The goal of the project is to increase the number of American Indian students who graduate with baccalaureate degrees. Schools will be asked to provide data about the ethnic make-up of the student body. The state of Montana has developed a definition of American Indian for data collection purposes. Schools will also be asked to provide graduation data, dropout data, participation data and achievement data about students. Local follow-up committees will be coordinating with the schools in their efforts to locate students who have transferred or dropped out of the system.
First degree refers to parents and second degree refers to the child's grandparents.
Again, essential information is critical in order to know what happens to American Indian students in the education pipeline so that their needs can be addressed. It will take everyone's concern, cooperation and effort in order for the project goal to be achieved.