American Indians and Alaska Natives in Postsecondary Education

摘要

The sourcebook is a comprehensive compilation of data discussing American Indian and Alaska Native participation in postsecondary education. It provides a portrait of Americans Indians and Alaska Natives involved in all facets of postsecondary education-as undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty-as well as student outcomes following graduation. It has been produced by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in response to a growing need for such information. Data have been collected from a multitude of sources, including NCES and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The majority of these data have been previously published and were taken directly from assorted publications. Throughout the sourcebook, comparisons are made between Native Americans and the total population. Comparisons were not made between Native Americans and other minority populations. Data for other racial/ethnic groups, however, does appear in several of the summary tables and appendix tables.