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At this day-long meeting, the English Department faculty discussed a preliminary version of the Task Force on Composition proposal, subsequently revised and submitted for departmental vote by mail ballot.
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English Department meeting where E 316K and E 346K curriculum were primarily discussed. All three variations of E 316K were approved and discussion of E 346K was postponed.
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At this meeting of the Faculty Senate the report on E 346K is considered. Sledd delivered a long assessment of the E 346K problem complete with evaluation of the English Department political troubles. The Faculty Senate's motions regarding E 346K are all approved with slight amendment.
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This memo discusses E 346K requirements and waivers.
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Typed text of Rossman letter to editor of The Daily Texan regarding E 346K postponement, written in response to editorials by Kinneavy and Scaggs. Article was never published in The Daily Texan but was circulated to some colleagues. Draft includes a handwritten note by Rossman to "David."
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Faculty Senate report on findings regarding E 346K, James Sledd contributing, to be discussed 29 April 1985. Expresses concern over E 346K waivers, why also expressing understanding of the English Department's difficult staffing situation.
Handwritten comments likely by James Sledd are written on the document.
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Memo to teaching faculty addressing E 346K curriculum. Attached are sample course outlines for the three variants of E 346K
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This amended proposal for changes to the undergraduate requirement in English features two major differences from the original February proposal: (1) The University Council, not the English Department, has authority to determine which classes can count for E 346K equivalency; (2) The Writing in Business variant of E 346K has been dropped.
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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 discussed recruitment for the coming year with emphasis on recruitment of a new creative writer and a new technical writing specialist.
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Wayne Reborn writes to two Deans to report on his study of three College of Liberal Arts departments analogous to English (History, Linguistics, and Philosophy).
At the lower-division, Rebhorn says he finds little writing assigned in these departments and most of it graded by TAs. By contrast English lower-division courses assign a lot of writing, and professors grade the papers.
At the upper-division, he finds more writing assigned, but not nearly as much as is typical in an English upper-division class.
Rebhorn also stresses that in the English department, instructors not only assign writing, but they also teach it, responding substantively to student work, clarity of exposition, rhetorical strategy, and requiring revision.
Appended is a statistical breakdown of Rebhorn’s findings.
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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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Memo establishing committee to evaluate E 346K.
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12 July 1985
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Meeting minutes from meeting where E 346K report was discussed. Meeting and discussion of E 346K tend to break along "rhetoric vs literature" lines.
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Bob Wren's letter with his opinions on the future of E 346K.
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Report of the E 346K Evaluation Committee.
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Describes fifth meeting of the E 346K Evaluation Committee and addresses issues related to evaluation of E 346K course.
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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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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.