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• English Faculty Senate Minutes 14 Sept 1983
  The main agenda item was recruitment for 1983-84, general advertisement approved for multiple lines in multiple areas. Present at meeting: Sutherland, Cable, Carton, Faigley, Farrell, Friedman, Gribben, Jolliffe, Kruppa, Lesser, Lidoff, Reed, Ruszkiewicz, Schiek, Sipiora, Skaggs, Westbrook, S. Wevill
• Notes on the English Faculty Senate Meeting 14 September 1983
  John Ruszkiewicz’s handwritten notes on 14 September 1983 English Senate meeting.
• Minutes of the English Faculty Senate 11 April 1984
  Items discussed: procedural matters re: the lecturer proposal, E 346K Business variant (passed) In attendance: Burch, Cable, Carton, Cook, Cullingford, Farrell, Friedman, Gaines, Gordon, Gribben, Jolliffe, King, Kruppa, Lesser, Megaw, Reed, Ruszkiewicz, Westbrook
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 12 May 1983 and Report on Lecturer Matters
  The primary purpose of this meeting was to discuss the report of lecturer study group, comprised of 13 members of the English department from across ranks. David Beer introduces the report for discussion and expresses hope that department will create standing committee on lecturer matters. Kruppa moves and successfully voted that all new UT PhDs be given priority in lecturers hiring (not just 5, as before). Motion to change proportion of Lecturer 1 vs 2 defeated. Motion to change language for lecturer evaluation approved. Amended report accepted by senate by vote. The full, amended report is attached to minutes.
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 29 April 1983
  Items discussed: Langford and Ames will become Emeritus, Kruppa reports on spring 1984 undergrad course offerings, discussion of courses offerings and possibly revising some course titles, poet Albert Goldbarth awarded Guggenheim fellowship, move to hire another esteemed poet, David Beer reports that full report on lecturer matters will be completed by 6 May 1983. In attendance: Moldenhauer, Cable, Carton, Cullingford, Duncan, Friedman, Gordan, Jollifee, King, Kruppe, Lesser Rossman, Skaggs.
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 11 March 1983
  Items discussed: revision of the departmental governance document, constitution of the Lecturer Study Group, Sacton library donation, "Rodi Proposal" (An Alternative Plan for Improving the Hiring of Lecturers) or consensus of the lecturers, faculty hiring. Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertelsen, Bowden, Cable, Duncan, Faigley, Friedman, Ghose, Goldbarth, Kruppa, Lesser, Megaw, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Stott, Wevill, Whitbread.
• English Faculty Senate Action Summary
  Items mentioned: Stackton library donation (approved), Rodi survey report to the lecturer subcommittee (approved), faculty recruitment
• Memo Adding Agenda Items for English Faculty Senate Consideration
  A memo announcing that two agenda items would be added to the 11 March 1983 meeting: Alexander Stackton Library, Lecturer Matters
• Minutes of the English Faculty Senate 25 February 1983
  Item discussed: senate subcommittee on lecturers. Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertelsen, Bowden, Cable, Duban, Duncan, Farrell Friedman, Jolliffe, Kruppa, Goldbarth, Lesser, Lidoff, Megaw, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Wevill.
• Department Meeting about the Report from the Subcommittee on Lecturers
  A memo calling a meeting of the general English faculty (instead of a meeting of the English Faculty Senate) on 25 February 1983 to discuss the report on the subcommittee on lecturers. Attached is a memo from the Senate Subcommittee on Lecturers that moves to clarify an ambiguity in the constitution.
• Minutes of the English Faculty Senate 28 January 1983
  Items discussed: report of the subcommittee on lecturers, faculty recruitment Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertelsen, Bowden, Cable, Duban, Duncan, Faigley, Farrell, Friedman, Ghose, Hinojosa, Jolliffe, Kruppa, Lesser, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Stott, Wevill, Whitbread.
• English Department Senate Agenda 28 January 1983
  Items listed: report of lecturers committee, faculty recruitment, centennial chairs, teaching load credits subcommittee report, peer evaluation
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 19 November 1982
  Items discussed: undergraduate course committee recommendations (approved), faculty recruitment, graduate-student compensation, formation of a subcommittee on the status of lecturers
• Report to the Graduate Students about Recent English Faculty Senate Actions
  A report that mentions the English Faculty Senate endorsement of the graduate students' request for better stipends; attached is a memo from the faculty to Dean Robert King asking for pay raises for graduate students.
• Report to the English lecturers about English Senate actions and deliberations
  Items mentioned: lecturers teaching upper-division courses, super-lecturer (permanent) positions, subcommittee on lecturers, teaching award for lecturers; explanation that many faculty oppose giving greater status to lecturers
• Report English Department Senate Minutes 19 November 1982
  Moldenhauer reports the actions of the English Senate at the 19 November 1982 meeting. Items mentioned: Undergraduate Course Committee's suggested changes to the catalogue (approved), faculty recruitment, interest groups, graduate student proposal to improve compensation Attendees: Moldenhauer, Bertlesen, Bowden, Cable, Carver, Duban, Duncan, Faigley, Farrell, Friedman, Ghose, Jolliffe, Kruppa, Lesser, Lidoff, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Skaggs, Stott, S. Wevill, Whitbread
• Policy Statement Concerning Lecturers
  An argument that the lecturers have become an integral part of the university and the English Department, so they deserve better treatment, particularly continued employment based on performance evaluations and legitimacy
• English Department Senate Agenda 19 November 1982
  Items listed: undergraduate course committee, centennial chairs, faculty recruitment, teaching load credit report
• Recent Actions Taken by the Association of Graduate Students of English
  Chair of AGSE Jolliffe sends memo to Chair of English Moldenhauer explaining that at the 1 November 1982 meeting, the AGSE passed motions protesting; composition classes larger than 25 students and literature classes larger than 35; team teaching of graduate course; and increased supervision of graduate teachers. The letter concludes by reflecting on the recent efforts to change the distribution of teaching load credits (TLC) but explains that graduate students worry about how these policies will affect them
• Association of Graduate Students of English Weekly Report 19 November 1982
  Items discussed: Senate meeting, cost of graduate school and need for higher stipends; Writing Lab activities
• English Faculty Senate Minutes 15 Oct 1982
  Items discussed: faculty recruitment, centennial chairs, lecturer recruitment, minor in English, library project, formation of a subcommittee on lecturers (defeated) Attendees: Moldenhaur, Bertelsen, Bowden, Carver, Duban, Duncan, Faigley, Friedman, Ghose, Jollife, Kruppa, Lesser, Lidoff, Megaw, Renwick, Ruszkiewicz, Sipiora, Skaggs, Sott, Wevill, Whitbread.
• English Faculty Senate Actions 15 Oct 1982
  Summary of items mentioned in a meeting of the departmental Senate, including: presidential approval of the new writing program, motion to form a subcommittee on lecturers (defeated), senate project, faculty recruitment
• English Faculty Senate Agenda 15 Oct 1982
  Items listed: report on lecturers' recruitment, minor in English, proposal for evaluating teaching of tenure-track faculty (attached), senate project
• English Faculty Senate Agenda 28 January 1983
  Items listed: report on the lecturers committee, faculty recruitment, centennial chairs, teaching load credit committee report
• Report on the actions of the English Department Senate 28 Jan 1983
  Items reported: interim report on the subcommittee on lecturers, faculty recruitment