UT Faculty Divided on Students’ Writing

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Title

UT Faculty Divided on Students’ Writing

Type

Article

Creator

Julie Fernandez

Date

17 May 1977

Description

Fernandez, Julie. “UT Faculty Divided on Students’ Writing.” Austin American-Statesman 17 May 1977, p. B2.

This article reports the results of an ad-hoc University Council committee on writing, which recommended that the new 9-hour English requirement be retained but that additional efforts be made to understand and improve undergraduate-writing instruction at the university level.

Sledd is quoted, criticizing the study and its conclusions.