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• Projected Composition Offerings 1986-1987
  A 3-page list of the courses that the English Department can offer (including E 306, E 310, E 317, E 347K, and E 325M, including reflections on the staffing that will be required to offer these sections.
• Computer-based writing prompts for E 306
  Several E 306 writing prompts that demonstrate Kinneavy used the networked computers in the Computer Writing Lab in his E 306 classes
• TA/AI Orientation Program
  A memo from Ruszkiewicz inviting everyone to attend the graduate-instructor orientation (August 17-19), including a list of all the workshops that would be provided by various faculty and staff.
• Account of Writing without Difference Affair
  Linda Brodkey's 13-page account of the opposition to her Writing about Difference E 306 syllabus.
• Assistant Instructor Course Instructor Survey Averages Fall 1991
  A printout of average course-instructor surveys for graduate instructors teaching E 306 in the fall of 1991. Kinneavy's handwritten notes on these numbers are included.
• English Department Favors New Sequence of Courses
  "English Department Favors New Sequence of Courses." _The Alcalde_ January/February 1986, p. 27. Reports the recommendation of the E 346K committee: that E 346K not be required and that E 306 be taught off campus through extension
• "Yet More E306 Opposition"
  _Daily Texan_ editorial, p. 4. Graduate students in comparative literature support the "Writing about Difference" curriculum.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of May 12, 1986,
  At this meeting, Kenneth Tolo (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research) responded to Kurt Heinzelman’s question about whether and for how long E 306 would be offered on campus during the long sessions.
• Ninth Regular Meeting of the University Council for 1985-1986
  Kury Heinzelman asks for clarification about the status of E 306 because recent news articles report that in two years it will no longer be offered residentially in the long sessions, yet Fonken promises that the course will be offered for many years to come.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of April 14, 1986
  At the end of this meeting, James Vick (Mathematics) expressed concerns about the English writing requirement, which would be very weak after the cancellation of E 346K, and Kurt Heinzelman (English) asked what would become of E 306, who would teach the course, and how many sections would be offered.
• Response of the English 346K Evaluation Committee to James Kinneavy’s Message to the University Council
  This reply to Kinneavy's Request for Faculty Action Concerning the English Composition Program argues that Kinneavy wanted to make the English composition program permanently dependent upon lecturers, that Kinneavy dismissed the judgment of his department, and that he should not be allowed to appeal to the University Council after he lost at the departmental level. Attached is a copy of the E 346K Committee Report (6 March 1986)
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of March 17, 1986
  At this meeting, Kinneavy's Request for Faculty Action Concerning the English Composition Program was discussed. A motion was entertained to refer the matter to the University Council's Educational Policy Committee, but this motion was tabled in favor of letting individual departments settle curricular matters. Kinneavy, Ruszkiewicz, and Hairston spoke against the E 346K Evaluation Committee plan, while Sutherland, Kruppa, and Rebhorn spoke in favor of it.
• Seventh Regular Meeting of the University Council for 1985-1986
  This agenda for the 17 March 1986 meeting of the University Council lists Kinneavy's Request for Faculty Action Concerning the English Composition Program.
• Request for Faculty Action Concerning the English Composition Program
  This proposal was submitted to the University Council by James Kinneavy to criticize the English Department's plan to revamp the composition program and to propose that the writing program be separated from the English Department. The proposal was classified as minor legislation to be considered at the 17 March 1986 University Council meeting.
• Discussion of President Peter Flawn’s Answers to Questions from James Sledd Concerning the Waiver of E 346K
  Sledd documents the importance of the English Composition requirements (particularly E 106 and E 206), alleging that the decision to waive the E 346K requirement is part of a broader attack on the English composition program. FEPC (10 February 1984 and 27 April 1984). Faculty Senate record of material submitted by Sledd.
