For high school migrant students who need to earn a few more credits before they graduate from high school, the University of Texas at Austin offers a Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program. The program, allows students who are not able to attend regular high school for various reasons, to exploit the advances in distance learning technologies like notebook computers, online courses, and telephony, to achieve their goal of graduating from high school.

Among the resources placed at the students’ disposal are access to Spanish and English-speaking staff members through toll-free numbers, and sessions for parents on how to help their children. The program won the 1996 Significant Achievement in Independent Study Award from the National University Continuing Education Association and the 1996 Distinguished Credit Program Award by the Region VII Association for Continuing Higher Education.