Educational and Family Conditions that Affect Post-High School Plans of Intermountain Navajo Seniors

The status of Indian Youth is of particular interest here-particularly Navajo student seniors at Intermountain Boarding School. This study was made for the purpose of obtaining background information that would elicit generalizations as reasons for post-high school plans of Intermountain Navajo seniors. The conditions affecting their decision to attend college, get a job, or seek further vocational training are many. For purposes of convenience, only the educational and family conditions were studied. Conditions within the educational area included the following: (1) general description of Intermountain school and students; and (2) a brief Analysis of Navajo Education and its history and its highly varied far -flung federal schools which affects the students' retardation; transfer and mobility.