Retention and Resistance: Writing Instruction and Students Who Leave

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Contents Acknowledgments  ix Introduction: Paying Attention to the Discourse of Retention in Higher Education  1 1 A Story of Retention Research  31 2 The Seduction and Betrayal of the Discourse of Retention   52 3 The Possibility of Failure   83 4 Beyond Retention   106 References  135 About the Author   142 Index  143 ...