TCUs provide pathways to higher education that many Native students would not otherwise have due to geographic isolation, family and community responsibilities and poverty.
"It’s how to really make radical transformational and liberatory change for the next generation of students and for our students today.”
Hack the Gates, a yearlong effort to reimagine college admissions co-sponsored by a Colorado State University center, culminates Aug. 4 with a final webinar and the release of eight briefs written by scholars across the country.
Outstanding grads from the Colorado State University Los Caminos program, housed in the School of Education, reflect on their time at CSU, the importance of mentorship/femtorship, and receive messages of encouragement from their leadership team.
"The goal of these brief interventions would be to provide coping strategies that may help them decrease the stress, depression, and anxiety that is associated with cancer. There are not a lot of interventions culturally tailored for counseling for this population or their family caregivers."
“For a long time in education, we’ve been asking this question of ‘How do we fix our boys of color?’ And what these teachers have shown us is maybe we should be asking ‘How do we fix the system and let them be who they are?’”
“We have such diverse ways of thinking and expressing ourselves that is often not included in the narrative, so having a place where our work shines is a beautiful thing.”
“We hope that this book will inform how those preparing for careers in student affairs understand and use student development theory for college populations."
Vega's dissertation explored the racial and gender disparities in the lives of first-generation Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Motherscholars in Ph.D. programs in the U.S. Southwest. She hopes to implement her research and encourage collaborative work that strengthens diversity and discussion.
“These support systems are aimed at increasing student sustainability as they begin the teacher preparation program, take classes and practicum, and enter into the workforce. It’s about building connections to help them feel like they have a home here and that there are people who understand and/or share their lived experiences.”