PROMOTING AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE STUDENT SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CHiXapkaid D' Michae

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PROMOTING AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
STUDENT SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
CHiXapkaid (D. Michael Pavel)1 Ella Inglebret2
1Department of Educational Leadership
Counseling Psychology 2Department of Speech
Hearing Sciences

• PROGRAM ENROLLMENT
• 1. Stable Financial Support
• Scholarship Grant funding
• Tuition waivers graduate assistantships
• Debt management
• 2. Spiritual, Mental, Physical Well-being
• Dealing with homesickness
• Avoiding drugs alcohol
• Cultivating resilience
• attitudes emotions
• academic social competence
• physical health
• problem-solving critical thinking skills
• 3. Educational Opportunities
• Respect cultural identity, ancestral knowledge,
  tribal sovereignty
• Bring Native voices into educational dialogue

• INTRODUCTION
• Native students are increasingly achieving
  success in higher education
• We can learn from their success
• PURPOSE
• Describe an evidence-based model for promoting
  success of Native students
• METHOD
• Model development based on
• Review of pertinent documents
• Observations
• Extensive literature review
• Research findings

RESULTS The Circle of Success for Native
American Students in Higher Education

• TRANSITIONING IN
• Drawing from ancestral experiences
• Clarifying aspirations, intentions, vision
• Selecting an institution that fits
• Preparing academically socially

• RETURNING TO SERVE
• Giving back to Native peoples
• a core value
• Multiple levels
• outreach to tribal schools communities
• educate non-Natives about ancestral knowledge
  heritage
• presentations publications for professional
  organizations
• serve as professionals role models for Native
  communities
• become agents of change

REFERENCE CHiXapkaid (Pavel, D.M.),
Inglebret, E. (2007). The American Indian and
Alaska Native Students Guide to College Success.
Westport, CT Greenwood Press.