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An unnamed writer's list of points of difference with three faculty—Slatin, Kinneavy, and Ferreira-Buckley—about the DRC and what it should do. Differences include opinions on the minimum appointment amount for executive committee eligibility, concerns about staffing, and criticism of the English department.
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A collection of course proposals from various people for the DRC:
E 306, E 309K (two variants: Writing about Literature and Writing about Popular Culture), E 309L The Writing Process, E 309M Thinking and Writing (Two Versions: Writing and Technology and Classical Rhetoric), E 309Msp (a course for students who test out of E 306), E 319, E 325M
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A memo from Joseph Kruppa introducing a letter from William Cunningham. The letter explains Cunningham's intention to form an autonomous academic unit dedicated to writing instruction (DRC) and includes a proposal that details the unit's function.
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A memo from Joe Kruppa (English Department Chair) introducing and circulating a progress report detailing the work done by the Committee on the Division of Rhetoric, with the full report attached, which briefly details the committee's deliberations and points of agreement.
9 February 1993 cover memo from Kruppa introducing a progress report from the Committee on the Division of Rhetoric. Attached is the 28 January memo, redated 2 February, with few changes.
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A list of goals for a new academic unit devoted to writing instruction, also including ideas about "collegiality" with the English Department, courses that could be offered, the SWC initiative, writing labs, an honors concentration, and a graduate program.
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A memo calling a meeting to discuss the possible impacts of the new DRC on the English Department graduate program.
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A memo asking President Livingston to address certain concerns about the DRC, particularly the director's control over faculty appointments within the division . The writer, a mathematics professor, is chair of the Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility.
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A list of discussion points for a meeting with John Ruszkiewicz, Lester Faigley, Linda Ferreira-Buckley, and James Kinneavy about the potential for the Division of Rhetoric and Composition. Points focus on the benefits of a "clean slate" and the division's commitment to being a high-profile scholarly program.
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A memo from Ruszkiewicz proposing a question for Dean Robert King at the upcoming College of Liberal Arts Faculty meeting (3 may 1985); Ruszkiewicz's question is about William Sutherland's suggestion that the dean might form a separate Division of Composition.
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A letter handwritten on hotel stationary, thanking Rusziewicz for the opportunity to give e lecture during new teacher orientation, listing expenses for reimbursement, and expressing condolences over recent departmental problems.
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A complete syllabus for an upper-division writing course offered by the Department of Rhetoric and Writing
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A complete syllabus for an upper-division writing class offered to undergraduate peer tutors in the Undergraduate Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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A complete syllabus for a lower-division writing course at the University of Texas at Austin
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A complete syllabus for an upper-division writing course offered in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing
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A complete syllabus for RHE 310 Intermediate Writing, a lower-division writing course offered in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing
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A complete syllabus for an early upper-division course taught in the Division of Rhetoric and Composition.
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A personal letter thanking Ruszkiewicz congratulating him on the publication of The _Presence of Others_. Fitzmaurice also comments on the state of campus politics at UT and the recent establishment of the DRC.
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King, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, writes Ruszkiewicz and Faigley congratulating them and naming them the new director and associate director of the DRC.
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Megaw writes to thank John Ruszkiewicz for participating in the new instructor orientation. A schedule of the orientation is attached with Ruszkiewicz's session circled: “Practical Tips on Teaching Writing.”