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Moldenhauer memo to Task Force on Composition setting meeting time for 29 April 1980 and stressing logistical issues related to curriculum revision.
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Listserve/Discussion Group post from Slatin responding to questions about the controversy over E 306's curriculum change, and criticizing the move to cancel it.
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A Listserv/Discussion Group post asking Slatin for more explanation of his previous statements on the cancelation of the new E 306 curriculum.
http://dhhumanist.org/Archives/Virginia/v04/0326.html
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Robinson, a visiting professor at UT during the E 306 controversy, conducts a friendly interview with Brodkey in the Women's Review of Books. Brodkey refutes claims that "Writing About Difference" was a multiculturalism class, saying that in fact it was a course about federal anti-discrimination law and pointing out that the Rothenberg reader was ultimately not assigned. The two lament the poor treatment they received at the hands of their opposition, the school administration, and the Texas media.
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From C-SPAN:
"Professor Alan Gribben detailed his experiences fighting “political correctness” in academia in an address to a forum of the conservative educators' group Accuracy in Academia entitled, 'How to Fight Classroom Injustice.' Professor Gribben reported harassment from his colleagues and administrators after he began to expose the liberal bias in American higher education curricula he characterized as engineered by the radical left. He responded to questions from the audience following his prepared remarks."
Gribben, Alan. "Fighting Political Correctness in Academia." C-SPAN, 2 July 1992, https://www.c-span.org/video/?26898-1/fighting-political-correctness-academia
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"Politics in the Classroom." _C-SPAN_, 25 September 1991, https://www.c-span.org/video/?21623-1/politics-classroom
Specific comments about E 306 appear at 42:30
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John Trimbur, Robert Wood, Ron Strickland, William Thelin, William Rouster, Toni Mester, Maxine Hairston, Ralph Voss, and Laurence Behrens. "Responses to Maxine Hairston, 'Diversity, and Ideology, and Teaching Writing." _College Composition and Communication_ 44.2 (May 1992): 248-257 .
John Trimbur, Robert Wood, Ron Strickland, William Thelin, William Rouster, and Toni Mester reply to Hairston's "Ideology and Diversity" article, and Hairston replies to their replies. Only two, Voss and Behrens agree with Hairston
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Hairston warns against ideological creep into the writing classroom. Emphasizing that she herself is (or was) a political liberal, she argues that a "process-oriented, low-risk, student-centered classroom" makes students more comfortable, fosters self-expression, and engages interest. She ends with a call to action to fellow likeminded professors.
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Extensive explanation of the purpose of research and library related assignments in freshman English.
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Meeting minutes from initial Composition Task Force meeting. Presents task force as primarily dealing with staffing and content problems related to the first-year composition course.
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A ten-page version of the proposals for the revision of freshman composition and other undergraduate lower division courses
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Memo establishing task force on Freshman Composition. Establishes a committee of 18 to follow up on earlier 1980 recommendations related to Freshman Composition.
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Extensive meeting minutes discussing proposals related to earlier March 1980 recommendations from various English Department committees regarding curriculum.
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Content Committee Recommendations description of the 9 hour General Education requirement in English.
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A slightly revised version of Hairston's 1985 Chair's Address to the CCCC in which the author reflects on the state of the field of writing instruction, and apparently inspired by the events surrounding the controversy in the department, calls on teachers of writing to rethink their relationship with English departments.
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Bernstein, Richard. Dictatorship of Virtue. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
Richard Bernstein’s book-length version of his NYT article about PC culture on U.S. college campuses. Chapter 9 is about the 306 controversy, focusing on Brodkey and Gribben, but featuring quotes from interviews with Ruszkiewicz and Kruppa.
Richard Bernstein’s book-length version of his NYT article about PC culture at US colleges. Chapter 9 features the 306 controversy, focusing on the conflict between Brodkey and Gribben, but citing interviews with Ruszkiewicz and Kruppa also
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In "English Classes Just Plain Bad," Joubert rails against the English department, specifically lower division writing courses, for offering too many courses with ideological or inane themes. He asserts that "wacky" courses will not offer students any practical skills and calls political themes inappropriate.
In "Interference with Curriculum Inappropriate," the Editorial Board expresses disapproval for state lawmakers who have spoken out against the faculty's vote against a six-hour multicultural education requirement. Calling the lawmakers "vainglorious," "draconian," and "nakedly political," the writers state that the university's curriculum should be free from political influence and that adding a multicultural requirement would have restricted student's choices.
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Spirduso article, "From the Faculty Senate." _OnCampus_ 6-31 May 1985. Brief paragraph on E 346K position statements by the Faculty Senate.
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Rossman "Letter to the Editor" in _Austin Writer_, June 1985, responds to Jennifer Evans remarks about E 346K in an earlier issue of the same publication.
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Investigative article seeking to understand the role of upper adminstrators such as Meacham, Fonken, and Cunningham in thwarting the new E 306 curriculum. Henson, Scott & Tom Philpott. "E 306." _Images_ 10 October 1990, pp. 16 & 18
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Heller, Scott. "50 Lecturers to Lose their Jobs in a Dispute over How--and if--Writing can be Taught." _Chronicle of Higher Education_ 17 April 1985, pp. 23-25. Describes anticipated mass layoff of UT lecturers.
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Article describes coordinated attack on new E 306 curriculum by right wing faculty, and investigates the activities especially as part of a larger strategy coordinated by conservative group National Association of Scholars. Philpott, Tom & Scott Henson. "Extracurricular Activity." _Images_ 18 October 1990, pp. 8 & 11
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Editorial criticizing the opponents of change to E 306 curriculum as right-wing, particularly Alan Gribben. pp. 4-7
An insert argues that the College of Communication restricted distribution of a student-produced magazine (_Tejas_) emphasizing Latinx issues.
A second insert argues that the National Association of Scholars is meddling in UT politics.
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Moss, Kirby. "Members Quit UT Cultural Diversity Panel." _Austin American-Statesman_ 6 February 1991, pp. B1 & B3
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Article criticizes political correctness in college classrooms. Charen, Mona. "Thought Police Are Controlling America's College Campuses." _Dallas Times Herald_ 3 December 1990, p. A10