The
HEP Program through California State University, Bakersfield will consist
of a combination of commuter and residential summer programs, designed
to meet the educational needs of out-of-school migrant and seasonal farm
workers youth and adults. The classroom sited are located in McFarland,
Shafter, and Arvin. We will also service the communities of Delano, Lamont,
Wasco and Bakersfield.
CSUB is committed
to addressing the educational, developmental needs and improvingthe quality
of life of migrant students. CSUB
has demonstrated record of reaching out to disadvantaged, under-served
and underrepresented Latino and migrant student populations. Largely due
to CSUB President, Tomas Arciniega's drive to make CSUB more responsive
to and representative of its service region, over the past 15 years, the
portion of CSUB students of Latino orgin has increased from 11.4% to 32.6%.
As of fall 1999, the freshman class enrollment at CSUB was over 45% Latino,
and a substantial proportion are from migrant and seasonal farmworker
families.
The
HEP Program through California State University, Bakersfield will consist
of a combination of commuter and residential summer programs, designed
to meet the educational needs of out-of-school migrant and seasonal farm
workers youth and adults. The classroom sited are located in McFarland,
Shafter, and Arvin. We will also service the communities of Delano, Lamont,
Wasco and Bakersfield.
CSUB
has demonstrated record of reaching out to disadvantaged, under-served
and underrepresented Latino and migrant student populations. Largely due
to CSUB President, Tomas Arciniega's drive to make CSUB more responsive
to and representative of its service region, over the past 15 years, the
portion of CSUB students of Latino orgin has increased from 11.4% to 32.6%.
As of fall 1999, the freshman class enrollment at CSUB was over 45% Latino,
and a substantial proportion are from migrant and seasonal farmworker
families.