College Composition and Communication Sep 2022

From Post-War Boom to Global University: Enacting Equity in the Open Doors Policies of Mass Higher Education

Amy J. Wan

Abstract

This essay examines two narratives for US higher education—the tradition of access and the current moment of globalized expansion—to understand how policies about access and language do not inherently uphold practices of equity. I also discuss how writing specialists can intervene in the explicit and implicit practice of these policies.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2022-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202232119
Open Access
Closed
Topics
race and writing

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