The number of Native Americans enrolling in college has declined by 40% in the last decade and a half. The disparities are particularly noticeable in science and engineering, where Native American students are underrepresented at all higher education levels.
The University of Maine System is taking steps designed to address this trend. At UMaine Machias, in the Passamaquoddy ancestral territory, professors are combining Western and Indigenous scientific perspectives in the classroom.
