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ERIC Number: EJ608636
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
The University and the White, Rural Male.
Whiting, Melissa E.
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v15 n3 p157-64 Win 1999
A year-long study of the interaction between a rural student and his first-year composition professor at an urban state university reveals the struggles of this nontraditional student with language forms and adaptation to academic culture. Universities must learn to recognize, acknowledge, and work within all students' potential for academic success. (Author/TD)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Culture Conflict, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, School Culture, School Holding Power, Student Alienation, Student Attitudes, Student Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Institutional Discrimination