Cultural Construction

Good Intentions was published almost 10 years ago, and while I agree with Grimm's argument that writing centers should "stop locating literacy problems in individuals and instead locate them in cultural constructions" (29), I wonder how well that fits in with current visions and mission statements of universities today: the push for higher achieving students and more rigorous admission standards so as to develop a better image that attracts more funding. Those goals seem to locate success in individuals; that is, those whose cultural constructions are mainstream and those who can mimic mainstream cultural constructions.