Uncommon Schools: The Global Rise Of Postsecondary Institutions For Indigenous Peoples
by Wade Cole /
2011 / English / PDF
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Postsecondary institutions for indigenous peoples emerged in the
late 1960s, just as other special purpose colleges based on
gender or race began to close. What accounts for the emergence of
these distinctive institutions? Though indigenous students are
among the least populous, the poorest, and the most educationally
disadvantaged in the world, they differ from most other racial,
ethnic, cultural, and linguistic minorities by virtue of their
exceptional claims to sovereignty under international and
domestic law.
Postsecondary institutions for indigenous peoples emerged in the
late 1960s, just as other special purpose colleges based on
gender or race began to close. What accounts for the emergence of
these distinctive institutions? Though indigenous students are
among the least populous, the poorest, and the most educationally
disadvantaged in the world, they differ from most other racial,
ethnic, cultural, and linguistic minorities by virtue of their
exceptional claims to sovereignty under international and
domestic law.Uncommon Schools
Uncommon Schools explores the emergence of postsecondary
institutions for indigenous peoples worldwide, with a focus on
developments in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand. Providing the opportunity to examine larger social,
political, and legal processes, it traces the incorporation of
indigenous peoples into nation-states, the rise of a global
indigenous rights movement, and the "massification" of
postsecondary education while investigating the variety of ways
these culturally relevant colleges differ from each other and
from other postsecondary institutions.
explores the emergence of postsecondary
institutions for indigenous peoples worldwide, with a focus on
developments in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand. Providing the opportunity to examine larger social,
political, and legal processes, it traces the incorporation of
indigenous peoples into nation-states, the rise of a global
indigenous rights movement, and the "massification" of
postsecondary education while investigating the variety of ways
these culturally relevant colleges differ from each other and
from other postsecondary institutions.
