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

Stanley, Jane, 1950-

The rhetoric of remediation : negotiating entitlement and access to higher education / Jane Stanley. - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (193 pages). - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.




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.

"Multi-User"


Electronic Books.

LD741 / .R448 2010