An Urban University and Its Academic Support Program: Teaching Basic Writing in the Context of an "Urban Mission"

Carol Severino

doi:10.37514/JBW-J.1996.15.1.04

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An Urban University and Its Academic Support Program: Teaching Basic Writing in the Context of an "Urban Mission"

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An Urban University and Its Academic Support Program: Teaching Basic Writing in the Context of an "Urban Mission"

Carol Severino

Journal of basic writing, Vol.15(1), pp.39-56

12/01/1996

DOI: 10.37514/JBW-J.1996.15.1.04

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The author traces the uses of the "urban mission" trope both nationally and locally as it pertains to the history of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Educational Assistance Program. Such institutional and support programs histories are important to basic writing teachers because these programs have served tens of thousands of basic writers in the last twenty-five years. The political dynamics described in this Chicago "story" often determine which and how many students deemed "basic writers" appear in our classrooms, or even whether we teach basic writing courses at all.

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Title: Subtitle: An Urban University and Its Academic Support Program: Teaching Basic Writing in the Context of an "Urban Mission"
Creators: Carol Severino - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of basic writing, Vol.15(1), pp.39-56
DOI: 10.37514/JBW-J.1996.15.1.04
ISSN: 0147-1635
eISSN: 2831-9184
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/1996
Academic Unit: International Programs; Rhetoric
Record Identifier: 9984398522602771

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