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Department Head Seeks Options to Fill E 346K Writing Component This article discusses alternatives to E346K after its postponement.
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Sledd Never Satisfied In "Sledd Never Satisfied," Gribben discusses how English professor James Sledd, in a previous editorial, expressed grievances with the English department regarding writing courses. Gribben condemns Sledd for these grievances and cautions against trusting Sledd.
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Opportunities Arise for Former UT Lecturers Knox article in _The Daily Texan_ explains employment pursuits of some of the layed-off lecturers. Kruppa quoted at length.
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Too Soon to Give up on English 346K "Too Soon to Give up on E 346K" discusses how elimination of E346K will wrong the students who need the course to succeed.
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If You're Going to Require it, You Ought to Teach it Nather's opinion piece complaining that E 346K, though a requirement, is not being offered by the English Department
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John Trimble Summary of Remarks by Robert King about E 346K and E 306, 1 April 1985 John Trimble's summary of remarks to him by dean Robert King about the status of E 346K and E 306 on 1 April 1985.
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Charles Rossman's Letter to Waneen Spirduso, 22 April 1985 Letter and draft of thoughts on E 346K, the unpublished letter which Ruszkiewicz would later respond to in June 1985. Also includes article draft. Contains hand-written note addressed to Hairston.
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Joe Kruppa Memo Recapping 10 June 1985 Meeting of E 346K Evaluation Committee Recounts meeting of E 346K evaluation committee 10 June 1985. Committee sets basic tenets for its deliberations and studies, according to this document.
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Joe Kruppa Memo to English Department on Meeting elated to E 346K and E 306, 1 July 1985 Joe Kruppa's memo of 1 July 1985 to English Department on issues related to E 346K staffing and E 306 status.
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William Sutherland Letters and Explanation of Waiver of English 346K requirement. Bill Sutherland explains the decision to waive E 346K, implications for lecturer staffing, and grading issues for E 316.
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_The Santa Rita Express_ article "Still Another Point of View" by Joseph Jones, April-May 1985 _The Santa Rita Express_ article extrapolating the E 346K problem as symptomatic of larger issues at the university.
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Ruszkiewicz Draft Letter to the Editor Explaining the Elimination of E 346K, 7 March 1985 John Ruszkiewicz draft of letter to the editor of _The Daily Texan_ seeking to explain the elimination of E 346, dated 7 March 1985. Ruszkiewicz primarily rebuts Lesser's arguments from 6 March 1985 editorial. Argues that discontinuation of E 346K was because of unfortunate logistical difficulties.
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Report to the Writing Skills Assessment Committee from the Subcommittee on Assessment A report about the substantial writing component courses at the university with recommendations about how to better support such classes
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Recommendations for the College of Liberal Arts Committee for Establishing Guidelines for Writing Content Courses 10 recommendations touching on things like use of teaching assistants, class size, and faculty recruitment
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Surveys from professors around the university about their Substantial Writing Component Courses Answers to a survey about Substantial Writing Component Courses, with some syllabi attached
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Summer Activities for Substantial Writing Component Courses Two memos, one announcing that there would be no faculty training sessions during the summer of 1985, the other collecting information for a proposed handbook to help faculty design substantial writing component courses.
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Possible Evaluation Data A follow-up on the writing committee chairmen's request for data that can be used when evaluating Substantial Writing Component Courses. Several possibilities are listed.
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Supplementary Report about Substantial Writing Courses A report offering additional information about Substantial Writing Component Courses and the faculty support provided: Spring faculty training sessions; progress reports from writing committees; calendar of deadlines; teaching assistants for writing courses; faculty interviews
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Summary of Writing Chairmen's Meeting Summary of the 18 December 1984 meeting (document sent on 20 December 1984) among the "Writing Committee Chairmen." Items discussed at meeting: Summary of fall activities (including faculty workshops and newsletter on writing); identifying problems that writing committees are having; addressing problems that writing committees are having
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Training Seminars for Substantial Writing Courses A rough outline for the content of a seminar to train faculty unfamiliar with writing instruction
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Summary of the June 19 meeting about providing support for writing classes in other disciplines A summary of a meeting with faculty from departments all over the university. Items discussed: faculty seminars to train faculty not familiar with writing instruction; topics for such faculty seminars; a bibliography of resources about writing instruction; newsletter on writing; sessions for teaching assistants
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E 346K Business Variant proposal A motion to approve a business variant of E 346K, including course description and reading list
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John Ruszkiewicz Draft Letter to The Daily Texan Addressing Issues Related to E 306 and E 346, 16 March 1985 Ruszkiewicz draft of letter to _The Daily Texan_ regarding recent printed comments by Lesser regarding the nature of E 306 and E 346, dated March 16, 1985.
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Draft report on E 346K Social and Behavioral Sciences A report including an overview/history of the E 346K initiative, a description of the students who will take E 346K Writing for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and a full description of units and assignments in the class.
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Proposed Textbooks for E 346K A course description with reading list and a handwritten note from Joe K[ruppa]