Kurzbeschreibung
Presently, fewer than 12% of Native Americans nationwide hold a degree beyond high school (Ting & Bryant, 2001). This percentage is the lowest among minority groups. The graduation rates of Native American students were the primary motivation for conducting this study. Previous research addressed success or failure among Native students from the researchers¿ perspective, not the students¿ perspective. This study focused on exploring success factors of Native college students and connections among these factors. This study described these factors and experiences through the qualitative methodology of grounded theory. The theory built from this study connected these factors and explored those connections. This study described the experiences of successful Native American college students who were persisters at a largely white, upper Midwestern, degree- granting institution. A goal of this research was to explain and better understand the linkages between experiences and events, which were related to Native American college success at a largely white, upper Midwestern, degree-granting institution.
Über den Autor
Dr. Korkow received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion in July of 2009. The dissertation, Native Americans and College Success was five years in the making. He currently is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Alcohol and Drug Studies at USD and resides in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.