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Korth, Philip A. – 1991
The developmental writing program at Michigan State University offers special attention to students who enter the university at a competitive disadvantage with respect to their ability to express themselves in writing. The primary goal of the program is to seek to empower students so that they will be able to express themselves in writing for the…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Download full textO'Brien, David G.; And Others – 1997
At-risk students' failure within the system and the failure of the system to stimulate and interest them leads to a cycle of disengagement: since they lack competence, these students avoid reading. The term "at-risk" is ambiguous because of the evolution of its meaning and the different loci of blame for how people "become at…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Definitions, High Risk Students
