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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
Target Grants $20,000 to Continue Decade-Long Scholarship Program
For 10 years, the Target Corporation has been helping Native American students pursue a college education at our nation’s tribal colleges and universities. This year, Target has renewed its commitment to support Native Americans in higher education with a grant of $20,000 to the American Indian College Fund to continue the Target Tribal College Scholarship Program for the 2010-11 academic year.
Calling All Tribal College Alumni
The American Indian College Fund wants your story! If you graduated from a tribal college or university and were an American Indian College Fund scholarship recipient, we want to hear from you. Your stories are inspirational to other students, and your experiences can help others.
Ford Motor Company Fund Awards $50,000 to American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund received a grant of $50,000 from the Michigan-based Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. The grant will be used to continue the Ford Motor Company Corporate Scholars Program for the 2010-11 academic year, which will provide scholarship support to Native American students attending tribal colleges and mainstream universities.
Johnson & Johnson Continues Scholarship Program with American Indian College Fund
The American Indian College Fund (the Fund) recently received a generous grant from Johnson & Johnson to continue the Johnson & Johnson Tribal College Scholarship Program. This program primarily supports Native American students pursuing degrees in nursing, and other health-related fields at Navajo Technical College or Oglala Lakota College while also supporting students in the veterinary technology fields.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Renews $500,000 Grant for Faculty Research Program
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has renewed a $500,000 grant for the American Indian College Fund for the Mellon Faculty Research Program for tribal colleges and university (TCU) faculty. The renewal of the three-year project will permit selected TCU faculty to take time off to complete scholarly research projects and write books and articles pertaining to the research, with the goal of increasing the intellectual capacity at the nation’s tribal colleges and universities and driving the research agenda in Indian country.
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation Grants $50,000 for Scholarship Program
The American Indian College Fund received a grant of $50,000 from the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation to continue the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Foundation Tribal College Scholarship Program.
