Download or read book Barriers Bridges American Indian Community College Student Success written by Tamara Cheshire and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mixed methods study determined self-perceived needs, barriers, and resiliency characteristics that impact the academic success of American Indian community college students at Sacramento City College. The study was done to provide community colleges with further insight into the American Indian student experience to create an avenue for sustained institutional change to positively impact student success rates. Tribal Critical Race Theory and Reziliency Theory were combined to create a comprehensive theoretical framework through which to understand the experiences of American Indian students. For this study, success is defined as meeting the needs, eliminating the barriers, and reinforcing resiliency characteristics of American Indian students working toward the completion of a desired academic goal. Quantitative data came from student surveys with questions focusing on needs, barriers, and resiliency characteristics. Qualitative data came from follow-up focus groups to obtain deeper insight into the three previously mentioned variables. The researcher found that American Indian student needs fell into one of three categories: family support, financial support, or college support/services. Support from family members attending college, financial support and advising, and college support in the forms of academic counseling, cultural competency training, caring professors, Native student recognition, outreach and programming, Native student recruitment and retention, support for Native student organizations, involvement and networking with the external Native community, drug and alcohol counseling, and services like RISE and EOPS who provide advising, labs and other resources were found to be significant needs. Internal and external barriers exist for Native students. Internal barriers are controllable through the college and include a system linked to the perpetuation of racial stereotypes, which specifically result in making Native students invisible on campus; an inaccurate course curriculum or content reinforced by culturally incompetent, uncaring professors; bureaucratic or restrictive admissions practices; bureaucratic financial aid services; limited number and variety of course offerings; condescending tutors; the costs and availability of books; and transportation issues. External barriers over which the institution has no control include a lack of tribal support, lack of financial resources/support or inadequate finances, lack of family support, too many family demands, and how Native students feel about asking for help. It is important for the institution to be aware of the external barriers because they impact student needs within the internal academic environment. Interconnection between barriers prevents students from achieving success. Resiliency is defined as the skills or processes by which people cope with oppressive conditions. Native students have unmet needs and have experienced barriers rooted in racism and oppression; therefore, they have had to develop coping mechanisms or resiliency characteristics to survive and be successful. Resiliency characteristics were scholarship/financial support, spiritual support, social/community support, friend or peer/mentor support, community as family or sources of motivation and support, mentoring, friend and peer support, support services that teach resiliency characteristics like RISE and the Native American Studies Program, caring professors and counselors, as well as acts of resistance or survivance. A Student Success Equation was created. Furthermore when the equation was applied, a Student Success Model was produced incorporating factors that impact student success. Conclusions drawn from this research provide an applied context by which community colleges can enact transformative and transformational change to increase American Indian student success.
Download or read book Barriers and Bridges written by Tamara Christine Cheshire and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mixed methods study determined self-perceived needs, barriers, and resiliency characteristics that impact the academic success of American Indian community college students at Sacramento City College. The study was done to provide community colleges with further insight into the American Indian student experience to create an avenue for sustained institutional change to positively impact student success rates. Tribal Critical Race Theory and Reziliency Theory were combined to create a comprehensive theoretical framework through which to understand the experiences of American Indian students. For this study, success is defined as meeting the needs, eliminating the barriers, and reinforcing resiliency characteristics of American Indian students working toward the completion of a desired academic goal. Quantitative data came from student surveys with questions focusing on needs, barriers, and resiliency characteristics. Qualitative data came from follow-up focus groups to obtain deeper insight into the three previously mentioned variables. The researcher found that American Indian student needs fell into one of three categories: family support, financial support, or college support/services. Support from family members attending college, financial support and advising, and college support in the forms of academic counseling, cultural competency training, caring professors, Native student recognition, outreach and programming, Native student recruitment and retention, support for Native student organizations, involvement and networking with the external Native community, drug and alcohol counseling, and services like RISE and EOPS who provide advising, labs and other resources were found to be significant needs. Internal and external barriers exist for Native students. Internal barriers are controllable through the college and include a system linked to the perpetuation of racial stereotypes, which specifically result in making Native students invisible on campus; an inaccurate course curriculum or content reinforced by culturally