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Zalaquett, Carlos P.; McHatton, Patricia Alvarez; Cranston-Gingras, Ann – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2007
This article examines research findings from a study of Latina/o farmworker migrant students who have succeeded in gaining access to a college education at a large southern university. Findings reveal students with a strong Latina/o or bicultural identity who attend college seeking a better life, a career path, or to make their family proud.…
Descriptors: Migrants, Student Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, College Students
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Cranston-Gingras, Ann; Morse, William C.; McHatton, Patricia Alvarez – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2004
This study examined the first-year college experience of students from migrant farmworker families. Data were obtained through a written survey and subsequent small group interviews with 13 participants in a federally supported program for students from farmworker backgrounds. Information regarding the students' decisions to pursue a college…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Migrants, Agricultural Laborers, Surveys