Selon l'Université de la Saskatchewan, qui compte la plus nombreuse population étudiante autochtone au Canada, entre 1988 et 1999, 43,9 p. 100 des étudiants autochtones en première année au College of Arts and Science ont abandonné leurs études ou ont été contraints de le faire.
From 1988 to 1999, the University of Saskatchewan, which hosts the largest population of Aboriginal students in Canada, reported that 43.9 per cent of Aboriginal first-year students in the College of Arts and Science either withdrew from their program or were required to discontinue.