Title Desegregation state : college writing programs after the civil rights movement / Annie S. Mendenhall

Published Logan : Utah State University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations Contents "Technologies of This Theory" : desegregation as remediation, early 1970s -- Assessing potential : writing placement as a retention strategy, mid-1970s -- Measures of control : writing programs and institutional identity, late 1970s -- "Who's the Villain?" : writing assessment in desegregation policy, 1980s and beyond Summary "A history of federal enforcement of higher education desegregation and its impact on writing programs. Focusing on University System of Georgia and two colleges, one a historically segregated white college and a historically Black college showing desegregation enforcement promoted and shaped writing programs by presenting literacy remediation and testing as critical to desegregation"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 31, 2022) Subject College integration -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century Writing centers -- Georgia English language -- Rhetoric -- Ability testing -- Georgia Reading -- Ability testing -- Georgia African American college students -- Georgia African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Georgia African American college students. African Americans -- Education (Higher) College integration. English language -- Rhetoric -- Ability testing. Reading -- Ability testing. Writing centers. Georgia. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021045124 ISBN 9781646422036 1646422031

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