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Changes Necessary for English Program

Editorial

George Ratliff

30 July 1992

Ratfliff notes that the Lesser memo scandal has produced extreme reactions from both sides of the political spectrum: the left seeing it as a way for the University to weed out provisional students, the right seeing it as a way for professors to impose their political standards. He argues that the brouhaha is yet another example of why a Division of Rhetoric and Composition should be created. He writes that in an ideal world, this would separate competing interests instead of pitting them against one another, although he warns that a DRC should not become a means by which Dean King can divert funding from English literature.

Ratliff, George. "Changes Necessary for English Program." Daily Texan, 30 July 1992, p. 4

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