Basic Writing Class of '93 Five Years Later: How the Academic Paths of Blacks and Whites Diverged.

Agnew, Eleanor; McLaughlin, Margaret

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Publication Date: 1999

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Basic Writing Class of '93 Five Years Later: How the Academic Paths of Blacks and Whites Diverged.

Agnew, Eleanor; McLaughlin, Margaret

Journal of Basic Writing, v18 n1 p40-54 Spr 1999

Discusses how a five-year longitudinal study of 61 basic writers suggest little correlation between the first-year course and overall success in college. Notes the much lower long-term success rate for African-American basic writers who passed the basic writing course. Suggests that reading is a stronger determinant of college success for at-risk students, and that institutions should strengthen first-year reading programs. (SC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Black Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Freshman Composition, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables, Reading Programs, Writing Research

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Language: English

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