Evaluation of the College Experience Among American Indian Upperclassmen

Authors

Terry Huffman, George Fox UniversityFollow
Ron Ferguson, Ridgewater College, Wilmar, MN

Date of this Version

Spring 2007

Comments

Published in GREAT PLAINS RESEARCH 17:1 pages 61-71 (Spring 2007). Copyright © 2007 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

This article reports partial findings from a five-year study that examined the attitudes, perceptions, and expectations regarding higher education among a sample of American Indian students attending a predominantly non-Indian university. Most notably, this article examines some of the factors associated with two specific personal assessments of the college experience: (1) the impact of college upon their appreciation of Native American heritage and (2) the level of satisfaction with the college experience.