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In this article, Sledd suggests that the administration of the English Department is at fault for the issues with the department's writing courses. Sledd suggests that writing instructors and professors are overworked and underpaid, and that the creation of the Department of Rhetoric would be the English department casting the issue aside.
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Cademartori, Lorraine. "Does Freshman English Exist in the Universe? Or at UT?" _Daily Texan_ 6 August 1986, p. 20C.
This article explains how the changes in the English writing curriculum will affect new first-year students with information about how to test out of E 306, when the course will no longer be offered on campus, what new courses will be offered (e.g. E 309), and which have been altered or cancelled (E 316 and E 346K). The changes are attributed to budgetary cuts and a split between tenure-track faculty who don't like to teach first-year composition and lecturers who teach most of these courses.
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This article discussed the controversial course, E 346K, it's suspension, and the expansion of a committee to evaluate department writing courses in effort to determine if the course should be reinstated.
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Taylor, Suzanne. "English Proposal Awaits Council Approval." _Daily Texan_ 8 April 1986, p. 3.
This is the first of a two-part series on the new English Department Writing requirements. The article reports that E 306 will phase out by 1988, and new classes are being introduced: E 309, E 309L, E 309M, and E 309K. Kruppa is quoted. Bertelson's development of new 309 courses and Kinneavy's motion to have the writing program evaluated (17 March 1986 University Council meeting) are mentioned.
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Goodwin, Scott. "Politics Jeopardize Writing Skills." _Daily Texan_ 2 April 1986, p. 4.
This opinion article by a psychology junior argues that decisions made at the 17 March 1986 University Council decision to remove E 346K as a requirement and plans to turn E 306 into a remedial course will hard students.
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Williams, Ellen. "At the Crossroads." _Daily Texan_ 10 Sept 1985, p. 12. Article discusses impending decisions regarding E 306 and E 346K.
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In "Sledd Never Satisfied," Gribben discusses how English professor James Sledd, in a previous editorial, expressed grievances with the English department regarding writing courses. Gribben condemns Sledd for these grievances and cautions against trusting Sledd.
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Nather's opinion piece complaining that E 346K, though a requirement, is not being offered by the English Department
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"Confusion of the First Class" _Austin American-Statesman_ 13 September 1985_ B1(?). Describes E 306 issue and conflicting interests of an R1 university.
A student writes to the advice column, to determine whether to take E 306 in residency at UT Austin
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John Ruszkiewicz writes to William Sutherland (chair of English), saying he had no problem with AGSE members electing representatives to the FEPC, but he wants to raise three concerns now: (1) grad students who don’t apply to work as an Assistant Instructor consultant shouldn’t be eligible for an appointment through nomination; (2) the new procedure will allow Assistant Instructors to serve on course committees for which they did not apply; (3) there’s no reason for a representative from the graduate office to have a voice in the selection of consultants to course committees.
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Vick's short letter of 3 November 1985 to Ruszkiewicz discussing E 306.
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A completed form required to propose original E 309K (Topics in Writing), E309L (The Writing Process), and E309M (Thinking and Writing) courses.
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Sutherland asks Hedrick, Kearns, and Slatin to serve on the Freshman English Policy Committee 1986-7/1987-8 to help incoming Director Bertelson.
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John Trimble's summary of remarks to him by dean Robert King about the status of E 346K and E 306 on 1 April 1985.
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Hairston's summary of pertinent points from meeting with Ford Foundation in New York, New York. Meeting pertained to possible grant to support writing instruction at UT Austin.
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Charles Rossman's reply to John Ruszkiewicz letter from earlier in June 1985.
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Ruszkiewicz writes to Kruppa expressing support for E 306.
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Recounts meeting of E 346K evaluation committee 10 June 1985. Committee sets basic tenets for its deliberations and studies, according to this document.
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Maxine Hairston letter to Robert King about Fonken and Ford Foundation meeting and grant opportunities.
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Hairston writes to say she is glad that the 346K committee valued her Chronicle article, but they should fully endorse all the changes that she suggests in the article.
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Joe Kruppa's memo of 1 July 1985 to English Department on issues related to E 346K staffing and E 306 status.
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Proposals for how to address issues related to E 306, likely offered in early 1985.
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_The Santa Rita Express_ article extrapolating the E 346K problem as symptomatic of larger issues at the university.
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Prepared the University Council. Issues addressed in the report: E 106/206 efficacy, E 306 placement and transfer credit for E 306, E 316K, E 346K; cost and logistics of wide-scale writing program assessment; efficacy of placement and diagnostic testing; relationship of diagnostic testing to program evaluation. Includes a flow chart for placement/assessment in the new writing program.
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A letter from Dean Weinstock inviting Ruszkiewicz to serve on a university-wide committee that would address writing ability among UT students -- with a particular focus on placement and assessment, the writing lab, and transfer credits.