• Faculty Senate Meeting Notice and Agenda, 5 October 1981
  An one-page agenda listing proposed revisions of the Vick Report for discussion at the October 5, 1981 meeting of the Faculty Senate. Many of the attached documents raise concerns or propose alternatives to the Vick Report's recommendations for a 12-hour university-wide writing requirement. Attached are: Report Concerning Recommendations of the University Council Committee on Basic Education Requirements by James Vick An Alternative Proposal on Basic Education Requirements by Terence Grieder Response to the “Report Concerning Recommendations of the University Council Comittee on Basic Education Requirements” by the College of Fine Arts Comments from the Committee on Basic Education requirements in Response to the Issues Raised by the College of Fine Arts Committee on Educational Policy and Curriculum Another Proposal Concerning Basic Education Requirements by Neill Megaw Proposal to Amend the Recommendation Regarding Mathematics in the Report of the University Council Committee on Basic Education Requirements by John Durbin Memorandum Concerning the Proposed General Education Requirements by James Daniel Proposal to Amend the Recommendation Regarding Natural Science Requirements in the Report of the University Council Committee on Basic Education Requirements by Mary Ann Rankin College of Engineering Response to Proposed General Education Requirements by Earnest Gloyna Dean Werbow’s HANDOUT at the March 23, 1981 Council Meeting Attachment to the Minutes of the University Council Meeting of March 23, 1981. Report from the School of Nursing Procedural Motion (Handout at February 16 Meeting)
• Minutes of the Faculty Senate, 2 February 1981
  Attached is an earlier version of the Proposal by the College of Liberal Arts for an Undergraduate University Requirement in English. At this meeting, the COLA proposal for an undergraduate requirement in English is discussed.
• Seventh Regular Meeting of the University Council For 1984-1985
  Documents and Proceedings of the University Council 9914-9915, Documents and Minutes of the General Faculty 15823-15824 James Sledd submits questions to the president for discussion at the next Faculty Senate meeting. What is the status of E 106K/206L? Does E 316K have a substantial writing component? Will will the E 346K requirement be reinstated? How and by whom were the decisions to drastically alter the writing program made?
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of April 16, 1984
  During the questions to the president, the size of substantial writing component classes and the fate of E 106/206 are discussed.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of March 19, 1984
  At the beginning of the meeting, Sledd asked the president who made the decision not to offer English 106K and 206L. President Flawn called on Robert King, Dean of Liberal Arts, to respond. King confirms that the decision was made at the departmental level after a conversation he had with Sutherland.
• Questions to the President Concerning the New English Requirements
  On 17 December 1983, James Sledd submitted a question for President Flawn to answer at the 23 January 1984 meeting of the Faculty Senate. Sledd asks about difficulties implementing the new English requirement courses, particularly E 346K , E 106, and E 206.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting 24 January 1983
  At this meeting, the Sledd proposal to allow E 307 to substitute for E 346K is debated and defeated. The proposed changes to the College of Liberal Arts degree plan (including E 346K requirement) are introduced and discussed but not voted on.
• Proposed Changes to the College of Liberal Arts Part of the UT Austin Catalogue, 1981-1983, to Bring Undergraduate Degree Programs within the Spirit of the Report of the Committee on Basic Education Requirements
  These proposals to change the degree programs in the College of Liberal Arts are similar to other proposals submitted by all the other colleges at this time. Notable here, as elsewhere, is substitution of a previous two-semester, first year requirement (including E 306 and another lower-division English course) for the new English Requirement, including E 306, E 316K, and E 346K.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of December 13, 1982
  At this meeting of the Faculty Council, James Sledd introduced a motion to allow students to substitute E 307 (a second-semester, first-year writing course) for the new E 346K requirement. After Sledd defended his motion, Kinneavy spoke in defense of the new English requirement including E 346K. Ultimately, a vote on Sledd's motion is deferred until the next Faculty Senate meeting. Attached are Sledd's 14-page motion and its lengthy defense and Kinneavy's 3-page riposte to Sledd's allegations.
• Minutes of the University Council, 23 March 1981
  At this Faculty Senate meeting: (1) The senate approves a motion to allow the individual colleges to consider and propose curricular changes in the spirit of the Vick Report recommendations, rather than vote on the recommendations individually. (2) The Faculty Senate deliberates the English Department proposal to change the require writing curriculum so that it includes E 306, E 316K, and E 346K. (3) The Faculty Senate begins to deliberate a proposal for a sophomore-level writing course in Advanced Composition (E 309).