When the news hit about the higher education admissions scandal dubbed Varsity Blues, in which wealthy parents perpetrated fraud to get their children into prestigious colleges and universities, we at the American Indian College Fund were not only disappointed, frankly, we were angry.
If you are a Native American student interested in a career in the non-profit world, College Fund employee Darrick Silversmith has useful tips for you.
Early Childhood theorists have influenced educators’ practice in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for many years. Through the Gimaadaadizimin (We All Start A Journey) Project, supported by the American Indian College Fund’s For the Wisdom of the Children: Strengthening the Teacher of Color Pipeline, the Early Childhood Education Department at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) have strengthened and expanded our future teachers’ knowledge in STEM.
My name is Ariel Dolfin. I am a tribal college student at Navajo Technical University. Last year I was one of the eight American Indian College Fund Scholars who received scholarships to attend the country’s largest convening of women in tech, the Grace Hopper Celebration.
In 2019 the Sinte Gleska University Adult Basic Education (ABE) Department began offering community-based learning opportunities. The program introduces and enhances knowledge and skills relevant to GED students, their families, and community members.
The American Indian College Fund and the Coca-Cola Foundation together honored 36 first-generation Native American scholarship recipients s at a reception in Billings, Montana.
The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded nearly $5 million to the College Fund since 1990, helping more than 375 first-generation Native American students to attend college.
The American Indian College Fund named Robert Bible, President of the College of Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, as its 2018-19 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year. Bible was selected for his outstanding contributions to American Indian higher education. He received a $1,200 honorarium at a reception in Billings, Montana.
The American Indian College Fund honored 35 tribal college and university students with a Student of the Year scholarship. Students were chosen for the award by their tribal colleges for their academic achievements and contributions to their communities. Each scholar will receive a $1,200 scholarship to attend their respective institutions at a reception in Billings, Montana. The program is sponsored by the Adolph Coors Foundation.
We find the actions of the parents in the “Varsity Blues” scandal not only unfair to every hard-working student in our country seeking a quality education, but especially to Native students who come from communities where poverty and unemployment rates are double that of the general population. As a result of these challenges, only 14% of Native people 25 and older have a college degree–less than half the rate of other groups.
Living on an Indian reservation the size of a state and shuttling between three tribal college campuses and six satellite offices can be a monumental undertaking—especially when access to transportation is limited.
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