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

Author/creator Mendenhall, Annie S. author.
Format Book
PublicationLogan : Utah State University Press, [2022]
Descriptionx, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
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.

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.
Abstract "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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Mendenhall, Annie S. Desegregation state Logan : Utah State University Press, [2022] 9781646422036
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2021045123
ISBN9781646422029 paperback
ISBN1646422023 paperback
ISBNelectronic book