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"Writing Wrongs." _Texas Monthly_ April 1983, p. 236
This brief article criticizes a plan to push first-year writing courses outside the English Department.
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Memo on Format I curriculum delivered as a dialogue between God and Satan. Argument is over the subject of Freshman Composition, with God advocating for direct study of rhetoric, and satan arguing for composition grounded in a “real” subject, such as literature.
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A short Alcalde article reporting on the changes to the English Writing Requirements with emphasis on E 306 and the new E 309 courses.
("Campus Briefs." _Alcalde_ May/June 1986, p. 25)
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A description of the controversy over E 306 curriculum change.
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Listserve/Discussion Group post from Slatin responding to questions about the controversy over E 306's curriculum change, and criticizing the move to cancel it.
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A Listserv/Discussion Group post asking Slatin for more explanation of his previous statements on the cancelation of the new E 306 curriculum.
http://dhhumanist.org/Archives/Virginia/v04/0326.html
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Extensive explanation of the purpose of research and library related assignments in freshman English.
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Meeting minutes from initial Composition Task Force meeting. Presents task force as primarily dealing with staffing and content problems related to the first-year composition course.
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A ten-page version of the proposals for the revision of freshman composition and other undergraduate lower division courses
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Memo establishing task force on Freshman Composition. Establishes a committee of 18 to follow up on earlier 1980 recommendations related to Freshman Composition.
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Extensive meeting minutes discussing proposals related to earlier March 1980 recommendations from various English Department committees regarding curriculum.
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Content Committee Recommendations description of the 9 hour General Education requirement in English.
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Investigative article seeking to understand the role of upper adminstrators such as Meacham, Fonken, and Cunningham in thwarting the new E 306 curriculum. Henson, Scott & Tom Philpott. "E 306." _Images_ 10 October 1990, pp. 16 & 18
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Article describes coordinated attack on new E 306 curriculum by right wing faculty, and investigates the activities especially as part of a larger strategy coordinated by conservative group National Association of Scholars. Philpott, Tom & Scott Henson. "Extracurricular Activity." _Images_ 18 October 1990, pp. 8 & 11
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Editorial criticizing the opponents of change to E 306 curriculum as right-wing, particularly Alan Gribben. pp. 4-7
An insert argues that the College of Communication restricted distribution of a student-produced magazine (_Tejas_) emphasizing Latinx issues.
A second insert argues that the National Association of Scholars is meddling in UT politics.
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Editorial criticizing the attempt to change curriculum in E 306 as a trend in the university. p. B7
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Editorial criticizing the E 306 curriculum change as part of a general trend in academia. pp. D1 & D4
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Editorial criticizing the E 306 curriculum changes as part of general trends in academia.
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Henke, Matt. "Using the Language." _Austin American Statesman_ 1 October 1993, p. A12.
Matt Henke’s letter to the editor complaining that E 306 should really be called PC 306 because his instructor recently required him to substituted generic masculine pronouns for “he/she” and “his/her.”
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Lengthy description of the debate over the DRC at a University Council meeting. Although the DRC by and large receives support from those outside the English Department, English faculty members object to the opaque procedure around the division's establishment. They argue for a suspension of the DRC's 1 June 1993 start date in order for an investigative committee to be convened. King defends his actions, stresses that the debated proposal is open to amendments, and emphasizes that the decision to establish the DRC is final.
Kelley, Paul. "University Council Debates Creation of New Division of Rhetoric and Composition in College of Liberal Arts." OnCampus, 26 October 1992, pp. 2-3 & 6-7
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President Cunningham responds to the recommendations made by the Committee on the Undergraduate Experience. Notably, he announces that Provost Fonken is working with Dean King to investigate the possibility of a Division of Rhetoric and Composition.
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News article reporting on the controversy over E 306 curriculum changes. p. A4
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Second installment in a three-part series, interviewing Meacham and Kruppa. p. A29
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Part One in a three-part series on the E 306 curriculum controversy interviewing Kruppa. p. A19
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Editorial criticizing the proposed changes to E 306 curriculum and praising Gribben's public criticism. p. A31