In this commentary, we engage and summarize existing practices for recruiting and retaining American Indian and Alaska Native students in postsecondary institutions in California. This commentary is the output of a two-day symposium, “Lighting a Path Forward: UC Land Grants, Public Memory, and Tovaangar,” held at the University of California, Los Angeles in October of 2019. The symposium brought together campus and community leaders from across California to discuss the past, present and future of American Indian and Alaska Native student and community concerns, and provide intervening policy and practice recommendations. Participants included both American Indian and Alaska Native and non-Native individuals with a wealth of professional experience and employment in American Indian and Alaska Native education, from the California Community College, California State University and University of California systems. We jointly created a table of critical interventions in education, the justification for this, and potential strategies for implementation. Here, we summarize the discussion of participants from the American Indian and Alaska Native student retention and recruitment workshop to document recommends interventions for campus practitioners and leaders to serve as a guiding document for system and campus advocacy.
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March 19 2021
Commentary on the Recruitment and Retention of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in California Postsecondary Education Institutions
American Indian Culture and Research Journal (2020) 44 (1): 113–136.
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Randall Akee, Theresa Stewart-Ambo, Heather Torres; Commentary on the Recruitment and Retention of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in California Postsecondary Education Institutions. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 1 January 2020; 44 (1): 113–136. doi: https://doi.org/10.17953/aicrj.44.1.akee_stewart-ambo_torres
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