The Sinte Gleska University Adult Basic Education/GED department provides free GED tutoring and testing services to approximately 120 adult learners annually on the Rosebud Reservation and surrounding counties in south central South Dakota.
Blog Blogs
Donate! COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding Needed
For most Americans, adequate, functioning infrastructure and technology make coronavirus-related closures bearable, even workable. In Indian country, the picture can be devastating.
New Study Shows Hunger, Homelessness Hinder TCU Students
Native American students studying at tribal colleges and universities located in remote, rural, reservation communities experienced food and housing insecurity and homelessness at much greater rates than other college students, according to the Tribal Colleges and Universities #RealCollege Survey report.
Cheryl Crazy Bull Spells Out Plan for Allies to Advocate for Native Access to Higher Education and Tribal College Education
Cheryl Crazy Bull’s guest blog about how allies can advocate for Native American access to higher education, funding for Native higher education, and funding for TCUs appeared on the Higher Learning Advocates blog.
Statement About the Corona Virus or COVID-19
The American Indian College Fund is committed to continuing its support of Native American students and tribal colleges during the Corona Virus outbreak.
Using Social Media to Strengthen SIPI’s Teacher of Color Pipeline
I am a member of the Navajo Nation from the Ramah-Navajo reservation attending the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), where I am majoring in early childhood education (ECE).
Community Recruitment Events: Comedy brings in students at SIPI
Higher ed has a student enrollment problem. Nationally, student enrollment is down 10% in the last decade, with New Mexico rates at nearly twice that, even though colleges made improvements to serve students better than ever.
First Steps to New Beginnings
This winter season has been a cold one, especially for Arizona and the Tohono O’odham Nation. The sun shines and the skies are open and blue. One would think it is a warm sunny day until they walk out into the open and discover that it is 42 degrees.
Former College Funder Yazzie-Mintz Named Brock Prize Recipient
Congratulations to Dr. Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz (Diné), our former colleague who served as vice president for program initiatives at the American Indian College Fund, who was named the 2020 Brock Prize in Education Innovation Laureate.
College Fund President Featured on National Network PSA for Women’s History Month
Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund, is featured this March for National Women’s History Month in a PSA to increase the accurate portrayal of women and girls in advertising, marketing, media, and entertainment as part of VIACOMCBS AND THE ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS’ SEEHER MOVEMENT.
