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The Miserable Truth.
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Shaughnessy, Mina – Journal of Basic Writing, 1998
Presents Mina Shaughnessy's 1976 speech, given at a time when great financial crisis threatened to result in the wholesale disestablishment of basic writing programs. Notes grave perils, and outlines some of the truths uncovered through the experience of Open Admissions in higher education, truths that are indestructible despite retrenchments and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Basic Writing, Educational Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged