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Our Initiatives

The Center for Migrant Education’s programs are designed to assist migrant farmworkers and their children in the pursuit of educational opportunities. 911±¬ÁÏÍø do so by providing services and support for students from farmworker families such as individuals who have dropped out of school, students transitioning into and completing their first year of college and students majoring in education.

Among the Center's initiatives are the following:

• Research and demonstration of effective practices to assist students from farmworker backgrounds who have dropped out of school in completing high school and transitioning to post-secondary settings.
  
  • With the university and surrounding community as a "learning laboratory," migrant students from throughout Florida who have dropped out of school work toward their high school diplomas and acquire skills in academic, social, residential, and vocational areas that will equip them to choose the course of their future.
  • To date, more than 1,600 students from migrant and seasonal farmworker families have participated in the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), which is funded through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education.
    
    
• Research and demonstration of effective practices to recruit and support students from migrant and seasonal farmworker families in higher education.
  • Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education, The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) assists eligible participants from migrant and seasonal farmworker backgrounds in completing their first year of college and successfully transitioning to complete their college degree.
    
    
• Support for undergraduate and graduate students from migrant farmworker families who are majoring in education at USF.
  • Funded through private endowments, students are supported with tuition scholarships from the Florida Tomato Exchange, Sunripe, Florida Strawberry Grower’s Association and Wishnatzki Family Foundation in the College of Education. 


• Leadership in developing partnerships with agencies and organizations serving farmworkers.
  • The Florida Migrant Interstate Program
  • The ANCHOR School Project
  • The San Jose School
    
    

• The evaluation of federal and state programs serving migrant children and their families. 


• The training of teachers who work with migrant and seasonal farmworker children who have disabilities. 


• Research and dissemination of new knowledge, practices and perspectives in the area of migrant education.
  • View relevant publications and presentations