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UT Versus A&M, May 1986

Peter Elkind. "UT Vs. A&M." _Texas Monthly_ May 1986, pp. 132-4, 203-8. This article compares Undergraduate education at UT and Texas A&M, describing the UT governance system and explaining why it interrupts campus-wide curriculum reforms like the 1980 effort to reform the core curriculum. Among other things, the article also says UT faculty exhibit an antipathy towards teaching.

Letter to the Editor of Texas Monthly

Ruszkiewicz and King contradict Gene Lyons's and Wayne Lesser's comments about 306 being remedial course in an issue of Texas Monthly published a couple months prior.

The Trouble with UT

This article is framed through upcoming centennial of UT Austin, claiming the university is threatened by its own bureaucracy, faculty, and lowered admissions standards. Two anecdotes relate to the teaching of writing: one about a graduate instructor helping Dean King to teach a composition course, and then criticizing King publicly after; another about Lesser preparing resignation out of “disgust” for lack of concern about first-year composition. Lyons reports that in 1975 English Department “disgraced itself” by voting down proposition for all faculty to teach at least one composition course annually.

Sledd Proposal to University Council

James Sledd’s motion, submitted 19 November 1982, classified a major legislation and put before the Faculty Senate at the 13 December 1982 meeting. Sledd proposes that students be given the option of taking a second-semester, first-year writing course instead of E 346K. He offers six criticisms of the recently approved English requirement, and four specific justifications for this motion.

Required Program in English notes

Brief notes on a 9-hour requirement in English featuring E 306, E 314K, and an upper-division course in English literature.

King Protest of College Meeting Memo

Dean King issues formal protest to department chairmen regarding the mischaracterization of his comments by the meeting minutes.

Report on E 346K Approval 22 September 1982

Kelley passes along a report from President Flawn on the University's approval for E 346K courses to Moldenhauer, Ruszkiewicz, Hairston, and Kinneavy.

Gerald Langford Memo to Format I Committee, 3 March 1980

Memo from Langford to the Format I Committee regarding suggestions for E 306 curriculum

Skilled Writers, a Vanishing Breed

"Skilled Writers, a Vanishing Breed." _Alcalde_ May/June 1979, p. 21. This article reports on recent university radio show, featuring Hairston and Trimble discussing students' writing. Trimble and Hairston comment on the recent emphasis on sciences and the false content/form split.

Writing Wrongs

"Writing Wrongs." _Texas Monthly_ April 1983, p. 236 This brief article criticizes a plan to push first-year writing courses outside the English Department.

Campus Briefs may/June 2000

"Campus Briefs." _Alcalde_ May/June 2000, p. 15 Announcement that the prefix for all courses offered by the DRC would no longer be E but rather RHE.

New Division to Foster Undergraduate Writing

"New Division to Foster Writing." _Alcalde_ January/February 1993, p. 27. This brief article mentions the establishment of the new Division and the 11-member committee advising King on its creation.

A Few Thoughts on Teaching

Trimble, John. "A Few Thoughts on Teaching." _Alcalde_ January/February 1996, pp. 22-22. Alcalde feature article about John Trimble.

The Reasons Why Not

Hairston, Maxine. "The Reasons Why Not." _Alcalde_ May/June 1991, pp. 12-13. Maxine Hairston’s viewpoint on why E 306 “Writing about Difference” should not be mandated for all sections.

Staffing Difficulties Lead to Cancellation of Course,September/October 1985

Article that chronicles the roots of the course proposal controversy and the cause of staffing difficulties that had led to E346K being suspended for a year under committee review.

Content I Revision, 17 April 1980

Proposed revision of Content I combining recommendations of various committees.

Charles Rossman Memo to Format I Committee

Memo on Format I curriculum delivered as a dialogue between God and Satan. Argument is over the subject of Freshman Composition, with God advocating for direct study of rhetoric, and satan arguing for composition grounded in a “real” subject, such as literature.

"Campus Briefs"--English Department to Try Changes in Requirement s

A short Alcalde article reporting on the changes to the English Writing Requirements with emphasis on E 306 and the new E 309 courses. ("Campus Briefs." _Alcalde_ May/June 1986, p. 25)