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Title: Indigenous Peoples and Higher Education Governance: Decolonizing the Ivory Tower
Language: English
Authors: Merli Tamtik (ORCID 0000-0001-6148-5484)
Source: Higher Education Policy. 2025 38(3):577-599.
Availability: Palgrave Macmillan. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail:customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: http://www.palgrave.com/us/social-science/education
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 23
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Information Analyses
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Higher Education, Governance, Decolonization, Educational Change, Indigenous Knowledge, Capacity Building, Research Universities, Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Administration, Decision Making
Geographic Terms: Canada
DOI: 10.1057/s41307-024-00361-4
ISSN: 0952-8733
1740-3863
Abstract: Indigenous communities are reshaping higher education governance structures worldwide. Guided by Indigenous knowledges, this paper introduces a new theoretical approach to examining institutional change that centers around decolonization and focuses on returning control, building capacity, and connecting to land. The document analysis covered institutional plans and Indigenous strategies of fifteen research-intensive Canadian universities (U15) alongside conversations with 10 Indigenous faculty members. The paper provides empirical evidence of how Indigenous knowledges have started to shape the highly resistant institutional structures of the academy. However, the changes made toward meaningful decolonization of higher education governance remain limited. This raises the pressing need for unpacking what decolonization would mean in a context where administrative decisions continue to be made by the dominant cultural group.
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