The rhetoric of remediation
Subtitle: negotiating entitlement and access to higher education
By: Jane Stanley.
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822943860
Subjects: University of California (System) -- Admission; University of California (System) -- History; College freshmen -- Rating of -- California; English language -- Remedial teaching; English language -- Study and teaching (Higher); Students with social disabilities -- California
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To embrace every child of California; title: Honor of the state; title: Unfortunate, the lazy, and the feeble-minded; title: They can neither read nor write; title: Beautiful but dumb; title: Hordes; title: invade the campus; title: Decencies of English; title: Tides of the semi-literate; title: Viewed as disgraceful by many scholars; title: Technically qualified; title: Bonehead English; title: Below acceptable levels.