Located in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, I?isagvik College draws from the strength of its Arctic community, striving to equip its graduates with the knowledge and skills to ensure their success. The institution's mission is "providing academic, vocational and technical education in a learning environment that perpetuates and…

This case introduces the current educational leadership context found in the executive branch of the Osage Nation, which is experiencing an era of rapid growth in the wake of a constitutional reform effort in 2004 to 2006. Utilizing a specific narrative that puts an Osage educational leader in charge of developing a 10-year plan that will guide…

"How do you feel when you speak Zapotec?" According to some children who are learning Zapotec, an Indigenous language spoken in Teotitlan del Valle, Mexico, speaking Zapotec invokes feelings of pride. But not all learners feel this way, and children's feelings often vary depending on the specifics of a particular interaction. In this…

Discussions about migration, geography, and Indigenous language use are key ways that community members perform, negotiate, and contest identities and politics in multilingual Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, a federally-recognized Native nation located within the city of El Paso, Texas. This linguistic anthropological piece illustrates how tribal members…

Since 2013, Oaxacan Indigenous educators have experienced "seismic aftershocks" from three tumultuous developments: the massive 8.2 earthquake in September 2017 along Oaxaca´s Pacific coast, immediately followed by other earthquakes and continuing tremors; homogenizing federal education reforms imposed since 2013, including the projected…

This study took place in a village in Yucatan, Mexico in the context of two adult education programs in Yucatan [Plaza Comunitaria and Preparatoria Abierta]. I interacted in "convivencia" with bilingual (Mayan-Spanish) Yucatec Mayan women who took on the challenge of completing their formal schooling through those adult education…

Although giving back is consistently recognized as a goal of Native (Native Hawaiian, Native American, and Alaska Native) college students, little in the literature describes giving back in detail. To fill this gap, this research examines the essence of giving back as it is experienced by Native college graduates. It explores, through both…

An increasingly multicultural Aotearoa early childhood education (ECE) landscape forms the context for my doctoral study in progress. My research explores the culturally embedded and negotiated environmental identities of a growing number of migrant Indian teachers. This article documents my experiences of confronting and navigating the unexpected…

This document analysis study identified how many articles' purposes focused on Native American peoples and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) are published in five community college journals and one professional magazine, and how this published research portrays Native American peoples and TCUs. Utilizing a document analysis design, five…

There are some studies indicating that parents make a significant contribution to children's conceptual learning through play, whereas very few studies have been done to identify parents' pedagogical positioning in children's imaginative play for supporting their learning and development. This paper is seeking how Indian-Australian immigrant…

The purpose of this autoethnographic multiple case study is to examine the perceptions of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) doctoral students, who are also first-generation college (FGC) students. This research seeks to navigate their experiences in a doctoral program focused on special education for culturally and linguistically diverse…

Purpose: Student engagement is a multifaceted concept that encompasses various dimensions that significantly influence students and their learning journey. This study aims to explore the extent of engagement among management students outside the confines of the classroom, specifically focusing on their engagement with the campus and community and…

In this study, we used a comprehensive survey instrument to examine the nexus of social support, academic assistance, and well-being among 190 university students, including 64 international and 126 Indian students, with gender parity. It addresses a critical gap in the literature by exploring how emotional and educational support intertwine and…

This article analyses experiences of old age and ageism in the trajectories of Indian women academics in post-Independence higher education, drawing on narrative sources such as life-writing and fiction. It focuses primarily on writing by the late Jasodhara Bagchi, 1937-2015, and Nabaneeta Dev Sen, 1938-2019, who worked within public funded higher…

Chile has a highly segregated education system. Indigenous students tend to be one of the most disadvantaged socio-cultural groups in terms of educational access and academic outcomes, in addition to lacking consistent intercultural educational alternatives. Through in-depth interviews, we explored Mapuche families' experiences from two…