Over 6,000 migrant students have enrolled in courses since the UT Migrant Student Program began in 1986. The program won the 1996 Significant Achievement in Independent Study Award from the National University Continuing Education Associaton. According to the article, if the Teamsters succeed in Washington, it could help them organize Hispanic workers elsewhere. During the 1960s it was commonly believed that within a decade there would be no more migrant farm workers in the United States. In the midst of a labor dispute, the groups announced in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., that they will petition the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate a four-day period farmworkers must stay out of fields after captan is applied.
Families move from one job to another to better their financial situation.
This Digest describes the lives of migrant families, migrant students' education, and migrant parents' involvement in their children's education. The discussion should be of particular interest to teachers and administrators who work with migrant students. The institute, which evolved from a 1985 pilot project, is held at three Florida universities and targets middle and high school students as well as dropouts.