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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
American Indian College Fund Launches 200-Mile Cycle Challenge on Facebook
Spring is here and it is time to pump up the tires on your bicycles to build those quads while supporting the American Indian College Fund and its mission of providing Native students with access to higher education.
American Indian College Fund to Host NYC Indigenous Food Event Featuring Four Indigenous Celebrity Chefs
American Indian College Fund to Host NYC Indigenous Food Event Featuring Four Indigenous Celebrity Chefs May 17 EATTS Event to Benefit Native American College Students Denver, Colo., April 5, 2022--Can you imagine a world without chocolate, blueberries, or guacamole?...
Udall Foundation Names Samantha Maltais a 2022 Native American Congressional Intern
Congratulations to Samantha Maltais (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts), an American Indian College Fund student scholar and student ambassador. Samantha received the College Fund’s prestigious three-year Law School Scholarship and studies at Harvard Law School.
Brandon Earns GED through SCTC’s HSE Program
In this HSE student highlight, we see how encouragement can transform a student’s confidence, academic success, and plans for his future.
American Indian College Fund Honors Tribal College Students of the Year, Coca Cola Scholars at Virtual Ceremony
American Indian College Fund Honors Tribal College Students of the Year, Coca Cola Scholars at Virtual Ceremony Scholarships to Be Awarded at Virtual Ceremony on April 4, 2022 Denver, Colo., March 24, 2022—The American Indian College Fund will honor 35 Tribal College...
The American Indian College Fund Honors Paul Robertson, President, Tohono O’odham Community College, as Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year
The American Indian College Fund has named Paul Robertson, President of Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC) in Sells, Arizona, as its 2021-22 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year for his dedication to tribal college education. President Robertson will receive a $1,200 honorarium sponsored by The Adolph Coors Foundation.
