This book personal student narratives with a critical analysis of
the current approach to retention in colleges and universities, and
explores how retention can inform a revision of goals for
first-year writing teachers. Retention is a vital issue for
institutions, but as these students stories show, leaving college
is often the result of complex and idiosyncratic individual
situations that make institutional efforts difficult and ultimately
ineffective. An adjustment of institutional and pedagogical
objectives is needed to refocus on educating as many students as
possible, including those who might leave before graduation. Much
of the pedagogy, curricula, and methodologies of composition
studies assume students are preparing for further academic study.
Retention and Resistance argues for a new kairotic pedagogy that
moves toward an emphasis on the present classroom experience and
takes students varied experiences into account. Infusing the
discourse of retention with three individual student voices, Powell
explores the obligation of faculty to participate in designing an
institution that educates all students, no matter where they are in
their educational journey or how far that journey will go.
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