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Author Stanley, Jane, 1950- author.

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

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2010]
2010

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages).
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Stanley, Jane. Rhetoric of remediation : negotiating entitlement and access to higher education. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2010] x, 180 pages ; 23 cm Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture 9780822943860 (DLC)10930256
ISBN 9780822943860 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822943867
9780822977377 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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