Castillo, Susie Mendez2020-03-302020-03-302006-07Castillo, S. M. (2006). Exploring factors that motivate migrant GED graduates to pursue and persist in postsecondary education (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/9540This exploratory case study investigated the factors that motivate migrant students who graduate from the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) in the lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas with a General Educational Development (GED) certificate to move on to postsecondary education. The results of the study indicate that the most salient motivating factor for enrollment and persistence was self-efficacy. Other motivational factors include the support received from family and teachers. Other findings indicate that the migrant lifestyle both hindered and encouraged matriculation. Additional findings detail a predisposition for choosing a career in the medical field due, in part to the shortage of medical personnel and the growing number of health facilities in South Texas.Text132 pages1 file (.pdf)enchildren of migrant laborersself-efficacypostsecondary educationeducationTexas case studiesThesis