UT Faculty Divided on Students’ Writing
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UT Faculty Divided on Students’ Writing
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Article
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Creator
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Julie Fernandez
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Date
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17 May 1977
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Description
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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.
