A Pathway for Native American Students to Access a Mainstream University for Social Work Education

ABSTRACT

Native American students, faculty members, and administrators of a tribal college were interviewed by two investigators from a mainstream midwestern university in this qualitative study. The study examines the participants’ perspectives on continuing their education and identifying a pathway for Native American students who received their associate degrees in addiction studies or human services from the tribal college to complete their social work education at a mainstream university. Three themes emerged from the data supporting the formation of a combined cohort of Native American and non–Native American students working together as a pathway for Native Americans to attend a mainstream university for a degree in social work education.

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Thomas D. Bordelon

Thomas D. Bordelon is professor of social work at the University of Southern Indiana.

Anastasia Atkinson

Anastasia Atkinson is Director of Donor Service for International Care Ministries, Hong Kong.