Brad Jacobson
Transiciones: Pathways of Latinas and Latinos Writing in High School and College
University of Arizona
pathways latinas latinos writing high school college might seem strange fit review community literacy journalit study high school college transitions primary focus classroom writing experienceshowever readers clj appreciate rueckers capacious approach important literacy transition works construct networks relationships sponsors support hinder transition studentin calls complex understanding literacy transitions help shift popular discourse focus deficits latinao students fail one institutions better serve traditionally underserved studentsfollowing others literacy studies ruecker believes institutions must change seeks imagine ways high schools universities facilitate latinao student transitions economically successful life 147because action research approach extends beyond takes place within classrooms findings offer possibilities ways universities better engage communities well community organizations support students engage challenges college writing transitionrueckers work holds great value readers interested supporting success collegegoing studentsas ruecker explains chapter 1 reexamination mainstream instructional practices college level necessary demographics incoming college students longer represent typical white middleclass englishspeaking student living campusbrief descriptions student participants ethnographic study help support statistical assertions offeredwhile seven student participants attended high school border town el paso texas brought different resources abilities historiesonly one example selfreported english first languagewhile educated us schools k12 one student reported starting late 8th gradeone