Initiatives
Our Initiatives
The Center for Migrant Education’s programs are designed to assist migrant farmworkers and their children in the pursuit of educational opportunities. We 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 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.
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.
- More than 2,000 students from migrant and seasonal farmworker families participated in the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), which was funded through the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education.
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.
Research and dissemination of new knowledge, practices and perspectives in the
area of migrant education.