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Brendan H. O'Connor; Seline Szkupinski Quiroga – Grantee Submission, 2024
The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a US Department of Education funded initiative to support students from migrant/seasonal farmworker backgrounds--i.e., students whose families travel seasonally to work in agriculture--during their first year as undergraduates. This article shares authors' experience of using insights from…
Descriptors: Migrant Programs, Seasonal Laborers, Migrant Adult Education, Minority Group Students
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Amy Cosby; Nicole McDonald; Kristen Lovric – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: To identify a skilled micro-credentialled training pathway for agricultural careers. Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey consisting of open ended and Likert-type ratings questions regarding workforce skills requirements, training priorities and training delivery preferences was administered with 17 agricultural business managers and…
Descriptors: Guided Pathways, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Seasonal Laborers
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Brendan H. O'Connor; Hannah Kirsch; Nicole Maestas – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Undergraduate research experiences can have a powerful impact on career aspirations and research skills, particularly among students from historically underrepresented groups. This study explores the conference-going experiences of first-generation, Mexican American undergraduates from migrant/seasonal farmworker backgrounds in the College…
Descriptors: Migrant Workers, Seasonal Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Mexican Americans
Zujaila Mizar Ornelas – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Despite the increase in enrollment of first-generation college students at four-year institutions, this student population was more than twice as likely to drop out before their sophomore year compared to their non-first-generation peers. Specifically, a subgroup of first-generation college students that has been identified as greatly…
Descriptors: Higher Education, First Generation College Students, Seasonal Laborers, Migrant Workers
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Graff, Cristina Santamaria; McCain, Terrence; Gomez-Vilchis, Veronica – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2013
Many Latina students overcome multiple obstacles to earn university degrees. Five married Latina women with children and seasonal farmworker backgrounds are the focus of this study which is analyzed through resiliency theory to understand factors contributing to their academic resilience. Variables connected to academic success are explored and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Resilience (Psychology), Hispanic American Students, Performance Factors
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Rao, Pamela; Arcury, Thomas A.; Quandt, Sara A. – Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
Involving students in community-based participatory research is a useful mechanism for engaging the community and helping it build future capacity. This article describes student involvement in a series of community-based environmental health research projects with migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina. High school, undergraduate,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Cultural Context, Seasonal Laborers