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DiPardo, Anne – 1992
Conducted at a public university that had long been overwhelmingly Anglo despite being located in a state noted for its linguistic and cultural diversity, an ethnographic study examined one adjunct writing program and the varied students it serves. Data sources were both numerous and varied--data were collected concurrently at the campus level and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, Basic Writing, Equal Education
DiPardo, Anne – 1993
Focusing on culturally diverse students and the adequacy of efforts to help them succeed in college, this book presents an ethnographic study of the basic writing course, a central element of the adjustment between academe and nontraditional students. The research site, pseudonymously called Dover Park University for purposes of this account of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, Basic Writing, Diversity (Student)