Developmental education and equity work, both of which are foundational to the work of basic writing, are under attack. In this article, we present a critical discourse analysis of paradigmatic texts representing the unique perspectives of four organizations that have sought to articulate a relationship between developmental education, equity, and…

"Remedial Trap." "Bridge to Nowhere." "Completion Divide." Such language used to describe the field of Developmental Education (DE), especially by those outside the field, is undeniably deficit oriented. In this manuscript, we initiate a dialog that critiques such portrayals of DE, particularly those that appear in…

This article continues the conversation begun in Armstrong's (2020) call to Dev Ed'rs kept awake by uncertainty about their professional identity and the future of "The Field" of developmental education and college literacy. Through the lenses of critical discourse analysis and discourse communities, the author examined how Dev Ed'rs…