Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Tribal College"”.
-
Tribal College Culture-Based Education Impacts American Indian Students In North America
<p>Life Circle Tribal College (a pseudonym), as other tribal colleges, claims its purpose for existence is to help increase American Indians' access to affordable and culturally relevant vocational and academic postsecondary education. This study sought to answer the following questions: (1) How …
-
Being Raced, Acting Racially: Multiracial Tribal College Students' Representations of Their Racial Identity Choices
… the United States? This study was conducted at a tribal college in New Mexico with selected mixed-race participants who identified as Native American, or acknowledged Native American ancestry. At the time of data collection, the school enrollment was 513 students, representing 83 federally …
-
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF SHORTAGES OF INDIAN TEACHERS AS DESCRIBED BY TRIBAL COLLEGE LEADERS IN TEACHER PREPARATION
… study was to describe the experiences of tribal college leaders in preparing Indian pre-service teachers through the lens of the phenomenon of shortages of Indian teachers. It was hoped that such descriptions could inform educational leaders on possible, efficacious means to increasing the …
-
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF SHORTAGES OF INDIAN TEACHERS AS DESCRIBED BY TRIBAL COLLEGE LEADERS IN TEACHER PREPARATION
… study was to describe the experiences of tribal college leaders in preparing Indian pre-service teachers through the lens of the phenomenon of shortages of Indian teachers. It was hoped that such descriptions could inform educational leaders on possible, efficacious means to increasing the …
-
THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
… 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 Montana tribal colleges. The resources included: mentoring …
-
THE TRIBAL COLLEGE MOVEMENT: ENSURING THAT NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND PERSIST TO EARN A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE
… 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 Montana tribal colleges. The resources included: mentoring …
-
Leadership of American Indian Presidents of Accredited Tribally Chartered Community Colleges
… of Native American presidents of accredited tribally chartered and controlled community colleges. The Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire-Form XII was used to obtain the self-perceptions of seven Native American presidents about their leadership behavior. In addition, the perceptions of …
-
Transition: The Journey from Tribal Colleges to Four-Year Institutions
… by Native American students transferring from a tribal college to a four-year institution. This qualitative study sought to find out what could be done by tribal colleges, receiving four-year institutions, family, and tribes to make the path smoother.</p><p>Fourteen former Little Hawk tribal …
-
A Study of Native American GED Graduates at Four Tribal Community Colleges in North Dakota
… Educational Development (GED) graduates of four tribal colleges in North Dakota. The purpose was to provide answers to five research questions and to determine baseline data on Indian education in an area not fully studied. The study will assist in closing the gap between research already …
-
An Examination of the Perceived College Leadership, Governance, and Decision Making from Governing Board Members at Selected Midwest Tribal Colleges
… Indian leadership began with the introduction of tribal governments. Tribal governments forced Indian people into a different form of leadership. Although new leadership roles came into existence, the concept of traditional leadership continued. Many current tribal leaders were looked upon …
-
Do They Work? Developmental Courses in Mathematics and English at Sitting Bull College
… and English courses at a small mid-Western tribal college. This was a quantitative, descriptive study of the courses and the students over a six year timeframe.</p> <p>All students who enrolled in developmental mathematics and English courses at Sitting Bull College during the summer of 2003 …
-
Comparison of Learning Styles and Preferred Instructional Methods of the Native American Nursing Student
<p>Enrollment and retention in colleges for Native American nursing students continues to be a concern. Many educators assume that adults can adapt to all types of instruction. Research on learning styles reveals that individuals possess unique strengths and when their strengths are accommodated …
-
Navigating Power and Politics: Women of Color Senior Leaders in Academe
… Three participants came from historically Black colleges and universities, one woman held a position at a Tribal college, and one worked at a Hispanic serving institution. Drawing upon five theoretical frameworks, four themes emerged that were grounded in the data: 1) Advancing Women Through …
-
Rural Community Colleges and the Nursing Shortage in Severely Distressed Counties
… This study determined the impact community and tribal colleges in severely economically distressed counties of the United States have on the nursing shortage faced by health care facilities serving these areas. The initial sample of 24 institutions selected in the Ford Foundation's Rural …
-
Biculturalism And Native American College Students' Performance On The WAIS-III
… of cultural identification of Native American college students on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III). The study assessed the relationship between cultural identification and cognitive-testing scores between two groups of Native American college students. The first …
-
'Like Ice Floes': Iñupiaq Sovereignty and Settler Migration on Alaska's North Slope
… transient worker employees at Iḷisaġvik College, a tribal college founded to provide local, culturally informed higher education, socially segregate themselves from the majority-Iñupiat community. I show how their ethical, social, and political commitments to fellow residents and the …
-
Building bodies, (un)making empire: gender, sport, and colonialism in the United States, 1880-1930
… at Haskell Institute. Now a Native American tribal college, Haskell Institute was originally built in the 1880s as part of the colonial boarding school movement, which sought to assimilate Native youth into white culture and undermine Indigenous communities. My project focuses specifically on …
-
A Qualitative Study of Tribal Colleges and Universities that have Transitioned: From Two-Year Associate Degree Granting Institutions to Targeted Four-Year Bachelor Degree Granting Institutions
… this qualitative case study was to analyze how tribal colleges and Universities have transitioned from two-year associate degree granting institutions to offering four-year bachelor degree granting institutions. This case study includes three tribal colleges: Sitting Bull College, Salish …
-
A Qualitative Study of Tribal Colleges and Universities that have Transitioned: From Two-Year Associate Degree Granting Institutions to Targeted Four-Year Bachelor Degree Granting Institutions
… this qualitative case study was to analyze how tribal colleges and Universities have transitioned from two-year associate degree granting institutions to offering four-year bachelor degree granting institutions. This case study includes three tribal colleges: Sitting Bull College, Salish …
-
Delay Discounting Among American Indian And Non-Indian College Students
… a total 200 participants (150 American Indian college students and 50 non-Indian college students) recruited from the University of North Dakota (UND), Turtle Mountain Community College (TMCC), and Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop Community College. All participants completed the South Oaks …