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Study Skills
No matter what your grades are, everyone needs some guidance to find success in the classroom. Here are some resources to help you develop the best study habits and skills you’ll need to get your degree:
What are Office Hours? – by Andrew Ishak
Time Management: TCU Video Project Series
Focus 2 Self-Assessment
Many people struggle with choosing an academic major during school, or job industry after graduation, but choosing a path is important when choosing your classes, internships and other career opportunities.
Focus 2 combines self-assessment, career and major exploration, decision-making and planning in one place. By matching your assessment results to career options and majors/programs for your consideration, FOCUS 2 guides you through a career and education decision-making model to help you make informed career decisions and take action in planning your future.
To use this free service, register to create an account with the access code collegefund. From there, you can take each test- personality, interests, values, and skills- to build your academic and career planning profile. Print your profile to share with an academic or career counselor or mentor to discuss your career plan or transition to a new profession.
Money Management
It is also important to understand budgeting, credit, and debt management – to help you to make responsible decisions in school, and prepare for your financial life after school. Learn about the following topics in related posts — your financial future depends on it.
- Money Management — Developing Common Cents (College Fund)
- Per Cap (First Nations Development Institute)
- Financial Skills for Families (First Nations Development Institute)
- Developing Your Vision: Managing Your Money
- Your First Bank Account
- Childcare Costs (and Ways to Reduce Them)
- When Your Child Has Special Needs
- Caring For Aging Parents
- Children and Family Considerations
Student Ambassador Program
The American Indian College Fund Ambassador Program was established in 2015 to strengthen students’ and alumni personal and professional skills and to represent the College Fund.
Our Blogs
Remembering What Was Before Me
Written by Bryan Welsh, Cultural and Wellness Coordinator at Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College Boozhoo, aaniin! Biinidigan! Our featured Native American artist this February is Mary Kay Shalifoe, Zhaawa nuung oo kwe (Southern Star Woman), Anishinaabe Arts adjunct...
Reframing Fear and Embracing Community
Written by Adriana Riggs, Turtle Mountain College, Turtle Mountain Accessing Choices in Education (ACE) Program Director 2024-2025 Indigenous Visionaries Fellow I first heard about the American Indian College Fund (College Fund) Indigenous Visionaries: Women’s...
Inspiring a New Generation of Salish Language learners
Written by Rosemary Matt, Dept. Chair-Native Language Teacher Education & Séliš-Ql̓ispé Language and Culture programs, Salish Kootenai College Steve Arca, also known as Stipi, plays a vital role in the Salish Kootenai College community, particularly in language...
Indigenous Art Has No Boundaries
Written by Krystal Wind, Dean of Student Affairs, College of the Muscogee Nation Danielle Fixico is Chickasaw, Muscogee, and Choctaw. She is a College of the Muscogee Nation (CMN) alumna, class of 2017. She serves as faculty at CMN, teaching Art I and II, Freshman...
Exploring Futurism and Identity through Art with Mona Cliff
Written by Braydon Fitzpatrick, American Indian Studies Instructor, Aaniiih Nakoda College This past fall, Mona agreed to do an artist talk at Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC), open to both ANC students and community members. ANC is dedicated to providing a platform for...
