The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) awarded fellowships totaling $213,500 to 12 tribal college and university (TCU) faculty and staff in the spring of 2023. These fellowships support faculty pursuing graduate credits, master’s, or doctoral degrees. The College Fund’s faculty fellowship programs are creating greater education expertise in Indian Country, while building the academic and intellectual capacity of the 35 tribal colleges and universities it supports.
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Danny Luecke of Turtle Mountain Community College and Dr. David Sanders of American Indian College Fund Co-author Research on Growing Math and Dakota/Lakota Language Fluency Together
The focus of tribal colleges’ work is to seek connections between the cultures and heritage of the Indigenous communities they serve and mainstream education curricula. Danny Luecke (enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), a member of the Teacher Education Department at Turtle Mountain Community College, and Dr. David Sanders (enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe), Vice President of Research at the American Indian College Fund, explored the connections between math content, local culture, and the classroom.
American Indian College Fund’s Ded Unskanpi Adult Basic Education Program to Address Education Gap for Native Students
The American Indian College Fund’s Ded Unskanpi (which translates from Dakota as “we start here”) Adult Basic Education Program will support five tribal college and university (TCU) partners through June 2024.
Stone Child College Strategic Enrollment Management
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College Fund Research and Evaluation Associate Publishes Article on Faculty Evaluation Research
Dr. Kayla Alkire-Stewart (Standing Rock Sioux Nation), who joined the American Indian College Fund as a research and evaluation associate in 2023, published an article about faculty evaluations at tribal colleges and universities in the Tribal College Journal.
American Indian College Fund Announces Winner of Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ T-shirt Design Contest
Travis Richard (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) has been named as the 2023 winner of the American Indian College Fund’s (College Fund) Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Initiatives T-Shirt Design Contest. The goal of this contest was to raise visibility of 2SLGBTQ+ identity at tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) as well as in Native communities.
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Strategic Enrollment Management
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American Indian College Fund Research Examines Academic Program Development and Assessment Focus for Student Success at Tribal Colleges
The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) is releasing three briefs with findings from a three-part research project on tribal colleges and universities it conducted in 2020-21. The focus of the research includes tribal college and university (TCU) student support services, program development and review, and sustainability.
Tribal Colleges and Universities: An Introduction
Introduction to Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesThe American Indian College Fund (College Fund) partners with the nation’s tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to provide Native students with affordable, accessible, and culturally aligned higher education. TCUs...
American Indian College Fund Conducts Unique Student Support Services Research at Tribal Colleges and Universities
American Indian College Fund Conducts Unique Student Support Services Research at Tribal Colleges and Universities The study examines how TCUs define and achieve student success. April18, 2023, Denver, Colo. — The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) is...
