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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812627903321

Autore

Stanley Jane <1950->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-8229-6283-7

0-8229-7737-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Disciplina

378.1/6109794

Soggetti

College freshmen - Rating of - California

English language - Remedial teaching

English language - Study and teaching (Higher)

Students with social disabilities - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.