Factors influencing migrant students in decisions to drop out or graduate from high school were determined in interviews with 24 dropouts and potential dropouts and 22 students who had graduated. Profiles were compiled on each group. Data were collected from twelfth grade migrant students in northern California. The main appeal of school to the…

The Special Secondary Impact Program instituted in 14 California secondary schools provided counseling and part time jobs to migrant students to help them stay in school long enough to graduate. The study examined the program's effect on inter- and intra-state migrant secondary school students. Variables measured migrant enrollment, migrant…