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• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of April 16, 1984
  During the questions to the president, the size of substantial writing component classes and the fate of E 106/206 are discussed.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of March 19, 1984
  At the beginning of the meeting, Sledd asked the president who made the decision not to offer English 106K and 206L. President Flawn called on Robert King, Dean of Liberal Arts, to respond. King confirms that the decision was made at the departmental level after a conversation he had with Sutherland.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of January 23, 1984
  At this meeting, Vice President Livingston and President Flawn allow William Sutherland (Chair of English) to answer Sledd's questions to the president. Livingston assures that E 346K is on track though there have been some unexpected administrative troubles. Livingston says the development of courses is a departmental matter.
• Questions to the President Concerning the New English Requirements
  On 17 December 1983, James Sledd submitted a question for President Flawn to answer at the 23 January 1984 meeting of the Faculty Senate. Sledd asks about difficulties implementing the new English requirement courses, particularly E 346K , E 106, and E 206.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting 24 January 1983
  At this meeting, the Sledd proposal to allow E 307 to substitute for E 346K is debated and defeated. The proposed changes to the College of Liberal Arts degree plan (including E 346K requirement) are introduced and discussed but not voted on.
• Sixth Regular Meeting of the University Council for 1982-1983
  James Sledd says that his previous question (posed at the 24 January 1983 meeting) was not sufficiently answered by Mr. Fonken or Mr. Kinneavy. He resubmits the question to President Flawn for discussion at the 21 February 1983 meeting of the Faculty Senate.
• Proposed Changes to the College of Liberal Arts Part of the UT Austin Catalogue, 1981-1983, to Bring Undergraduate Degree Programs within the Spirit of the Report of the Committee on Basic Education Requirements
  These proposals to change the degree programs in the College of Liberal Arts are similar to other proposals submitted by all the other colleges at this time. Notable here, as elsewhere, is substitution of a previous two-semester, first year requirement (including E 306 and another lower-division English course) for the new English Requirement, including E 306, E 316K, and E 346K.
• Questions to the President Concerning Conflicting Statements about the New English Requirements
  Sledd asks why the intended and original policy to allow transfer credit for E 346K from outside UT was changed.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of December 13, 1982
  At this meeting of the Faculty Council, James Sledd introduced a motion to allow students to substitute E 307 (a second-semester, first-year writing course) for the new E 346K requirement. After Sledd defended his motion, Kinneavy spoke in defense of the new English requirement including E 346K. Ultimately, a vote on Sledd's motion is deferred until the next Faculty Senate meeting. Attached are Sledd's 14-page motion and its lengthy defense and Kinneavy's 3-page riposte to Sledd's allegations.
• University Council Meeting Minutes 18 October 1982
  At this meeting, Sledd’s first two questions to the president are presented. President Flawn also announces the creation of a committee to approve substantial-writing component courses. Finally, changes to degree programs in Architecture, Natural Sciences, and Communications are debated, sometimes touching on the new English Requirement (E 346K).
• Secretary’s Report 18 October 1982
  This report lists the status of the English proposal for a new requirement in English. The proposal was approved on Sept. 17, but President Flawn attached a letter stating that he will approve the proposal but not the ability to substitute courses for E 346K.
• Four Motions Concerning The Basic Education Requirements in Writing and Natural Science
  Kelley describes motions that are intended to implement the Vick Report recommendations approved by Faculty Senate in March 1981. This includes the president's appointment of a 10-15 member University Committee on Writing which will approve courses eligible to have a substantial writing component and the university deans submission of a list of courses for approval as SWC classes in their respective colleges.
• Secretary’s Report, 28 September 1981
  This document lists all the major legislation passed by the Faculty Senate since the last report (25 November 1980). Under the “Proposal by the General Faculty for an Undergraduate University Requirement in English,” the President appends a letter dated 10 September 1981, saying he will defer implementation of the legislation until the 1981-2 spring semester because he wants to consult with the deans about their plans to implement the Vick Report recommendations and because he does not think the English proposal is sufficiently defined.
• Third Regular Meeting of the University Council for 1984-1985
  This agenda for the third regular meeting of the university council, includes Friedman's questions to the president about the status and hiring of lecturers at UT. Friedman asks the president to clarify the status of “lecturers,” and to consider a “cap” or “moratorium” on the hiring of lecturers.
