1. Emma BeemerDiana OncoNATIVE AMERICANSTUDENTS &
FIRST-YEARPROGRAMS
2. OVERVIEW Introduction History of First-Year Programs History
of Native Student Success Present state of Native Americans and
First-YearPrograms University of Arizona, First-Year Scholars
Program Future trends Conclusion
3. INTRODUCTION Over 500 Native Americancommunities 13% of
Native Americanscomplete degree Overall goal is to retain afreshman
into sophomoreyear How are First-Year Programsbeneficial
4. WHAT ARE FIRST YEAR PROGRAMS? Found at col leges and
universities Who is involved? New Student Orientation Residence
Halls Academic Advising First-Year Seminar Course What do they
learn? Management skills Study skllls Financial management
5. FIRST FRESHMAN COUNSELORS Beginning duringmedieval times
1640: Harvard University Graduate Student and/ortutors Asked to
counsel and tobecome friends withfreshman
6. FIRST FRESHMAN ADVISORS 1665: President Chauncy ofHarvard
Strict admission requirements Faculty claimed freshman were
notprepared for col lege. More faculty - freshmaninteractions
brought betterrelationships Faculty helped diminish
seversinitiations on campus 1889: Board of Freshman Advisors
7. FIRST FRESHMEN RESIDENCE HALLS 1914: Harvard University
Chaos among rival secretsocieties Freshman residence hall isbuilt
Increase of social activities
8. FIRST FRESHMAN ORIENTATIONCOURSES 1920s: Literature with
advicefor freshman is publ ished Problems of the 1920-1930s:
Curriculum Time management Financial management Student activities
Difficulty adjusting to college Solutions: Counseling
orientation
9. HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN HIGHEREDUCATION Harvard: religion
andeducation Convert the NativeAmerican tribes Class of 1665:
CalebCheeshahteaumuck Dartmouth: served bothEnglish and
NativeAmerican students
10. TRIBAL COLLEGES Ethnocentric education leadsto tribal
colleges anduniversities (TCUs) 1965: Higher Education Act 1972:
Indian Education Act 1975: Indian Self-Determination and
EducationAssistance Act Dine College: First tribalcollege
11. HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTSUCCESS Preserve cultural
practices Higher education =economic and socialdevelopment 42% of
Native Americanspursue higher education How have First
-YearPrograms assisted in theacademic success of NativeAmerican
students?
12. PRESENT From 1988-1997 the retention rate of NativeAmerican
students has changed very little with anaverage of 45% (Wells,
1997) More than half of those who leave before graduationdo so in
their first year (Wells, 1997). Key Factors: Insufficient academic
preparation Financial problemsPersonal and/or family
difficultiesAdjusting to university lifestyle
13. PRESENT Based on the 1997 research by Rober t Wells, there
were 17out of 30 institutions that repor ted having some level
ofsuppor t for Native American student such as orientationprograms,
counseling, advising, attendance, careerdevelopment, and financial
aid services (1997, p. 4)
14. NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY Providing Encouragement to
Empower and Retain Students
15. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
16. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17. English 101 and 102 courses had one course foreach level to
enroll Native American students. Other courses
included:HistoryChemistryAlgebra Courses in Common Study
hallLEARNING
18. LIVING The Native American population at UofA was 1.2%
in1989 and has increased to 2.7% in 2009. The wings resident
headcount grew from 15students in 2000 to 45 students by 2003
(2013)
19. CULTURE
20. SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Fall ActivitiesWelcome and
Orientation withfamily Family Weekend: includesBBQ and Football
gameHiking trips Spring ActivitiesService- learning projects
thatinclude local tribalcommunitiesEnd-of-Year Celebration
21. FUTURE TRENDS Growth of First-Yearprograms and
NativeAmerican students Struggles in financing andsustaining such
programscontinues to be an issue Retention rates areincreasing
because ofuniversity dedication
22. CONCLUSION First year programs and theirevolution through
history The approach to suppor tingstudents in education Native
American students andtheir history in education Figuring out which
modelworks best Reflecting on best practices
