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Facilitators Of Diné (Navajo) Student Access, Enrollment, And Persistence In Postsecondary Education: An Ecological Systems Perspective, Christina Hartman
Facilitators Of Diné (Navajo) Student Access, Enrollment, And Persistence In Postsecondary Education: An Ecological Systems Perspective, Christina Hartman
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Diné (Navajo) students drop out of high school and postsecondary education at higher than average rates. The purpose of this study was to investigate how Diné students currently enrolled in college describe the factors that supported their pursuit of higher education. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory was used as a framework and to identify and analyze factors that influence access, enrollment, and participation in higher education. The Diné participants in this study were six students enrolled in postsecondary education at the time of this research, recruited from two university campuses in the Southwestern U.S. Each student participated in a semistructured interview …