From Migrant Farmworkers to First Generation Latina/o Students Factors Predicting College Outcomes for Students Participating in the College Assistance Migrant Program

• NCJ Number: 253879
• Journal: Review of Higher Education Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Dated: Fall 2018 Pages: 173-208
• Date Published: 2018
• Author(s): Julian J. Mendez; Sheri Bauman
• Length: 35 pages
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Evaluation; Program/Project Description

Annotation

This study examined factors associated with college outcomes in a migrant Latina/o college student sample enrolled in the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), and it also examined the relationship between CAMP services and students' academic perceptions (i.e., college academic self-efficacy, academic resilience, and school connectedness).

Abstract

High school achievement and academic resilience were significant positive predictors of college GPA, and living on-campus was a negative predictor. Financial aid in the form of loans, having family responsibilities, and working full-time off campus were negative predictors of persistence, while involvement in CAMP's personal and academic counseling services was a positive predictor. Implications are discussed. (Publisher abstract modified)