incompetent, uncaring professors; bureaucratic or restrictive admissions practices; bureaucratic financial aid services; limited number and variety of course offerings; condescending tutors; the costs and availability of books; and transportation issues. External barriers over which the institution has no control include a lack of tribal support, lack of financial resources/support or inadequate finances, lack of family support, too many family demands, and how Native students feel about asking for help. It is important for the institution to be aware of the external barriers because they impact student needs within the internal academic environment. Interconnection between barriers prevents students from achieving success. Resiliency is defined as the skills or processes by which people cope with oppressive conditions. Native students have unmet needs and have experienced barriers rooted in racism and oppression; therefore, they have had to develop coping mechanisms or resiliency characteristics to survive and be successful. Resiliency characteristics were scholarship/financial support, spiritual support, social/community support, friend or peer/mentor support, community as family or sources of motivation and support, mentoring, friend and peer support, support services that teach resiliency characteristics like RISE and the Native American Studies Program, caring professors and counselors, as well as acts of resistance or survivance. A Student Success Equation was created. Furthermore when the equation was applied, a Student Success Model was produced incorporating factors that impact student success. Conclusions drawn from this research provide an applied context by which community colleges can enact transformative and transformational change to increase American Indian student success.
Download or read book Beyond Access written by Stephanie J. Waterman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that two principal factors are inhibiting Native students from transitioning from school to college and from succeeding in their post-secondary studies. It presents models and examples of pathways to success that align with Native American students’ aspirations and cultural values.Many attend schools that are poorly resourced where they are often discouraged from aspiring to college. Many are alienated from the educational system by a lack of culturally appropriate and meaningful environment or support systems that reflect Indigenous values of community, sharing, honoring extended family, giving-back to one’s community, and respect for creation.The contributors to this book highlight Indigenized college access programs--meaning programs developed by, not just for--the Indigenous community, and are adapted, or developed, for the unique Indigenous populations they serve. Individual chapters cover a K-12 program to develop a Native college-going culture through community engagement; a “crash course” offered by a higher education institution to compensate for the lack of college counseling and academic advising at students’ schools; the role of tribal colleges and universities; the recruitment and retention of Native American students in STEM and nursing programs; financial aid; educational leadership programs to prepare Native principals, superintendents, and other school leaders; and, finally, data regarding Native American college students with disabilities. The chapters are interspersed with narratives from current Indigenous graduate students.This is an invaluable resource for student affairs practitioners and higher education administrators wanting to understand and serve their Indigenous students.
Download or read book Identifying Strategies for Native American Student Success in Community Colleges written by Paula Jean Baxter and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black and Brown Leadership and the Promotion of Change in an Era of Social Unrest written by Rodriguez, Sonia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world was dealt a blow that included a pandemic and economic crisis as well as racial unrest, initiating an energized charge for social justice advocacy. The United States is currently facing an unprecedented challenge in ensuring that all citizens live in a fair, inclusive, and opportunity-rich society. These issues have heightened questions about racial justice that have been placated but can no longer be ignored. Marginalized communities cannot thrive if they continue to be oppressed, neglected, disinvested, and isolated from economic opportunity. The culture of allyship needs to be enacted thoughtfully and not performatively to create sustainable change through a critical mass of engaged advocates and activists. Many organizations enable the status quo by not confronting issues around race, gender, and equity. Leaders of color want a seat at the table as highly valued contributors for the transformation of a just and equitable America. By listening to the voices of Black and Brown leaders, the promotion of change in an era of social unrest will finally occur. Black and Brown Leadership and the Promotion of Change in an Era of Social Unrest amplifies the voices of leaders who identify as Black, LatinX, Indigenous, or people of color as they navigate leadership during a time of tumultuous change and social unrest. More specifically, it portrays dilemmas that marginalized communities encounter while advocating for justice and social change within whitestream organizational systems. The chapters delve into the definitions, perceptions, and lived experiences of Americanism, identity, otherness, and racism as it relates to leadership and discusses the issues, dilemmas, struggles, and successes that persons of color experience in leadership roles in business and education. This book is valuable for practitioners and researchers working in the field of social justice leadership in various disciplines, social justice activists and advocates, teachers, policymakers, politicians, managers, executives, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how leaders of color can succeed, navigate hostile spaces, and ultimately create a change in mindsets and practices that will lead to justice.
