DRW Digital Archive

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• Letter about the English Writing Program
  Dean Stanley Werbow writes to UT President Lorene Rodgers to report that the English writing program is strong but in need of some improvements. Werbow specifically mentions the need for a writing center and an upper-division, discipline specific course in writing.
• 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.
• E346K Course Instructor Surveys, Numerical Averages
  Numerical averages for all course instructor surveys for E 346K, fall 1984.
• Course-Instructor Surveys E 346K, Fall 1984
  Numerical results and handwritten comments suggest that students appreciated Kinneavy's fall 1984 E 346K class.
• Memo about E 346K descriptions
  Malof writes to Maureen McElroy explaining that it's best to provide skimpy descriptions of E 346K in the course catalogue to allow maximum flexibility for the individual instructors. He provides a sample description for the course catalogue that covers all variants of E 346K
• E 346K Writing in Different Disciplines
  Joe Moldenhauer writes the English Department faculty to tell them that the University Faculty Council approved the English Department proposal for new requirements in English, including the E 346K requirement and its three variants (business, social sciences, natural sciences and technology). Moldenhauer explains that the next stage will involve development of guidelines and sample syllabi, guaranteeing that faculty will have a wide range of discretion when designing their own courses. Attached are descriptions of the three variants on the course.
• Summary of Meeting 2-22-84
  Joe Malof summarizes the things discussed and the outcome of the February 22 meeting. Textbooks were discussed. Also discussed was the inability to give exemption for E 346K to students who have taken E 325M, E 367L and E 379C. Kinneavy mentioned that the university legislation mandating E 346K superceded the department's ability to grant exceptions.
• E 346K Textbook Survey
  A survey sent to E 346K instructors asking them what textbooks they are using or plan to use in their courses.
• E 346K Meeting Agenda, 29 February 1984
  An agenda and description of concerns to be addressed at an upcoming meeting of the E 346K committee. Malof states that the most pressing matter for the committee is to provide resources for their instructors in the coming year: syllabi, guidelines, handouts, assignment descriptions, and policy statements. He also mentions the need to get more lecturers attending Kinneavy's weekly sessions about the course, and Sutherland's desire to get more faculty involved in the course planning.
• Textbooks for E 346K
  A memo to Joe Kruppa recommending textbooks for the various sections of E 346K.
• E 346K Information Copy to Bill Sutherland
  Joe Malof writes the E 346K committee to say that English Department Chair William Sutherland will join the committee for their first meeting 22 February 1984. Items of concern mentioned by Malof for the committee to consider include: course descriptions for the four variants of E 346K, textbook selection for all sections of E 346K, and Kinneavy's meetings with future instructors of E 346K. An 11-item agenda is attached that mentions: transitioning to the new requirements featuring E 346K, required/recommended textbooks, allowances for experimentation in the course, the possibility of a fourth (business) variant, and research guides for each variant of the course, developed by the staff at the Perry Castaneda Libarary.
• Comments on E 346K texts
  Comments from three English faculty about potentially useful textbooks for E 346K.
• E 346K Writing for the Humanities Syllabus
  Joe Malof sends James Kinneavy Graham's syllabus, including readings and a schedule, for a proposed section of E 346K Writing in the Humanities.
• E 346K Summary of Meeting 3-21-84
  Summary notes on a meeting of the E 346K subcommittee where course descriptions and textbooks for all upcoming sections of E 346K were discussed.
• E 346 K Choice of Texts
  A draft memo listing the texts chosen for E 346K, explaining that the large number of sections anticipated will make it necessary to choose the same text for all the classes and to order these books early.
• The Centrality of Rhetoric in the Liberal Arts Tradition
  A talk given by James Kinneavy at Ball State University, tracing the origins of language-arts education back to Homer and through the Writing in the Disciplines movement. Kinneavy presents the E 346K curriculum as the culmination of this long history.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of February 21, 1994
  At this meeting, the report of the University Council Committee to Examine the Undergraduate Writing Program was discussed.
• Learning to Write in the Social Sciences
  Faigley, Lester and Kristine Hanson. "Learning to Write in the Social Sciences." _College English_ 36.2 (1985): 140-149. This article represents collaboration between UT faculty and graduate students about writing in the disciplines.
• Proposed Changes to the Substantial Writing Requirement Requirement and the English Requirement in the College of Natural Sciences, Part of the U.T. Austin Catalog, 1989-1991
  These proposed changes reflect the flexibility allowed colleges based upon the Revised Recommendations Concerning Substantial Writing Component Courses
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of May 8, 1989
  At this meeting the Revised Recommendations Concerning Substantial Writing Component Courses was discussed, amended, and approved.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of April 17, 1989
  At this meeting, the Educational Policy Committee Recommendations Concerning the “Fowler Report” were discussed.
• Revised Recommendations Concerning Substantial Writing Component Courses
  These recommendations reflect the University Council Educational Policy Committee’s Recommendations, which have been amended based on James Kinneavy’s and Teresa Sullivan’s input at the 18 April 1989 meeting of the Faculty Senate.
• Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting April 23, 1990
  At this meeting the Report and Recommendations from the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee are discussed.
• Report and Recommendations from the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee
  This report recommends new committees and measures to support the substantial-writing component courses and to encourage more "multicultural" courses at UT.
• Minutes of the Faculty Senate Meeting April 3, 1989
  At this meeting, the Faculty Senate discussed the Educational Policy Committee's report outlining recommendations for how to better support and implement the substantial-writing component requirement. Attached is the Educational Policy Committee's report.