Creating Pathways to College for Migrant Students: Assessing a Migrant Outreach Program
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Title
Creating Pathways to College for Migrant Students: Assessing a Migrant Outreach Program
Abstract/Description
Migrant students are among the most disadvantaged of any groups in the United States, yet little is understood about factors that facilitate their college access. College access outreach programs rarely collect data on whether and where their students go to college. This longitudinal study tracked the college-going behaviors of migrant students who participated in the Migrant Student Leadership Institute (MSLI), a program whose goals include increasing migrant students' 4-year college access. The program emphasizes developing students' capacity for critical thinking about sociopolitical conditions, as well as their academic preparation for, and knowledge about, college. Results from analyses using an equivalent comparison group suggest that the program positively affected participants' application rates to, and enrollment rates in, more selective California public higher education institutions, including campuses of the University of California (UC) system. This article addresses factors that potentially accounted for these outcomes.
Author/creator
Date
In publication
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
226-237
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Empirical
Open access/full-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
1082-4669
URL
Citation
Nuñez, A.-M. (2009b). Creating Pathways to College for Migrant Students: Assessing a Migrant Outreach Program. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 14(3), 226–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/10824660903375636
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