Characteristics of Latina/o Migrant Farmworker Students Attending a Large Metropolitan University

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-156

  Zalaquett, Carlos P ^a   Alvarez Mchatton, Patricia ^a   Cranston Gingras, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; higher education; Hispanics; Latino students; migrant education; migrant farmworker; academic success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990358840     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192707299186     Document Type: Article

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