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Native American students: blood quantum, identity, and educational success
Native American ancestors were fighting a war to maintain their relevance; today Natives are fighting another war, a war of self-existence. Studies of Native American identity and education are plentiful but studies of blood quantum and educational success are very scarce. This study explored …
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Factors that Contribute to Success in College for Native American Students
<p>Native American college student retention is a major issue for colleges and universities today. Most studies completed up to this point have approached the issue of Native American retention by surveying or interviewing those students who have left school. This study uses a qualitative interview …
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Injustice and discrimination through assimilationist policies and education against Native American students: a capability approach
… States of America and the domination of its Native Nations has led to profound social problems that continue to impact Indigenous communities and which have resulted in lower educational opportunities and outcomes for Indigenous students in comparison to their non-Native peers, which some …
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Native American Students: Perceptions of Lived Experiences Attending a Small Predominantly White University in the Upper Midwest
… to better understand the lived experiences of Native American students when studying on a predominantly white campus at a small university in the Upper Midwest. Using a phenomenological approach, the researcher interviewed each of the eight participants for one hour, although there were two …
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Examination of factors contributing to the achievement gap of Native American students in select school districts in Michigan
… analyze a similar gap in achievement between the Native American student and their White cohort. Such studies have been limited due to a small and isolated Native American population in regions across the nation. In Michigan, less than 1% of the student population in the schools is Native …
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THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
… of educational resources available to 44 Native American students. One-half initially attended a tribal college, and one-half Native American students who initially attended a non-tribal college. The qualitative process involved face-to-face interviews with the participants at the seven …
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THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
… of educational resources available to 44 Native American students. One-half initially attended a tribal college, and one-half Native American students who initially attended a non-tribal college. The qualitative process involved face-to-face interviews with the participants at the seven …
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Science Teachers' Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching in Majority Native American Schools in Oklahoma
<p>Native American students have consistently scored less than their white peers on high school academic achievement tests, have the lowest high school graduation rates, and have the lowest college enrollment rates. Research has evidenced challenges and struggles Native American children are faced …
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Effects of emotional intelligence on academic achievement in the alternative high school classroom
… background on academic achievement of alternative high school students. Gender, age, learning style, and ethnicity of the student are analyzed to determine any moderator effect on these relationships. Seventy-five students, ages 14 to19, who attend a public alternative high school were …
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Resource allocation and performance of high school students in unit school districts in the state of Illinois
… expenditures and the achievement of 11th grade students in public PK-12 (unit) school districts in the State of Illinois on the composite portion of the ACT. Data used for this study involved the 2012-2013 school year administration of the ACT exam and financial data reported for 375 Illinois …
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF PERCEIVED FACULTY DISCRIMINATION AND NATIVE AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
… faculty discrimination and its affect on Native American college undergraduate students' intrinsic motivation was explored. The following variables were studied, perceived faculty discrimination, family support, and intrinsic motivation in an attempt to gain insight on the changing Native …
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Native American Secondary Female Students' Perspectives On School Success
… was twofold: (a) to gain an understanding of how students perceive their own academic successes, learning experiences, and factors that contribute to their success; and (b) to document oral stories students shared about their experiences through transcribed interviews. The information gathered was …
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Factors influencing retention and completion of Native American college students at non-tribal community and technical colleges
… the factors that encourage or create barriers to Native American student retention at non-tribal community and technical colleges. This qualitative multiple case study gathered data from eight Native American college students attending non-tribal community and technical colleges using Zoom to …
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Experiencing Higher Education in Louisiana through a Native American Lens
… was to capture the voice of the Louisiana Native American students who attend Louisiana institutions of higher education. Native Americans are the least represented minority in colleges. More have entered college in recent years, yet they continue to leave college at a high rate. It is …
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How Practices Drive Persistence: The Transformational Consumption Journey of Native Americans in Higher Education
… there is a decline in the enrollment of Native American students and a decrease in Native American scholars. The President of the United States, in an October 2021 briefing and with the issuance of an executive order named The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, …
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A Model of Successful Adaptation to Online Learning for College-Bound Native American HIgh School Students
… on the personal online learning experiences of Native American high school students in Montana. The overarching research question was: What are the conditions for college-bound Native American high school students that result in a successful adaptation to an online learning environment?</p> …
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A Model of Successful Adaptation to Online Learning for College-Bound Native American HIgh School Students
… on the personal online learning experiences of Native American high school students in Montana. The overarching research question was: What are the conditions for college-bound Native American high school students that result in a successful adaptation to an online learning environment?</p> …
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Influence of Remedial Education Policies: Experiences of Low-Income Native American Women at a Midwestern Community College
… education can influence the experiences of students who identify as low socioeconomic (SES) Native American women at a Midwestern community college. This study proposed to use interpretive policy analysis and phenomenological qualitative research to learn more about how low SES Native …
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The Effects of Class Size on Student Performance in Reading in the Primary Grades
… size on reading achievement of primary grade students in the Bismarck (North Dakota) Public Schools. Data for the study included using scores from the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (Fourth Edition). The results on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test were analyzed according to grade, gender, …
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Effects of Stereotype Activation on Self-Concepts: Differences Between Native American & Caucasian College Students
… self-concept. Research was conducted with Native American and Caucasian college students using an ethnicity salient questionnaire as a means of SA. Participants then completed self-report measurements associated with Native American stereotypes. It was hypothesized that priming Native …
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