The nonprofit American Indian College Fund - the largest private provider of Indian scholarships - has released a series of student handbooks designed to provide both inspiration and financial education to Native American college students.
The series promotes success in college with stories of personal struggle demonstrating how educational and cultural success are intertwined. The booklets contain a list of tribal colleges around the country.
The four booklets, each 32 pages long, cover
Making the Decision to Attend College; Paying for a College Education; Managing Your Money; and Choosing Your Path
. In addition to statistics and worksheets, the booklets feature stories of role models as diverse as a U.S. senator and a father of five who both works and goes to school full-time.
To obtain the free booklets, contact the American Indian College Fund, National Headquarters, 1111 Osage St., Bldg. D., Suite 205, Denver, CO 80204, or call (303) 892-8312.
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