DRW Digital Archive

Items

• Conference Discusses E 306 Changes
  Article discusses recent discussion at Conference on Cultural Studies in Britain and America at which Linda Brodkey served on a panel discussing the delay of the new RHE 306 curriculum. Loy, David. "Conference Discuses E 306 Changes." _Daily Texan_ 24 September 1990, p. 6
• Conference Misrepresented
  Nehring article seeks to correct statements from "Conference Discusses E 306 Changes" article previously run in _The Daily Texan_. Nehring, Neil. "Conference Misrepresented." _Daily Texan_ 1 October 1990, p. 4
• "Loaded Canon"
  Editorial critiquing the pushback to E 306 curriculum change, and arguing that university curriculum is already inherently political. pp. 10 & 19
• "E 306 to Add Readings on Racism"
  News article announcing the changes to E 306 curriculum, with quotes from Kruppa, Brodkey, Kaulbach, and Hammons. p. 1
• "Faculty Supports New E 306 Theme"
  News article reporting on the English faculty voting to approve the new E 306 curriculum and voting against external oversight of the LDEPC. p. 1
• "A Statement of Academic Concern"
  Open Letter from faculty from multiple departments expressing concern about curriculum changes to E 306. p. 2
• "E 306 Changes Bring Something UT New -- Critical Thought"
  Editorial praising the changes to E 306 curriculum. p. 4
• Multicultural Education Needs to be 'Multi' and 'Cultural'
  Professor of Classics Galinsky letter defining "multiculturalism" primarily in terms of Western canon and tradition. Galinsky, Karl. "Muliticultural Education Needs to be 'Multi' and 'Cultural'." _Daily Texan_ 14 November 1990, p. 4
• "Gribben Defends Stance on E 306"
  News article reporting on Gribben's Q&A with graduate students about his opposition to E 306 curriculum change, his calls for outside arbitration of E 306 curriculum, and his plans to step back from the discussion. p. 5
• "Officials Cancel E 306 Textbook"
  News article reporting the cancelation of E 306 textbook order. Quotes from Kruppa and Gribben. pp. 1 & 5
• "A 'University' Perspective: An Award Winning Teacher Indicts the UT Education Faculty."
  An editorial/reprint of excerpts from Professor Frost's speech at a ceremony honoring her teaching, in which she criticizes the university for valuing publishing over teaching and for the low status of Composition. pp. 4-5
• Requirements Team Report
  Report of the requirements team dealing with undergraduate graduation requirements. The committee presents three recommendations: retain 9 hour English graduation requirement, experiment with balance and sequence of courses, and consult other departments in order to establish writing courses geared toward writing in other disciplines (WAC/WID).
• Format II Subcommittee Report
  Members of the Format II Subcommittee were Hairston, Bertelson, Calonne, Cook, Dorman, Ruszkiewicz, and Barnes. Report from the subcommittee responding to their main tasks: studying class patterns, use of graders, writing labs, self-paced instruction, computer instruction, student workload, and spring/fall balance of classes. The subcommittee's five recommendations are described in the report: create “referral lab” for 306, 307/308 student, several experimental large enrollment sections, does not support raising current class sizes above 25, closer communication between freshman and sophomore office to better balance fall/spring class offerings, and explore possibility of using TAs from other departments.
• Content Committee Recommendation Plan 1
  Duplicate of Content Committee recommendations regarding Plan 1, to include E 306.
• Committee on Admissions and Registration Proposals to English Department
  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.
• Charles Rossman letter to Lester Faigley on Freshman English
  Charles Rossman's thoughts to Lester Faigley on his preferences for Freshman English.
• James Kinneavy chapter on Freshman English
  Text by James Kinneavy on Freshman English forwarded to the Freshman English Committee. Contains information about enrollment, TA training, etc. in the required first-year writing course (RHE 306).
• Format I Proposal, Lester Faigley
  Lester Faigely's substantive proposal for how to revise the 3 course English sequence.
• A Proposal for Freshman English Curriculum, by Kurt Heinzelman, 21 February 1980
  Substantive proposal from Heinzelman for freshman writing sequence (3 courses) attempting to reconcile current problems with the courses and instruction.
• English Memo Angers Students
  Williamson covers the upcoming release of the College of Liberal Arts' report on a January memo from Lesser that seemed to some to suggest there was a grade ceiling in E 306. Kinneavy is quoted as saying he does not expect the committee to find any problems with the grading criteria, however Williamson reports that since the memo, the structure of summer E 306 classes has been changed and grading has been conducted by a panel of three graders. Williamson, Kevin. "English Memo Angers Students." Daily Texan, 27 July 1992, p. 5
• Rhetoric Division Will Restore UT Writing Standards
  Editorial celebrating the creation of the DRC. The authors compare the split with English to the Glorious Revolution and commend the separation of writing and "criticism." "Rhetoric Division will Restore UT Writing Standards." Daily Texan, 2 Sept 1992, p. 4
• University Council Mustn't Hold Up Rhetoric Division
  Editorial urging the University Council to endorse the DRC. The authors claim the DRC will improve writing instruction and position English faculty objections as selfish concern for political turf. "University Council Mustn't Hold up Rhetoric Division." Daily Texan, 19 October 1992, p. 4
• Literary Specialists Unable to Handle Technical Writing
  The Daily Texan presents side-by-side two opinion pieces on undergraduate writing instruction. Beer, who left the English department to coordinate technical communication for Engineering, asserts that literature professors are unwilling and unable to teach technical writing, and that departments that require technical writing deserve better. Carton suggests the creation of the DRC was an empty public relations move that will not substantively improve first-year writing. To do so, he suggests, would involve a serious institutional commitment including an end to E 306 exemptions and higher writing standards outside of the English department. Beer, David. "Literary Specialists Unable to Handle Technical Writing." _Daily Texan_ 4 November 1992. Carton, Evan. "New Division has Nothing to Offer Writing Education." _Daily Texan_ 4 November 1992.
• Rhetoric Division Faces Scrutiny by New Committee
  Report that the University Council has accepted the Faculty Senate's proposal for a committee to investigate undergraduate writing. King insists the DRC is on track to launch despite the new committee. Howard Nirken, Student Association president, urges the community to move on. Alaniz, John. "Rhetoric Division Faces Scrutiny by New Committee." Daily Texan, 17 November 1992, p. 6.
• "UT's Including Ethic Study in Course is a Good Step"
  Editorial expressing support for the change to E 306 curriculum, with quotes from Kruppa. p. A8