{"product_id":"transiciones-todd-ruecker-9780874219753","title":"Transiciones: Pathways of Latinas and Latinos Writing in High School and College","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransiciones\u003c\/i\u003e is a thorough ethnography of seven Latino students in transition between high school and community college or university. Data gathered over two years of interviews with the students, their high school English teachers, and their writing teachers and administrators at postsecondary institutions reveal a rich picture of the conflicted experience of these students as they attempted to balance the demands of schooling with a variety of personal responsibilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Todd Ruecker explores the disconnect between students' writing experiences in high school and higher education and examines the integral role that writing plays in college. Considering the almost universal requirement that students take a writing class in their critical first year of college, he contends that it is essential for composition researchers and teachers to gain a fuller understanding of the role they play in supporting and hindering Latina and Latino students' transition to college. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arguing for situating writing programs in larger discussions of high school\/college alignment, student engagement, and retention, \u003ci\u003eTransiciones\u003c\/i\u003e raises the profile of what writing programs can do while calling composition teachers, administrators, and scholars to engage in more collaboration across the institution, across institutions, and across disciplines to make the transition from high school to college writing more successful for this important group of students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Ruecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874219752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874219753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Utah State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015","brand":"Todd Ruecker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483733242111,"sku":"9780874219753","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f50ef416-eae3-4cd9-94b3-0fd29d51c267.jpg?v=1778040301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transiciones-todd-ruecker-9780874219753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}