• Minutes of the University Council, 23 March 1981
  At this Faculty Senate meeting: (1) The senate approves a motion to allow the individual colleges to consider and propose curricular changes in the spirit of the Vick Report recommendations, rather than vote on the recommendations individually. (2) The Faculty Senate deliberates the English Department proposal to change the require writing curriculum so that it includes E 306, E 316K, and E 346K. (3) The Faculty Senate begins to deliberate a proposal for a sophomore-level writing course in Advanced Composition (E 309).
• Minutes of the Second Regular Meeting of the General Faculty, 3 May 1977
  At this meeting, the recommendations of the Hairston Committee are discussed: leave the English requirement at 9 hours and establish a university-wide committee to address writing across the curriculum. The meeting features a lengthy indictment of the English writing program by Sledd, comments by Kinneavy and Hairston defending recent efforts to improve the writing program, and a failed vote on the Hairston Committee recommendation because no quorum was present.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting, 20 April 1981
  At this meeting, an amended version of the proposal to change the university-wide English requirement was deliberated and approved. These amendments based on the 23 March Faculty Senate discussion: (1) The Writing in Business variation of E 346K was removed and (2) authority to approve E 346K equivalents was moved from the English Department to the University Council. Other amendments were deliberated and denied.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting, 16 February 1981
  At this meeting, the Faculty Senate discussed the Vick Report, its writing requirement and the feasibility of its full implementation. Faculty from various departments throughout the university discussed the quality of student writing and the feasibility of expanding writing instruction beyond the English Department's offerings.
• Proposal by the College of Liberal Arts for an Undergraduate University Requirement in English
  This proposal recommends 9 hours of required credits in English for all undergraduate degree programs at UT: E 306 Rhetoric and Composition, E 316K Masterworks in Literature, and E 346K Writing in Different Disciplines.
• Report of the University Council Committee on Basic Education Requirements
  This report suggests changes to the 45 hours in basic education requirements established by the 1955 Graham Committee Report. Substantial changes to the writing requirement are suggested including: 6 hours of lower-division writing classes taken in the Department of English (beyond E 306) and 6 additional upper-division hours of substantial writing component courses taken in students' major disciplines.
• Minutes of the University Council Meeting of May 16 1977.
  The main item on the agenda is the “Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Change in the Plan I B.A. Lower-Division Requirement.” The faculty discuss the state of the writing program and its success in heated terms. Sledd, Kinneavy, and Hairston contribute substantially the conversation. The report’s three recommendations are voted individually, and all three pass.
• Report from the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Change in the Plan I, B.A. Lower-Division English Requirement
  This report follows up on a change approved Feb 3, 1973, reducing the required number of credits in English from 12 to 9 hours (from two courses at both the freshman and sophomore levels to two courses at the freshman level and one course at the sophomore level). The 1973 change also approved two options for the second-semester freshman composition course: either a course in composition and literature or a course in composition, logic, and rhetoric. The Committee recommends: (1) Retaining the new 9-hour requirement; (2) retaining the two options (Composition/literature and composition/logic/rhetoric) for the second-semester course; (3) appointment of a university-wide committee to study the ways writing instruction can be improved across the university.
• English Proposal Overlooks Students, 30 September 1985
  An opinion article in which a non-English major argues that (entering) students particularly are those who will be greatly impacted in terms of cost and time by the English department's course proposal
• Tenure Revisited, House Bill 145
  Macdowell, Ken. "Tenure Revisited, House Bill 145." _Daily Texan_ 8 February 1979_, p. 5. Macdowell's editorial opposes Texas legislator's effort to replace tenure at public colleges and universities with annual contracts and regular evaluations.
• Workload Compliance Hard, UT Prof Says
  Reaves, Gail. “Workload Compliance Hard, UT Prof Says.” Austin American-Statesman 12 September 1978, p. D20. This article reports that the president of the UT Faculty Senate has claimed it’s impossible for the university to comply with the UT System Board of Regents August 4 minimum teaching load of three formal undergraduate or two formal graduate courses per semester. The article mentions that several UT deans did not say compliance would be difficulty.