The Rhetoric of Remediation.
Stanley, Jane.
The Rhetoric of Remediation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - Composition, Literacy, and Culture Series ; v.163 . - Composition, Literacy, and Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "To Embrace Every Child of California" -- Chapter 1. "The Honor of the State" -- Chapter 2. "The Unfortunate, the Lazy, and the Feeble-Minded" -- Chapter 3. "They Can Neither Read Nor Write" -- Chapter 4. "Beautiful but Dumb" -- Chapter 5. "The Hordes . . . Invade the Campus" -- Chapter 6. "The Decencies of English" -- Chapter 7. "The Tides of the Semi-literate" -- Chapter 8. "Viewed as Disgraceful by Many Scholars" -- Chapter 9. "The Technically Qualified" -- Chapter 10. "Bonehead English" -- Chapter 11. "Below Acceptable Levels" -- Conclusion. The Disdainful Embrace -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
American universities have long professed dismay at the writing proficiency of entrants. Jane Stanley examines the "rhetoric of remediation" at the University of California, Berkeley, and reveals the definition of a high need for remediation as a tool by which Cal encouraged or discouraged enrollments in direct correlation to social, economic and political currents throughout the University's history.Winner, 2010 MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.
9780822977377
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.
Electronic books.
LD741
378.1/6109794
The Rhetoric of Remediation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - Composition, Literacy, and Culture Series ; v.163 . - Composition, Literacy, and Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "To Embrace Every Child of California" -- Chapter 1. "The Honor of the State" -- Chapter 2. "The Unfortunate, the Lazy, and the Feeble-Minded" -- Chapter 3. "They Can Neither Read Nor Write" -- Chapter 4. "Beautiful but Dumb" -- Chapter 5. "The Hordes . . . Invade the Campus" -- Chapter 6. "The Decencies of English" -- Chapter 7. "The Tides of the Semi-literate" -- Chapter 8. "Viewed as Disgraceful by Many Scholars" -- Chapter 9. "The Technically Qualified" -- Chapter 10. "Bonehead English" -- Chapter 11. "Below Acceptable Levels" -- Conclusion. The Disdainful Embrace -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
American universities have long professed dismay at the writing proficiency of entrants. Jane Stanley examines the "rhetoric of remediation" at the University of California, Berkeley, and reveals the definition of a high need for remediation as a tool by which Cal encouraged or discouraged enrollments in direct correlation to social, economic and political currents throughout the University's history.Winner, 2010 MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.
9780822977377
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.
Electronic books.
LD741
378.1/6109794