Uncommon Schools: The Global Rise of Postsecondary Institutions for Indigenous Peoples - Couverture rigide

Cole, Wade

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 080477210X ISBN 13 : 9780804772105

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Wade M. Cole is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Montana State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080477210X
• ISBN 13: 9780804772105
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible