The Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao (January 2012) set goals and objectives to address the higher education needs of our indigenous people – Native Hawaiians – by creating a model indigenous serving institution. Characteristics of a model indigenous serving institution in Hawai?i is as follows:
- Hawaiian enrollment at parity with Hawaiians in the Hawai?i state population.
- Hawaiian students performing at parity with non-Hawaiians = success.
- Number of tenured Hawaiian faculty increase by 25% each year.
- Gauges its effectiveness in including Native Hawaiian values in its decision making and practices.
- Hawaiians hold leadership roles in the Âé¶¹´«Ã½administration.
- The University of Hawai?i is the foremost authority on Native Hawaiian Scholarship.
- The university is responsive to the needs of the Hawaiian community and, with community input, implements programs to address these needs.
- The University fosters and promotes Hawaiian culture and language at all its campuses.
This report has 3 thematic goals with objectives listed under each goal. The three goals are:
- Leadership Development
- Community Engagement
- Hawaiian Language and Cultural Parity
The objectives of this 2012 plan are purposefully broad to allow for campuses to use this plan as a framework to create individual plans that are respectful of each campus and the communities they serve. The report encouraged Chancellors of each campus to work with their Hawaiian councils and/or appointed work committees to develop a plan aligned with Hawai?i Papa o Ke Ao.
The objective of the current working committee is to both establish system-wide initiatives and support campus-specific efforts.
There are powerful motivations for University of Hawai?i to be supportive of its indigenous population: some of its campuses sit on ceded lands; negative Native Hawaiian social and economic statistics exist; and inequity of success amongst its native and non-native students are factors that demand attention. While there are many reasons to be concerned about Native Hawaiian college success, the working committee believes the most important reason to address this issue is because it is pono¡ªthe right thing to do.
For full report: HPOKA 2012
HPOKA Campus Reports/Plans:
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹, 2016
UH Hilo, 2022
UH West °¿¡¯²¹³ó³Ü, 2022
±á²¹·É²¹¾±¡¯¾± CC, 2015
Honolulu CC, 2015
°²¹±è¾±¡¯´Ç±ô²¹²Ô¾± CC, 2022
°²¹³Ü²¹¡¯¾± CC, 2012 (Under Review)
Leeward CC, 2015
Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao Resources
Resources to inform, grow, support and sustain strategic transformation across the University of Hawai?i.
Videos
. Using Hawai?i traditional myth culture as a framework to transform the student experience and the culture of academia.
Committee Members and Office

Maenette Benham
Chancellor
Âé¶¹´«Ã½West °¿¡¯²¹³ó³Ü
Co-Chair

Lui Hokoana
Chancellor
Âé¶¹´«Ã½Maui College
Co-Chair

Taup¨uri Tangar¨
Professor, Hawai?i Life Styles
Hawai?i Community College and Director, Hawaiian Culture and Protocols Engagement
Hawai?i Community College & Âé¶¹´«Ã½Hilo

Alapaki Luke
Associate Professor and Division Chair
°¨±±ô²¹²Ô²¹ Hawai?i (Hawaiian Programs)
Honolulu Community College

Isaiah Ka?auwai
Title IX Coordinator and EEO Officer
Kaua?i Community College

Nawa?a Napoleon
Dean of Arts & Sciences
Kapi?olani Community College

Momi Kamahele
Professor, Hawaiian Studies, Coordinator Native Hawaiian Student Services K¨©puka, Native Hawaiian Center at Pu?uloa
Leeward Community College

Kekoa Harman
Associate Professor, Hawaiian Studies & Hawaiian Language
Ka Haka ?Ula O Ke?elikolani College of Hawaiian Language
Âé¶¹´«Ã½Hilo

Punihei Lipe
Program Officer, Native Hawaiian Affairs
Office of the Chancellor
Âé¶¹´«Ã½²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹

Ku?ulei Miranda
Native Hawaiian Counselor
Windward Community College

Gail Makuak¨¡ne-Lundin
Director, Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao, Office of the Vice President for Academic Policy and Planning
UH System
