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Politics Of Remediation: Institutional And Student Needs In Higher Education (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture)
Mary Soliday
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Description for Politics Of Remediation: Institutional And Student Needs In Higher Education (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture)
Hardcover. While some students need more writing instruction than others, this text looks at how that need also pertains to the institutions themselves. The author argues that universities may need remedial English to alleviate their own crises in admission standards, enrollment and curriculum. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CFG; CJCW; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
While some students need more writing instruction than others, The Politics of Remediation reveals how that need also pertains to the institutions themselves. Mary Soliday argues that universities may need remedial English to alleviate their own crises in admissions standards, enrollment, mission, and curriculum, and English departments may use remedial programs to mediate their crises in enrollment, electives, and relationships to the liberal arts and professional schools.Following a brief history of remedial English and the political uses of remediation at CCNY before, during, and after the open admissions policy, Soliday questions the ways in which students' need for remedial writing ... Read more
While some students need more writing instruction than others, The Politics of Remediation reveals how that need also pertains to the institutions themselves. Mary Soliday argues that universities may need remedial English to alleviate their own crises in admissions standards, enrollment, mission, and curriculum, and English departments may use remedial programs to mediate their crises in enrollment, electives, and relationships to the liberal arts and professional schools.Following a brief history of remedial English and the political uses of remediation at CCNY before, during, and after the open admissions policy, Soliday questions the ways in which students' need for remedial writing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822941866
SKU
V9780822941866
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About Mary Soliday
Mary Soliday, associate professor of English at the City College of New York, is Coordinator of the CCNY Writing Fellows Program, and an advocate for open admissions students at the City University of New York.
Reviews for Politics Of Remediation: Institutional And Student Needs In Higher Education (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture)
Demonstrates definitively that use of the term 'remediation' in American higher education is far more firmly tied to institutional and economic circumstances than to students' actual educational needs or desires. - Sharon Crowley, Arizona State University ""Deals with the complex political and educational background of the rise of open admissions, as well as its failed promise.... Soliday is particularly helpful ... Read more