Many students of Mexican descent must learn how to be successful students. This study describes 5 students of Mexican descent from situationally marginalized lives who were a part of a support and retention scholarship program (College Assistance Migrant Program--CAMP). These case studies document how they perceived their learning and how they…

To ascertain program effectiveness, a written attitude survey, consisting of 14 questions, was administered to 85 Mexican American children in grades K-8 during the first 5 days of the Leipsic summer program and to 85 children during the program's final 7 days to determine their attitudes toward themselves, their home schools, and the Leipsic…

Six migrant educational programs were conducted in Iowa during fiscal year 1981. In the 4 programs held during the regular school year, 9 teachers and 3 aides (all bilingual) served an enrollment of 224 children, 186 of whom were "Spanish dominate." During the 2 summer programs, 6 teachers and 6 aides (all bilingual) served 159 children,…