Official Encouragement, Institutional Discouragement: Minorities in Academe-The Native American Experience

by William G. Tierney

Book Overview

The impetus for this book derives from the unusually high percentage of minority students generally, and Native American students specifically, who do not complete a collegiate degree. Of all ethnic groups in the U.S., Indian students experience the most difficulty in obtaining a degree. A host of strategies and policies have been implemented by well-meaning administrators to decrease attrition, yet these ideas have often failed to make any significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893919462
• ISBN13: 9780893919467
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"