mothers ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Teen Parent ◽  
Academic And Social Experiences ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Persistence In Higher Education

Less than half of adolescent mothers graduate from high school and fewer obtain a post-secondary degree. The purpose of this study is to understand how Latina mothers who experienced childbirth during adolescence transition to parenthood and higher education. We conducted 13 in-depth interviews with Latina mothers enrolled in higher education. We found that Latina mothers’ persistence in higher education is influenced by psychosocial factors, initial commitments, academic and social experiences in college, and final commitments.

Substance-Abuse and the Native American Student

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Murphy ◽  
Richard R. Deblassie
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Native American ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Substance Abuser ◽  
American Student ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups

Substance abuse has resulted in high social costs to our society. Although this phenomenon exists in the American mainstream, as well as in the various sub-cultures throughout the country, it is given little attention in the case of specific ethnic/minority groups. This article revolves around substance abuse in terms of an overview, its prevention, and a focus on the Native American substance abuser. School counselor intervention strategies and implications are emphasized.

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