DRW Digital Archive

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• "Austin Academics are People with Not Enough to Do"
  Molly Ivans editorial describing the controversy over E 306 curriculum changes and criticizing the university leadership and faculty for the management and degree of controversy over the decision p. A13
• "UT Comp Class Fuels Controversy"
  News article about the controversy around E 306 curriculum changes. Quotes from Kruppa and Gribben. Gribben addresses the response to his previous editorial. pp. A9 & 12A
• "Syllabus Would Cloud UT's E 306"
  Editorial from Gribben criticizing the E 306 curriculum changes, as well as Brodkey and Slatin's previous statements. p. A15
• Trimble Synopsis on Freshman Composition
  Synopsis of past proposals on logistics relating to the teaching of freshman composition. Covers proposals for staffing, format, sequence, content, administration, exemption, and degree requirements.
• Committee for Admissions and Registration Report
  Series of proposals from what appears to be an English Department committee to the broader English faculty regarding freshman English and other required English courses. Members of the subcommittee include Lesser, Byerman, Slate, Graybiel, and Duban. Justifications for each proposal are listed.
• Department of English Meeting Minutes, 28 March 1980
  Extensive minutes on proposals regarding freshman composition and other classes in the required English sequence.
• New English Requirements to Take Effect this Spring
  Fetterman discusses the new required English writing courses for freshman and sophomores at UT.
• Change Relieves Staffing Problems
  This Daily Texan article discusses the elimination of E 307 course, which reduced the need for recruiting staff members in the English department.
• Faculty Senate Votes to Create Committee
  After what is called "heated debate," the Faculty Senate votes to create its own committee to investigate undergraduate writing. This committee would be in addition to the College of Liberal Arts' committee on the same topic. Fleming, Christy. "Faculty Senate Votes to Create Committee." Daily Texan, 3 November 1992, p. 6.
• Brodkey's 'Diversity' Only One-Sided
  Editorial by Henley accuses Brodkey and Slatin of pushing a one-sided curriculum that will not achive the goals they claim for it. Henley, Geoff. "Brodkey's 'Diversity' Only One-Sided." _Daily Texan_ 10 October 1990, p. 4
• "English Department's Delay Does not End Debate of E 306", "New E 306 More than High School All Over Again", "Altered E 306 Format Compromised by Ideological Freight"
  Three editorials expressing opinions on the controversy over the E 306 Writing About Difference curriculum.p. 4
• "New E 306 Keeps Commitment to Writing"
  Brodkey and Slatin article is Part Two of a two-part editorial in support of the change in E 306 curriculum. p. 4 Yioutas letter to the editor complains that the August 30 panel discussion hosting student leaders was monopolized by discussion of multiculturalism and E 306.
• "A Modest Proposal: Stick to Writing in E 306 at UT"
  Editorial from Duban criticizing the changes to E 306 curriculum. p. H3
• Right Wingers on the March Against Cultural Reform
  Guest column by UT Austin philosophy professor Kellner accusing right wing activists of coordinating and assault on the new 306 curriculum. Kellner, Douglas. "Right Wingers on the March Against Cultural Reform," _Daily Texan_ 27 September 1990, p. 5
• "Rhetoric and Composition: Provost Meddles in E 306 Decision"
  Editorial from Professors Heinzelman and Saldivar criticizing the decision to postpone E 306 curriculum changes. p. 4
• Speech to Parents Avoids Controversy
  Describes a speech by Cunningham to parents of prospective students in which he downplays the E 306 controversy and labor issues that also relate to the teaching of writing. Huang, Jenny & David Loy. "Speech to Parents Avoids Controversy." _Daily Texan_ 29 October 1990, pp. 1-2
• Provisional Students Have Better Success This Summer
  Vyas, Charul. "Provisional Students Have Better Success This Summer."_Daily Texan_ 1 August 1994, p. 1. Vyas reports that the students' success in the provisional admissions program improved from 60% success to 65% success in 1994. E 306 is mentioned as one of the courses that such students must complete.
• A Statement of Academic Concern
  Editorial in the form of an open letter protesting "attacks" on Brodkey, especially those of Henley, and undersigned by forty members of the English Department faculty. "A Statement of Academic Concern. " _The Daily Texan_ 15 October 1990, p. 6 A riposte to the July statement opposing E 306 Writing About Difference. Many English faculty support the revised version of the course and object to its cancellation.
• "Honored Professor Plans to Leave UT"
  Article describing Professor Frost's announcement during a ceremony honoring her teaching that she plans to retire, citing the university's emphasis on research over teaching and the low status of teaching Composition. p. 1
• E 306 Advocates Claim Foul Play: 'Polemicist' Says Gribben Served as Anonymous Source for Columns
  Article describes how Daily Texan discovered through open records requests to Kruppa that Gribben and National Association of Scholars had served as sources for _Polemicist_ articles. Siemplenski, Janel. "E 306 Advocates Claim Foul Play: 'Polemicist' Says Gribben Served as Anonymous Source for Columns." 27 November 1990, p. 6
• "New Focus for Writing Course Draws Support from Students"
  News article reporting on student perceptions of the E 306 curriculum controversy. p. 5
• "New E 306 Format Flawed"
  Editorial from Gribben criticizing E 306 curriculum changes. p. 4
• "E 306 Questions Go Unanswered"
  An interview with President William Cunningham about the decision to delay decisions on E 306 curriculum change. pp. 1-2
• Changes Necessary for English Program
  Ratfliff notes that the Lesser memo scandal has produced extreme reactions from both sides of the political spectrum: the left seeing it as a way for the University to weed out provisional students, the right seeing it as a way for professors to impose their political standards. He argues that the brouhaha is yet another example of why a Division of Rhetoric and Composition should be created. He writes that in an ideal world, this would separate competing interests instead of pitting them against one another, although he warns that a DRC should not become a means by which Dean King can divert funding from English literature. Ratliff, George. "Changes Necessary for English Program." Daily Texan, 30 July 1992, p. 4
• "Crash Course: E 306 Should Get a Trial Run"
  Editorial expressing opinion that E 306 Writing About Difference should be attempted before being canceled. p. 4