In the case of the United States, Prof. Duane Champagne (2014) argues, "One of the reasons that contemporary college education is not relevant to many Indian nations is that there are not enough PhDs trained in American Indian Studies related issues. To make college and professional schools relevant to American Indian communities, the colleges must produce students who are intellectually equipped to address the contemporary issues confronting tribal communities from an informed cultural understanding of tribal nation goals, values, interests, and plans" (see source).

His observation makes me reflect on the issues of governmental sincerity and effective investment. In addition to stress the limit of the PhDs of American Indian studies in employment, meanwhile, his point highlights the significance of promoting Indigenous substantial contributions to the whole US society.

His case observation also occurs in Taiwanese Aboriginal higher education. In the status of the economic crisis, it is difficult to persuade indigenous and non-indigenous graduate students to study the Indigenous-relevant/specific fields and merely to expect them to contribute back to their communities.

What is your thought on that?

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Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/02/01/united-states-needs-produce-more-native-phds-153296.