Slatin Open Letter on Composition Draft
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Title
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Slatin Open Letter on Composition Draft
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Type
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Letter
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Creator
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John Slatin
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Date
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1985 ?
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Description
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Slatin writes to propose that, instead of a universal requirement for E 306, students be required to take several lower-division “foundations” courses that feature substantive and critical writing while teaching specific rhetorical skills within specific discipline. Such courses would allow literature faculty to teach classes that feature their areas of interest (literature) and would encourage other departments and colleges to assume some of the burden of lower-division writing classes, thus solving the English Department’s staffing problem.
Handwritten notes (probably from Ruszkiewicz) indicate strong disagreement with Slatin’s position.
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Contributor
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John Ruszkiewicz
John Slatin letter on Composition
