Retention and Resistance : Writing Instruction and Students Who Leave /

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"Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers. Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, Pegeen Reichert, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dropout behavior, Prediction of.
College dropouts > Research.
College dropouts > Prevention.
College dropouts.
College attendance.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Prediction du comportement des decrocheurs > Guides, manuels, etc.
Effectifs etudiants > États-Unis.
College dropouts > Research > United States.
Dropout behavior, Prediction of > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
College dropouts > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
College attendance > United States.
College dropouts > United States > Prevention.
United States.
Handbooks and manuals.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Paying Attention to the Discourse of Retention in Higher Education; 1. A Story of Retention Research; 2. The Seduction and Betrayal of the Discourse of Retention; 3. The Possibility of Failure; 4. Beyond Retention; References; About the Author; Index.

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