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Retention and resistance : writing instruction and students who leave / Pegeen Reichert Powell.

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"Retention and Resistance combines personal student narratives with a critical analysis of the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for first-year writing teachers. Retention is a vital issue for institutions, but...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Powell, Pegeen Reichert, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
College dropouts > United States > Prevention.
College attendance > United States.
College dropouts > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dropout behavior, Prediction of > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
College dropouts > Research > United States.
College attendance.
College dropouts.
College dropouts > Prevention.
College dropouts > Research.
Dropout behavior, Prediction of.
United States.
Handbooks and manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Paying Attention to the Discourse of Retention in Higher Education; 1. A Story of Retention Research; 2. The Seduction and Betrayal of the Discourse of Retention; 3. The Possibility of Failure; 4. Beyond Retention; References; About the Author; Index.

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