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At this meeting, the main topic of conversation is a motion to petition the dean for five new hires in the coming academic year. There is also some discussion of the Vick Committee and the faculty's willingness to teach E 306.
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At this meeting, the faculty discuss the content of the first-year writing course, covering a range of issues.
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Sledd asks eleven questions about the writing program and the new English requirement at UT. In asking these questions, he criticizes the treatment of contingent faculty, the decision to shift resources towards upper-division classes, and the Dean's motives for pursuing these policies.
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President Flawn replies to Sledd’s questions submitted 7 January 1983. The Proposal for Changes to the College of Liberal Arts degree programs is deliberated and amended. Included is the amended plan for Liberal Arts degree programs as approved by the Faculty Senate.
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Stephen Witte's effort at a comprehensive review of the "composition problem." Details history of curriculum, administrative concerns, and proposed solutions.
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Two pages of typed notes about why moving E 306 to university extension is a bad idea, why makingE 316K a writing course is not feasible, and why the graduate program in English would be harmed by eliminating E 346K altogether, moving E 306 to University Extension, or proposing E 316K as a writing course.
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Ruszkiewicz responds to Koppel's characterizations of writing and the firing of lecturers in a recent ABC broadcast.
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Rhetoric faculty rebut recent recommendations for changes to E 346K.
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Ruszkiewicz notes to Duban on E 306 meetings, stating there will be no limit to the number of sections using the Racism and Sexism textbook. Attached: a personal note from Duban to Ruszkiewicz saying this is an important historical document and should be preserved.
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Article in _University Review_ dealing with E 306 controversy largely from a conservative stance.
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Open Letter for publication from various faculty protesting new E 306. Unclear whether or not published.
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Article published by Gribben in _University Review_, a student journal, criticizing proposed changes for E 306.
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Memo to English Department addressing syllabi and materials for E 306 with sample materials attached
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Recommending to students to defer writing class to spring semester because of changes to graduation requirements in college of natural sciences.
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A one-page table of composition courses to be offered in the next academic year. The table compares these projected offerings to 1982-3 (the last year before new writing program went into effect). The table finally lists staffing needs to cover these courses.
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Steve Witte's proposal to solve the "composition problem," written with the help of the Rhetoric Interest Group and produced in response to Dean Robert King's request for a solution from within the English Department. Also contains a brief hand-written note by Witte.
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Article discussing E 306 controversy and largely condemning Brodkey and the LDEPC.
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Primary: A partial summary of a meeting of the College of Liberal Arts, describing the discussion of temporary faculty salary funds, leave of absence submission deadlines, and recommendations from the Vick Committee on Basic Education Requirements.
Attached: a partial copy of the questions proposed by Sledd to Dean King and President Flawn.
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Describes logistical issues related to changing information regarding English requirements in university catalog.
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Ruszkiewicz and King contradict Gene Lyons's and Wayne Lesser's comments about 306 being remedial course in an issue of Texas Monthly published a couple months prior.
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This article is framed through upcoming centennial of UT Austin, claiming the university is threatened by its own bureaucracy, faculty, and lowered admissions standards. Two anecdotes relate to the teaching of writing: one about a graduate instructor helping Dean King to teach a composition course, and then criticizing King publicly after; another about Lesser preparing resignation out of “disgust” for lack of concern about first-year composition.
Lyons reports that in 1975 English Department “disgraced itself” by voting down proposition for all faculty to teach at least one composition course annually.
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James Sledd’s motion, submitted 19 November 1982, classified a major legislation and put before the Faculty Senate at the 13 December 1982 meeting.
Sledd proposes that students be given the option of taking a second-semester, first-year writing course instead of E 346K. He offers six criticisms of the recently approved English requirement, and four specific justifications for this motion.
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Brief notes on a 9-hour requirement in English featuring E 306, E 314K, and an upper-division course in English literature.
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Dean King issues formal protest to department chairmen regarding the mischaracterization of his comments by the meeting minutes.
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Memo from Langford to the Format I Committee regarding suggestions for E 306 curriculum