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In this article, James Skaggs rebuts Gribben's former claims that English department lecturers are selfish.
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This article advises students who are currently taking the now not-required class, E 346 K, to hold off dropping the course, as it will be counted as an elective.
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This article discusses proposed structural changes to the English department, which include disbanding the department's senate in effort to give more power to senior faculty on the departmental committee.
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Gribben discusses that claims about faculty being compensated too much compared to lecturers are false, citing that he is paid only $4,000 more than the average Austin-are high school teacher.
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Describes the increase in sophomore English enrollment resulting in the addition of 10 lecturers to staff composition courses.
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In this article, Sledd suggests that the administration of the English Department is at fault for the issues with the department's writing courses. Sledd suggests that writing instructors and professors are overworked and underpaid, and that the creation of the Department of Rhetoric would be the English department casting the issue aside.
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Cademartori, Lorraine. "Does Freshman English Exist in the Universe? Or at UT?" _Daily Texan_ 6 August 1986, p. 20C.
This article explains how the changes in the English writing curriculum will affect new first-year students with information about how to test out of E 306, when the course will no longer be offered on campus, what new courses will be offered (e.g. E 309), and which have been altered or cancelled (E 316 and E 346K). The changes are attributed to budgetary cuts and a split between tenure-track faculty who don't like to teach first-year composition and lecturers who teach most of these courses.
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Article from the Daily Texan detailing that the Vick Committee considers writing most crucial area of curriculum emphasis, a brief history of the composition requirement (from 12 hours in ‘72 to 9 hours), also refers to E 346 change as the Kinneavy Report and Kinneavy quoted supporting new plan, Sledd is quoted criticizing new plan, and significant writing component classes mentioned.
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Ashe, Martha. "Senate Passes Motion on Lecturers Status." _Daily Texan_ 2 April 1985, p. 8. Article describes Senate vote in favor of hiring lecturers only for short term appointments.
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Williams article anticipates a committee solution to the E 346K problem. Several English Department faculty quoted at length.
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This sarcastic, satirical article discusses the riddance of E346K should spur on the removal of other "bad ideas" at UT.
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This article discussed the controversial course, E 346K, it's suspension, and the expansion of a committee to evaluate department writing courses in effort to determine if the course should be reinstated.
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Taylor, Suzanne. "English Proposal Awaits Council Approval." _Daily Texan_ 8 April 1986, p. 3.
This is the first of a two-part series on the new English Department Writing requirements. The article reports that E 306 will phase out by 1988, and new classes are being introduced: E 309, E 309L, E 309M, and E 309K. Kruppa is quoted. Bertelson's development of new 309 courses and Kinneavy's motion to have the writing program evaluated (17 March 1986 University Council meeting) are mentioned.
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This article discusses the English department's approval of a plan that allows "direct election to the executive committee." The article discusses the struggle within the committee in dealing with the lecturer controversy.
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Goodwin, Scott. "Politics Jeopardize Writing Skills." _Daily Texan_ 2 April 1986, p. 4.
This opinion article by a psychology junior argues that decisions made at the 17 March 1986 University Council decision to remove E 346K as a requirement and plans to turn E 306 into a remedial course will hard students.
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This article discusses the removal of E346k as a requirement for UT students, meaning that students can graduate from UT without a required writing course. Reasons for postponing the course mainly come down to an increase in students, and a lack of course funding.
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Fisher reports that the University Council will hear Sledd's plan, which calls for not eliminating E 307 and calls for allowing students to choose between E 307 or E 346K later.
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This article discusses the potential elimination of E 346 K, Writing About Difference, which would also cause the elimination of lecturer positions.
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Blesener, Paula. "English Department Strains Under Increased Enrollment." _Daily Texan_ 20 Sept 1984, p. 8
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Fisher, Laura. "Support Doubtful for Lecturer Plan." _Daily Texan_ 11 March 1983, p. 2
Fisher reports that the English faculty, at an upcoming meeting, are unlikely to approve the "Rodi plan" about lecturers. Wayne Lesser is quoted.
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Daily Texan article reporting on a vote by the English Senate to enforce a restriction on the number of semesters lecturers can teach, and to request five additional assistant professor positions annually.
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Williams, Ellen. "At the Crossroads." _Daily Texan_ 10 Sept 1985, p. 12. Article discusses impending decisions regarding E 306 and E 346K.
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Fisher reports on the concerns of English lecturers: late hiring, high workload, and low wages. A recent meeting between lecturers, Kruppa, and Moldenhauer is discussed, as are potential outcomes moving forward.
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Describes the hiring of 4-5 new lecturers at $13, 000 a year to teach 25 sections of English Composition previously taught by assistant instructors.
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"English Courses Fail to be Discipline Specific" discusses how E 346K, the course in question of being postponed, is not discipline specific, though thought to be.