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Part Two of a two-part editorial in support of the change in E 306 curriculum. p. 4
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The full course packet, including syllabus, reading assignments, and assignment descriptions for E 306 "Writing about Difference"
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Editorial critiquing Gribben's public complaints about E 306, as well as the open letter in the Daily Texan, "A Statement of Academic Concern." p. 4.
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News article reporting Gribben's call for Faculty Senate to screen E 306's new curriculum. pp. 1-2
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Letters to the editor regarding a previous Daily Texan editorial on the E 306 curriculum controversy from Taylor, Assistant Instructor in English, Garcia, English Graduate, and Budzieszewski, Associate Professor of Government. p. 4
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Response to elimination of E 346K.
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A 12-page version of the proposals to revise the English composition curriculum, requiring E 306, E 316, and establishing a new course (E 346K).
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Friedman, Alan. "Standard English at the University of Texas." in _Situating College English: Lessons from an American University. Eds. Evan Carton and Alan Friedman. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1996. 3-16.
A collection of essays that was originally was produced following the spring 1992 “Pedagogy and Values” conference at UT. The collection is edited by Alan Friedman and Evan Carton, dedicated to Linda Brodkey. Its contributors include: Collection of essays edited by Carton and Friedman, featuring articles by Friedman, Carton Jacqueline Bacon, Helena Woodard, Louis Mendoza, Rachel Jennings, S. Shankar, Jean Lee Cole and Jennifer Huth, Gordon Grant III, Robert Twombly, Jerome Bump, Nancy L. Peterson, Sara Kimball, James Kinneavy, Kathleen Kane, Edward Madden, Margot Gayle Backus, Alison Regan, Susan Claire Warshauer, Kim Emery.
Friedman’s essay recovers the canon wars and responds directly to Lynne Cheney’s Telling the Truth and Richard Bernstein’s Dictatorship of Virtue. He also retells the E 306 controversy with special emphasis on Gribben’s contributions, saying external opposition to the course stemmed from misinformation.
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Personal communication between Cullingford and Ruszkiewicz setting up a lunch to discuss E 306 and the English department climate. Handwritten contact redacted.
In a handwritten account, Ruszkiewicz provides details of their lunch. He comments that although the lunch was cordial, he isn't sure if any new common ground was reached.
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Ruszkiewicz notes to Duban on E 306 meetings, stating there will be no limit to the number of sections using the Racism and Sexism textbook. Attached: a personal note from Duban to Ruszkiewicz saying this is an important historical document and should be preserved.
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Memo attached to ad hoc report on E 306, but report not contained in this file.
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Article in _University Review_ dealing with E 306 controversy largely from a conservative stance.
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Open Letter for publication from various faculty protesting new E 306. Unclear whether or not published.
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Article published by Gribben in _University Review_, a student journal, criticizing proposed changes for E 306.
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Memo to English Department addressing syllabi and materials for E 306 with sample materials attached
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Letter protesting comments made about author at a recent department meeting, regarding E 306 controversy. Possibly by Gribben or Duban.
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Article discussing E 306 controversy and largely condemning Brodkey and the LDEPC.
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Hairston, Maxine. "The Reasons Why Not." _Alcalde_ May/June 1991, pp. 12-13.
Maxine Hairston’s viewpoint on why E 306 “Writing about Difference” should not be mandated for all sections.
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A description of the controversy over E 306 curriculum change.
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Listserve/Discussion Group post from Slatin responding to questions about the controversy over E 306's curriculum change, and criticizing the move to cancel it.
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A Listserv/Discussion Group post asking Slatin for more explanation of his previous statements on the cancelation of the new E 306 curriculum.
http://dhhumanist.org/Archives/Virginia/v04/0326.html
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Robinson, a visiting professor at UT during the E 306 controversy, conducts a friendly interview with Brodkey in the Women's Review of Books. Brodkey refutes claims that "Writing About Difference" was a multiculturalism class, saying that in fact it was a course about federal anti-discrimination law and pointing out that the Rothenberg reader was ultimately not assigned. The two lament the poor treatment they received at the hands of their opposition, the school administration, and the Texas media.
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From C-SPAN:
"Professor Alan Gribben detailed his experiences fighting “political correctness” in academia in an address to a forum of the conservative educators' group Accuracy in Academia entitled, 'How to Fight Classroom Injustice.' Professor Gribben reported harassment from his colleagues and administrators after he began to expose the liberal bias in American higher education curricula he characterized as engineered by the radical left. He responded to questions from the audience following his prepared remarks."
Gribben, Alan. "Fighting Political Correctness in Academia." C-SPAN, 2 July 1992, https://www.c-span.org/video/?26898-1/fighting-political-correctness-academia
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Hairston warns against ideological creep into the writing classroom. Emphasizing that she herself is (or was) a political liberal, she argues that a "process-oriented, low-risk, student-centered classroom" makes students more comfortable, fosters self-expression, and engages interest. She ends with a call to action to fellow likeminded professors.
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Bernstein, Richard. Dictatorship of Virtue. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Richard Bernstein’s book-length version of his NYT article about PC culture on U.S. college campuses. Chapter 9 is about the 306 controversy, focusing on Brodkey and Gribben, but featuring quotes from interviews with Ruszkiewicz and Kruppa.
Richard Bernstein’s book-length version of his NYT article about PC culture at US colleges. Chapter 9 features the 306 controversy, focusing on the conflict between Brodkey and Gribben, but citing interviews with Ruszkiewicz and Kruppa also