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• English Department Meeting Minutes, 5 May 1980
  At this day-long meeting, the English Department faculty discussed a preliminary version of the Task Force on Composition proposal, subsequently revised and submitted for departmental vote by mail ballot.
• Department of English Meeting Minutes, 1 March 1981
  English Department meeting where E 316K and E 346K curriculum were primarily discussed. All three variations of E 316K were approved and discussion of E 346K was postponed.
• Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, 29 April 1985
  At this meeting of the Faculty Senate the report on E 346K is considered. Sledd delivered a long assessment of the E 346K problem complete with evaluation of the English Department political troubles. The Faculty Senate's motions regarding E 346K are all approved with slight amendment.
• William Sutherland Memo on English 346K Requirement
  This memo discusses E 346K requirements and waivers.
• Draft of Rossman Letter to Editor of The Daily Texan Regarding E 346K, March 4, 1985
  Typed text of Rossman letter to editor of The Daily Texan regarding E 346K postponement, written in response to editorials by Kinneavy and Scaggs. Article was never published in The Daily Texan but was circulated to some colleagues. Draft includes a handwritten note by Rossman to "David."
• Report from Committee Reviewing E 346K Issue
  Faculty Senate report on findings regarding E 346K, James Sledd contributing, to be discussed 29 April 1985. Expresses concern over E 346K waivers, why also expressing understanding of the English Department's difficult staffing situation. Handwritten comments likely by James Sledd are written on the document.
• Moldenhauer Memo on E 346K, 23 June 1981
  Memo to teaching faculty addressing E 346K curriculum. Attached are sample course outlines for the three variants of E 346K
• Proposal by the General Faculty for an Undergraduate University Requirement in English
  This amended proposal for changes to the undergraduate requirement in English features two major differences from the original February proposal: (1) The University Council, not the English Department, has authority to determine which classes can count for E 346K equivalency; (2) The Writing in Business variant of E 346K has been dropped.
• Department of English Minutes, 29 February 1980
  At this meeting, the main topic of conversation is a motion to petition the dean for five new hires in the coming academic year. There is also some discussion of the Vick Committee and the faculty's willingness to teach E 306.
• Department of English Meeting Minutes, 15 February 1980
  At this meeting, the faculty discussed recruitment for the coming year with emphasis on recruitment of a new creative writer and a new technical writing specialist.
• Wayne Rebhorn Letter to Lieb and King, 9 February 1979
  Wayne Reborn writes to two Deans to report on his study of three College of Liberal Arts departments analogous to English (History, Linguistics, and Philosophy). At the lower-division, Rebhorn says he finds little writing assigned in these departments and most of it graded by TAs. By contrast English lower-division courses assign a lot of writing, and professors grade the papers. At the upper-division, he finds more writing assigned, but not nearly as much as is typical in an English upper-division class. Rebhorn also stresses that in the English department, instructors not only assign writing, but they also teach it, responding substantively to student work, clarity of exposition, rhetorical strategy, and requiring revision. Appended is a statistical breakdown of Rebhorn’s findings.
• Questions for President Flawn and Dean King at Upcoming Meetings of the University Council and the College of Liberal Arts
  Sledd asks eleven questions about the writing program and the new English requirement at UT. In asking these questions, he criticizes the treatment of contingent faculty, the decision to shift resources towards upper-division classes, and the Dean's motives for pursuing these policies.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting 21 February 1983
  President Flawn replies to Sledd’s questions submitted 7 January 1983. The Proposal for Changes to the College of Liberal Arts degree programs is deliberated and amended. Included is the amended plan for Liberal Arts degree programs as approved by the Faculty Senate.
• Stephen Witte Review of "Composition Problem"
  Stephen Witte's effort at a comprehensive review of the "composition problem." Details history of curriculum, administrative concerns, and proposed solutions.
• Some Considerations
  Two pages of typed notes about why moving E 306 to university extension is a bad idea, why makingE 316K a writing course is not feasible, and why the graduate program in English would be harmed by eliminating E 346K altogether, moving E 306 to University Extension, or proposing E 316K as a writing course.
• John Ruszkiewicz Letter to Ted Koppel, 23 May 1985
  Ruszkiewicz responds to Koppel's characterizations of writing and the firing of lecturers in a recent ABC broadcast.
• Rhetoric Faculty Problems with Recommendations for E 346K
  Rhetoric faculty rebut recent recommendations for changes to E 346K.
• Kruppa Memo Establishing E 346K Evaluation
  Memo establishing committee to evaluate E 346K.
• Kruppa Letter about E 346K Evaluation
  12 July 1985
• English Department Meeting Minutes, 11 September 1985
  Meeting minutes from meeting where E 346K report was discussed. Meeting and discussion of E 346K tend to break along "rhetoric vs literature" lines.
• Bob Wren Letter Regarding E 346K
  Bob Wren's letter with his opinions on the future of E 346K.
• E 346K Committee Report, 30 August 1985
  Report of the E 346K Evaluation Committee.
• Kruppa Letter about E 346K Evaluation, 31 July 1985
  Describes fifth meeting of the E 346K Evaluation Committee and addresses issues related to evaluation of E 346K course.
• A Comprehensive Solution to the English Department's "Composition Problem" by Stephen Witte
  Steve Witte's proposal to solve the "composition problem," written with the help of the Rhetoric Interest Group and produced in response to Dean Robert King's request for a solution from within the English Department. Also contains a brief hand-written note by Witte.
• College of Liberal Arts Meeting Minutes and Sledd Report 13 October 1982
  Primary: A partial summary of a meeting of the College of Liberal Arts, describing the discussion of temporary faculty salary funds, leave of absence submission deadlines, and recommendations from the Vick Committee on Basic Education Requirements. Attached: a partial copy of the questions proposed by Sledd to Dean King and President Flawn.