Greater than One

Native College students’ stories

Many Native students feel isolated on their college campuses. Feeling alone is not exclusive to ASU (such as R. Curley’s story on page 6–7), but also voiced from Native students across the nation.

At a national level, college enrollment for Native peoples is at 1% when compared to other student demographics. At ASU, Native students make up 2.5% of the general student population. These low percentages can explain why students are not seeing a larger Native presence on campus, potentially contributing to feelings of isolation. Numbers are only one explanation as there are many other reasons.

Yet, Native students on college campuses across the nation are doing remarkable work for their communities, Tribal Nations, schools, and family. We want to highlight these stories and demonstrate that Native students are represented on college campuses. Now is a good time to tap into inspiration and empowerment that reveals our resiliency, strength, courage, intelligence, creativity, and brilliance.

The Greater than One: Native college students’ stories podcast will be launched this Spring to provide connections, visibility, broad-based support, and awareness of issues facing Native college students today. The focus of this podcast is to assert that Native college students are more than the 1% that they represent their college campuses signifying that yes our stories matter.