Download or read book The American Indian and Alaska Native Student s Guide to College Success written by D. Michael Pavel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-05-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choosing the right college is a big decision for most people. American Indian and Alaska Natives are no exception, but finding a college that offers a good educational program in their major plus a strong support system for tribal traditions makes that decision even more complex. This volume will help Native people clarify their postsecondary aspirations, improve their college choice, and increase their success in college. After a thorough examination of the issues that should be considered, Pavel and Inglebret present the different types of colleges available, programs and services to meet the special needs of Native students, and financial aid options. By answering many of the basic questions students have about going to college, Pavel and Inglebret help to demystify the process and encourage more Native students to pursue a college education. Special features include: -A list of colleges with Native American studies, and those most friendly to Native Americans' needs -A list of sources for financial aid, with contact information -Interviews with Native American students on all aspects of their college experiences -Suggestions for students on how to balance their new college experiences with their community and heritage
Download or read book At the Intersection written by Robert Longwell-Grice and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic. The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education. Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career.The book is divided into four parts with chapters of research and theory interspersed with thought pieces to provide personal stories to integrate the research and theory into lived experience. Each thought piece ends with questions to inspire readers to engage with the topic.Part One: Who is a First-generation College Student? provides the reader an entrée into the topic, with up-to-date data on both four-year and two-year colleges. Part One ends with a thought piece that asks the reader to pull together some of the big ideas before moving on to look more closely at students’ identities.Part Two: The Intersection of Identity shares the research, experience and thoughts of authors in relation to the individual and overlapping identities of LGBT, low-income, white, African-American, Latinx, Native American, undocumented, female, and male students who are all also first-generation college students. Part Three: Programs and Practices is an introduction to practices, policies and programs across the country. This section offers promise and direction for future work as institutions try to find a successful array of approaches to make the campus an inclusive place for the diverse population of first-generation college students.
Download or read book Hearing Their Voices written by Linda Converse Berry and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to explore, through their own voices, the higher education experiences of selected urban American Indian females in California community colleges. This study is an attempt to identify pathways to academic success by teasing out college practices and support systems that help Native women navigate educational paths in community colleges. Five urban Native women were selected through convenience sampling to participate in in-depth interviews that reveal their college-going experiences in community colleges in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. A narrative inquiry research design was used in this qualitative study as a means to uncover the lived experience of these Native women in California community colleges. Their stories, in their own voices, reveal how they were assisted or hampered in their pursuit of education goals. Six themes in common emerged from their stories: 1. Perseverance in Higher Education 2. Academic Aptitude and Success 3. Institutional Support 4. Challenges and Barriers 5. Native American Identity and Self-Image 6. Invisibility and Isolation The exploration of challenges, barriers, and institutional support that influenced academic success for these five women assists community college leaders in understanding ways in which those challenges and barriers can be overcome. An intended outcome of this study is to influence instructional and student support practices in order to expand opportunities for success for Native women.
Download or read book Thriving in Transitions written by Laurie A. Schreiner and published by The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it was originally released, Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success represented a paradigm shift in the student success literature, moving the student success conversation beyond college completion to focus on student characteristics that promote high levels of academic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal performance in the college environment. The authors contend that a focus on remediating student characteristics or merely encouraging specific behaviors is inadequate to promote success in college and beyond. Drawing on research on college student thriving completed since 2012, the newly revised collection presents six research studies describing the characteristics that predict thriving in different groups of college students, including first-year students, transfer students, high-risk students, students of color, sophomores, and seniors, and offers recommendations for helping students thrive in college and life. New to this edition is a chapter focused on the role of faculty in supporting college student thriving.
