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At all institution types, students living off campus reported a 16\u00a0percent higher sense of belonging than those living on campus.<\/p>\n
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A new study from the American Indian College Fund and National Native Scholarship Providers found that Indigenous students report a stronger sense of belonging on campus when their college provides \u201cperceptions of a sense of acceptance, inclusion and identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
They call this \u201cinstitutional support,\u201d and it\u2019s the primary predictor of belonging, trailed by peer support, campus climate and tribal support, the study showed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The \u201cPower in Culture Report,\u201d released Wednesday, examined Indigenous students\u2019 sense of belonging at the institutional and state level. NNSP surveyed more than 560 students enrolled at 184 institutions across multiple sectors, including tribal colleges and universities, predominantly white institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions. The survey was conducted between March and April of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, tribal colleges foster a greater sense of institutional belonging among Indigenous students than other institution types. At nontribal institutions, Indigenous students must create belonging via \u201cinformal networks and cultural resilience amid institutional neglect or performative inclusion.\u201d Indigenous students at nontribal campuses also report experiencing more microaggressions and cultural isolation. Students at institutions with larger populations of Indigenous students report a 14\u00a0percent higher sense of belonging than those at schools with fewer Native peers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When looking at Indigenous student belonging at the state level, students attending college in states with larger tribal populations actually report a lower sense of belonging and say they feel less supported than students in states with smaller tribal populations, \u201csuggesting that population size alone does not equate to meaningful support,\u201d the study noted. Students in states with a tribal college or university reported an 18\u00a0percent lower sense of belonging than students in states without a tribal institution.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At all institution types, students living off-campus reported a 16\u00a0percent higher sense of belonging than those living on-campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The report includes several policy recommendations to bolster Indigenous student belonging, including recruiting Indigenous faculty and staff, funding Native language revitalization courses, and establishing meaningful relationships with local tribal nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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