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• English Faculty Senate Minutes 11 March 1983
  Items discussed: revision of the departmental governance document, constitution of the Lecturer Study Group, Sacton library donation, "Rodi Proposal" (An Alternative Plan for Improving the Hiring of Lecturers) or consensus of the lecturers, faculty hiring. Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertelsen, Bowden, Cable, Duncan, Faigley, Friedman, Ghose, Goldbarth, Kruppa, Lesser, Megaw, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Stott, Wevill, Whitbread.
• English Faculty Senate Action Summary
  Items mentioned: Stackton library donation (approved), Rodi survey report to the lecturer subcommittee (approved), faculty recruitment
• Memo Adding Agenda Items for English Faculty Senate Consideration
  A memo announcing that two agenda items would be added to the 11 March 1983 meeting: Alexander Stackton Library, Lecturer Matters
• Minutes of the English Faculty Senate 25 February 1983
  Item discussed: senate subcommittee on lecturers. Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertelsen, Bowden, Cable, Duban, Duncan, Farrell Friedman, Jolliffe, Kruppa, Goldbarth, Lesser, Lidoff, Megaw, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Wevill.
• Department Meeting about the Report from the Subcommittee on Lecturers
  A memo calling a meeting of the general English faculty (instead of a meeting of the English Faculty Senate) on 25 February 1983 to discuss the report on the subcommittee on lecturers. Attached is a memo from the Senate Subcommittee on Lecturers that moves to clarify an ambiguity in the constitution.
• Minutes of the English Faculty Senate 28 January 1983
  Items discussed: report of the subcommittee on lecturers, faculty recruitment Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertelsen, Bowden, Cable, Duban, Duncan, Faigley, Farrell, Friedman, Ghose, Hinojosa, Jolliffe, Kruppa, Lesser, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Stott, Wevill, Whitbread.
• English Department Senate Agenda 28 January 1983
  Items listed: report of lecturers committee, faculty recruitment, centennial chairs, teaching load credits subcommittee report, peer evaluation
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 19 November 1982
  Items discussed: undergraduate course committee recommendations (approved), faculty recruitment, graduate-student compensation, formation of a subcommittee on the status of lecturers
• Report to the English lecturers about English Senate actions and deliberations
  Items mentioned: lecturers teaching upper-division courses, super-lecturer (permanent) positions, subcommittee on lecturers, teaching award for lecturers; explanation that many faculty oppose giving greater status to lecturers
• Policy Statement Concerning Lecturers
  An argument that the lecturers have become an integral part of the university and the English Department, so they deserve better treatment, particularly continued employment based on performance evaluations and legitimacy
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 15 Oct 1982
  Items discussed: faculty recruitment, centennial chairs, lecturer recruitment, minor in English, library project, formation of a subcommittee on lecturers (defeated) Attendees: Moldenhaur, Bertelsen, Bowden, Carver, Duban, Duncan, Faigley, Friedman, Ghose, Jollife, Kruppa, Lesser, Lidoff, Megaw, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Sott, Wevill, Whitbread.
• English Faculty Senate Actions 15 Oct 1982
  Summary of items mentioned in a meeting of the departmental Senate, including: presidential approval of the new writing program, motion to form a subcommittee on lecturers (defeated), senate project, faculty recruitment
• English Faculty Senate Agenda 15 Oct 1982
  Items listed: report on lecturers' recruitment, minor in English, proposal for evaluating teaching of tenure-track faculty (attached), senate project
• English Faculty Senate Agenda 28 January 1983
  Items listed: report on the lecturers committee, faculty recruitment, centennial chairs, teaching load credit committee report
• Report on the actions of the English Department Senate 28 Jan 1983
  Items reported: interim report on the subcommittee on lecturers, faculty recruitment
• Letter on the Hiring of Lecturers and University Budget Issues 14 June 1982
  A letter from Dean King to Moldenhauer explaining that the university budget is very tight and the college is unable to reduce the teaching load for lecturers.
• English Department Senate Minutes 5 March 1982
  Items discussed: report on the subcommittee on lecturers, and national advertising for lecturers. In attendance: Moldenhauer, Bowden, Cable, Duncan, Endres, Newcomb, Heinzelman, Kinneavy, Kruppa, Lindfors, MacKay, Megaw, Meyer, Ohle, Reed, Rodi, Ruszkiewicz, Simon, Webb, and Whitbread.
• Report on Actions of the English Department Senate
  Moldenhaur summarizes items mentioned at senate meeting, including: subcommittee report on lecturers; approval of a national search to hire lecturers 1982-1983; and vote to give hiring preference to lecturers already working in English.
• National Recruitment of Lecturers Report
  Moldenhauer reports the results of an Executive Committee session, notably that the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts has approved a national search to hire lecturers in the English Department for the improvement of teaching and to accommodate an expected glut of students.
• Memo on Minimum Teaching Requirements Policy 23 February 1982
  A memo explaining that official university policy requires nine teaching load credits per semester as the minimum for faculty, and that the Dean of Liberal Arts requires lecturers to teach a minimum of four courses per semester (12 teaching load credits). Attached is the statement of official university policy.
• Minutes of the English Department Faculty Senate, 29 January 1982
  Minutes from English Department Faculty Senate where items discussed included: governance committee recommendations, recruitment, budget preparation, and hiring. Present are Moldenhauer, Bowden, Cable, Duncan, Endres, Farrell, Heinzelman, Lindfors, Meyer, Newcomb, Ohle, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Saldivar, Webb, Westbrook, and Whitbread.
• English Department Senate Minutes 4 December 1982
  Items discussed: Graham's report on Undergraduate Course Committee, lecturer subcommittee report and proposal (passed and attached), Teaching Load Credits subcommittee formation Attendees: Moldenhaur, Bowden, Cable, Duncan, Endres, Farrell, Frost, Kinneavy, MacKay, Megaw, Meyer, Ohle, Renwick, Rodi, Ruszkiewicz, Simon, Spivak, Webb, Westbrook, Whitbread
• Department of English Meeting Minutes, 25 January 1980
  English Department meeting minutes discussing logistical and staffing problems related to freshman composition and establishing teams to examine various issues related to teaching freshman composition. This meeting leads to the creation of the Format Teams. Attached is Trimble's synopsis on Freshman Composition.
• Governance Committee Recommendations for Changes to the English Department Executive Committee's Constitution
  Proposed changes to the English Department's Executive Committee based upon Dean Robert King's requirements. Proposed changes allow lecturers to have voting rights, among other things
• Proposed Resolution Concerning Lecturers
  A proposal submitted by the Subcommittee on Lecturers, to be forwarded to the Dean of Liberal Arts by the English Department Faculty Senate. The report discusses the undue burden placed on lecturers by their heavy teaching loads.