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Beyond remedial dichotomies: Are ‘underprepared’ college students a marginalized marjority?
Author(s) -
DeilAmen Regina
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.458
Subject(s) - remedial education , dichotomy , conceptualization , mathematics education , focus (optics) , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , community college , medical education , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , optics , medicine , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract This chapter questions the dichotomous labeling and conceptualization of remedial and nonremedial students, particularly the added distinctions emphasized between four‐year and two‐year colleges, and it calls for a focus on the common challenges among all underprepared college students.