Ep. 65: How Indigenous Values Can Transform Enrollment Strategies
From Talking Tactics by Dayana Kibilds, Safaniya Stevenson
December 23, 2025 · 23 min · Episode 65
About this episode
This episode explores how Indigenous values can reshape enrollment strategies in higher education.
In this episode of Talking Tactics, host Safaniya Stevenson sits down with Jana Hanson of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and Kata Traxler from Student Ready Strategies to explore how tribal colleges model culturally rooted, community-centered student support. Together, they dive deep into how embracing Indigenous values can reshape how institutions approach family engagement, enrollment communication, and student success. This conversation offers higher ed leaders tactical guidance for more inclusive, empathetic, and effective enrollment strategies.
People in this episode
Host: Safaniya Stevenson
Guests: Jana Hanson, Kata Traxler
Topics covered
- Indigenous values
- enrollment strategies
- higher education
- student support
- family engagement
Keywords
- Indigenous values
- enrollment
- higher education
- student success
- community-centered support
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Student Ready Strategies
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