The rhetoric of remediation : negotiating entitlement and access to higher education /

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"American universities have long professed dismay at the writing proficiency levels of entrants, and the volume of this complaint has been directly correlated to social, political, and economic currents. Many universities, in their rhetoric, have defined high need for remediation as a crisis po...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stanley, Jane, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2010]
Series:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Subjects:
University of California (System) > Admission.
University of California (System) > History.
University of California (System)
College freshmen > Rating of > California.
English language > Remedial teaching.
English language > Study and teaching (Higher)
Students with social disabilities > California.
Étudiants de première année > Californie > Évaluation.
EDUCATION > Higher.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
College freshmen > Rating of.
Students with social disabilities.
Universities and colleges > Admission.
California.
"Multi-User"
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • To embrace every child of California
  • Honor of the state
  • Unfortunate, the lazy, and the feeble-minded
  • They can neither read nor write
  • Beautiful but dumb
  • Hordes
  • invade the campus
  • Decencies of English
  • Tides of the semi-literate
  • Viewed as disgraceful by many scholars
  • Technically qualified
  • Bonehead English
  • Below acceptable levels.

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