Download or read book Student Success Modeling written by Raymond V. Padilla and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on one of the key questions in education: What determines a student’s success?Based on twenty years of work on student success, Ray Padilla here presents two related models he has developed that both provide a framework for understanding success and indicate how it can be enhanced and replicated. The research and theory that inform his models are covered in detail.He defines student success simply as progress through a program of study, such that the student and others expect him or her to complete it and be promoted to the next level or graduate. Rather than focusing on the reasons for failure or drop out, his approach focuses on understanding the factors that account for student success and that enable many students, some of them under the most challenging circumstances, to complete all program requirements and graduate. The models provide schools and colleges with an analytical tool to uncover the reasons for student success so that they can develop strategies and practices that will enable more students to emulate their successful peers. They address the characteristics of the students—such as motivation and engagement, the ability to surmount barriers, and persistence—and similarly surface the characteristics of teachers, the educational institution, its resources, and the contexts in which they interact. The process provides administrators with a clear and appropriate strategy for action at the level of each individual unit or subpopulation. Recognizing the need to develop general models of student success that also can be applied locally to specific situations and contexts, the book presents Padilla’s Expertise Model of Student Success (EMSS) that can be applied to general populations, as well as the Local Student Success Model (LSSM) that can be used to drive local institutional strategies to improve student success.The book demonstrates how the models have been applied in settings as diverse as a minority high school, a community college, and an Hispanic Serving Institution, and for such purposes as comparing a high-performing and a non high-performing elementary school. Contributors:* Kimberly S. Barker is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, System Center San Antonio. She is currently working in the College of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction.* Mary J. Miller is the Instructional Compliance Director for the Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to this appointment, she served as an elementary school principal for ten years.* George E. Norton is the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for Admissions, Orientation & Transition Services at The University of Texas at San Antonio.* Ralph Mario Wirth is an administrator and director of educational planning at The San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity, as well as lead researcher for the Democratic Schools Research Institute, Inc.
Download or read book Crossing the Bridge Succeeding in a Community College and Beyond written by Jayne P. Bowers and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to student success in a community college including topics ranging from self-assessment and financial aid to study skills and time management. Student stories, tips, and testimonials supplement the author's guidelines that are based on 30+ years of teaching two-year college students.
Download or read book Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to College Student Success written by Crystal Sivia and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Barriers and Contributions to American Indian Academic Success at the University of Montana written by Jiraporn Angspatt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minority Serving Institutions written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are over 20 million young people of color in the United States whose representation in STEM education pathways and in the STEM workforce is still far below their numbers in the general population. Their participation could help re-establish the United States' preeminence in STEM innovation and productivity, while also increasing the number of well-educated STEM workers. There are nearly 700 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) that provide pathways to STEM educational success and workforce readiness for millions of students of colorâ€"and do so in a mission-driven and intentional manner. They vary substantially in their origins, missions, student demographics, and levels of institutional selectivity. But in general, their service to the nation provides a gateway to higher education and the workforce, particularly for underrepresented students of color and those from low-income and first-generation to college backgrounds. The challenge for the nation is how to capitalize on the unique strengths and attributes of these institutions and to equip them with the resources, exceptional faculty talent, and vital infrastructure needed to educate and train an increasingly critical portion of current and future generations of scientists, engineers, and health professionals. Minority Serving Institutions examines the nation's MSIs and identifies promising programs and effective strategies that have the highest potential return on investment for the nation by increasing the quantity and quality MSI STEM graduates. This study also provides critical information and perspective about the importance of MSIs to other stakeholders in the nation's system of higher education and the organizations that support them.
Download or read book American Indian College Success at a Mainstream University written by Scott D. Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Achievement written by Heather Elise Crosby and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student Success in College written by George D. Kuh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student Success in College describes policies, programs, and practices that a diverse set of institutions have used to enhance student achievement. This book clearly shows the benefits of student learning and educational effectiveness that can be realized when these conditions are present. Based on the Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP) project from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, this book provides concrete examples from twenty institutions that other colleges and universities can learn from and adapt to help create a success-oriented campus culture and learning environment.
