Draft of Letter to Fonken with Notes, 25 February 1986
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Title
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Draft of Letter to Fonken with Notes, 25 February 1986
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Type
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Letter
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Creator
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Unattributed, possibly Maxine Hairston
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Date
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25 February 1986
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Description
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A prefatory handwritten note asks for feedback on an attached letter to Gerhard Fonken. The letter says that the needs and interests of the students are not served by recent changes to the writing program. The letter argues that the new program will adversely affect the university's reputation, the Writing Center, and the graduate program in rhetoric. The letter defends the E 306 curriculum, saying it was never a remedial course. Finally the letter argues that E 309K will suit the needs of English literature faculty by letting “non-specialists” who know nothing about the research on writing instruction teach lower-division writing.
