Rethinking Multilingual Writers in Higher Education: An Institutional Case Study [Hardcover]

Rethinking Multilingual Writers in Higher Education: An Institutional Case Study?explores the complexities of multilingual students as language users and learners, emphasizing the distinctive assets that they bring to their education and the ways in which institutions of higher education can better meet their needs.

1. Multilingual Writers and Superdiversity in Higher Education  2. The Northeastern University Context  3. The Northeastern Writing Program and Multilingual Students: Rethinking Multilingual Writers Within and Beyond Institutional Data  4. Northeastern University Multilingual Writers Across the Curriculum: Rethinking the Lived Experiences of Multilingual Students  5. The Northeastern Writing Center and Multilingual Students: Rethinking Tensions between Student and Tutor Goals  6. Rethinking Research, Teaching, and Assessment of Multilingual Writing in Higher Education

Rethinking Multilingual Writers in Higher Education: An Institutional Case Study explores the complexities of multilingual students as language users and learners, emphasizing the distinctive assets that they bring to their education and the ways in which institutions of higher education can better meet their needs.

Teachers, university administrators, advisors, and other support staff will gain an understanding of the resources, challenges, and successes of this growing student population and become better equipped to provide them with the best possible educational opportunities. Through mixed-methods case studies focusing on the Northeastern University Writing Program and Writing Center, the authors unpack the complexity of multilingual students identities and languaging to challenge deficit and homogenizing narratives that overlook their linguistic assets and diverse educational experiences. Working within and against university categlÃu