The Politics of Remediation - Institutional and Student Needs in Higher Education

Mary Soliday reveals that institutions' needs for remedial writing programs may outweigh students' needs for those same programs. Uses CCNY's open admissions policy as an in-depth case study, she questions the belief that language use is key to access to higher education. Winner of the 2004 CCCC Outstanding Book Award

About the author

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.

Summary

Mary Soliday reveals that institutions' needs for remedial writing programs may outweigh students' needs for those same programs. Uses CCNY's open admissions policy as an in-depth case study, she questions the belief that language use is key to access to higher education. Winner of the 2004 CCCC Outstanding Book Award

Product details

• Authors: Mary Soliday
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9780822941866
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4186-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 221 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Pittsburgh Series in Compositi; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Composition, Literacy, and Cul; Composition, Literacy, and Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Compositi
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system