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Mary Robertson Letter to Bob Wren Assistant Professor Mary Robertson writes to graduate instructor Bob Wren, saying he and others fail to see the civic responsibility and civic action served by teaching literature and culture in E 306. Robertson also comments that papers in E 306 fail to push students towards “humanistic civic awareness.” Robertson argues that technically minded students need humanistic, civic education, whether they realize it or not.
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Gribben Memo Regarding Bob Wren, 16 October 1985 Gribben writes to the English Department faculty that he met with Sutherland and Wren to resolve their differences regarding the 26 Sept incident featuring James Sledd.
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William Cunningham Letter to Sledd, 28 October 1985 Letter addresses recent dispute between Sledd and Gribben and states that no disciplinary or administrative action had been taken against Sledd as of the writing of the letter
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Draft of Letter to Fonken with Notes, 25 February 1986 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.
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Lance (Bertelson?) Memo to John Ruszkiewicz Lance writes to say that he and Ruszkiewicz should get together to discuss textbooks and “the job as a whole.”
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Association of Graduate Students of English Minutes, 11 April 1986 Minutes of the AGSE. Listed as present are Deaver, Fowler, McDonough, Gambrell, Campbell, McDonald, Balester, Penticoff, Peterson, and Parker. Among other topics discussed are: The status of graduate students on the FEPC and Bump’s plan to teach a computer-assisted composition course with Burns.
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Fragments of Rationality Faigley, Lester. _Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernism and the Subject of Composition_. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992.
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Hugh Strange Note to Ruszkiewicz, 11 February 1986 Hugh Strange thanks John Ruszkiewicz for articles and reports that they are finishing surveys conducted in December.
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E 346K Committee Report, 6 March 1986 This report from the E 346K committee explains that E 346K has been removed from the course catalogue and that E 309 will be offered under three headings: Topics in Writing, Writing Process, and Thinking and Writing (309K, 309L, and 309M). Students can enroll in 309 in their first year. Plans for additional writing classes, the Writing Lab, and for E 316, E 325M, E 360M, and E 379C are mentioned in the report. Finally, the report says that other departments have been asked to develop discipline-specific writing classes.
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Association of Graduate Students of English Minutes, 7 March 1986 The minutes of a meeting of the AGSE. In attendance: Reber, McDonaugh, Halasek, Van Vocht, Campbell, McDonald, Wren, Paterson, and Fowler. Among other topics, the committee discussed selecting an outstanding teacher for recognition, and announced that Bertelson will be new director of "Freshman Composition."
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Association of Graduate Students of English Meeting Minutes, 21 March 1986 Minutes of the AGSE. Present are MacDonald, Balester, Penticoff, Fracasso, Campbell, Fracasso, Billingsley, Wren, and Fowler. Among the topics discussed are: getting a computer for Fred Kemp that will be used to produce a bibliography project; changes to the FEPC and Bertelson’s appointment as Director of Freshman English; and the University Council’s decisions regarding E 346K.
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The Association of Graduate Students of English Letter to _The Daily Texan_, 24 February 1986 Referencing a 21 February 1986 article that discusses new English requirements, Valerie Balester, the AGSE Chair, says the courses described in the article are not familiar to those in the first-year writing office (Ruszkiewicz, Frost, Daniell, and Light German cc-ed).
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Association of Graduate Students of English Meeting Minutes Mentions the E346K committee and controversies about the English department in the Daily Texan.
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Ruszkiewicz Letter to Cunningham, 23 January 1986 Ruszkiewicz addresses William Cunningham’s comment that E306 ought to be taught in high schools, saying E306 is a sophisticated course, not a rudimentary class in grammar and punctuation. Ruszkiewicz details aspects of the course, such as Unit 9, which teaches exploratory writing with Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions.”
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Sutherland Memo to Ruszkiewicz, 20 January 1986 Sutherland explains that he needs to think about next year’s budget before making a decision about Light German’s appointment as a specialist. He mentions a meeting with Tom Cable and requests information about German's schedule and duties.
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University Council Minutes, 17 February 1986 At this meeting, the E 346K proposal is discussed. Kruppa, Sutherland, and Fonken defend the proposal, while Kinneavy argues that it's an attempt to shirk composition instruction. Other faculty from other departments weigh in. There is no motion as the decision is left up to the English Department.
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English Department Committee Assignments, 1984-85 List of faculty assigned to various committees for the 1984-1985 academic year.
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Governance Committee Memo, 11 February 1985 Discusses voting rights and agency across ranks on governance within department.
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Notes of Rhetoric Interest Group Notes from meeting of rhetoric faculty expressing concern regarding their marginalization within English Department.
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Ruszkiewicz Letter to Sutherland About Staffing Problems Letter proposing comprehensive solution to looming staffing problem.
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Sutherland Letter to Ruszkiewicz Regarding E 306, 10 March 1986 Sutherland, Chair of English, reports to Ruszkiewicz that Bertelson will be the next Director of Freshman English, and Slatin, Kearns and Hedrick will be added to the FEPC to help in the transition and preparation of E 306 for the coming year. Sutherland also identifies the next issues that this committee must address.
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The Decomposition of English Response to elimination of E 346K.
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Bertelson Memo on FEPC Letter about appointing graduate students to FEPC.
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John Ruszkiewicz Letter to William Sutherland Letter disputing Sutherland's comments in The Daily Texan about enrollments and lecturer hiring.
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Governance Committee Memo, 1 February 1985 Addresses changes to the Executive Committee.