Although formal schoolin,? in Micronesia has fostered change, data from Pulap Atoll indicate how indigenous culture can transform schooling. A t the elementary school level, Pulapese have most control over the system, with local teachers and little direct oversight from the central administration. In this setting, many Pulapese values, attitudes, and standards of behavior are transmitted even without conscious attempts. The school creates potential conflict by encouraging both the movement of youth into the modern employment sector and the maintenance of traditional values. M

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As undergraduate programs in nonprofit management education proliferate, they increasingly incorporate service learning, experiential learning, and an emphasis on inclusiveness and diversity. To effectively face these challenges, such programs would do well to look to cultural anthropology, especially the methods of ethnographic research. Cultural anthropology has far more to offer than a list of behavioral traits about obscure peoples in the world: It offers a methodology for how to learn through experiences, a number of strategies to promote inclusiveness, and a framework that promotes an openness to having one's assumptions challenged. This article provides an analysis of the use and value of ethnographic methods while working for Big Brothers Big Sisters in rural Alaska, followed by recommendations for incorporating anthropological methods and concepts into nonprofit management education.

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