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A memo announcing an upcoming meeting of the LDEPC. Items listed: Survey of Teaching Assistants, 306Q, grade inflation.
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A reminder that the LDEPC will meet Wednesday Oct 26.
Attached is a proposal for E 306Q by Don Weeda: proposing a two-semester sequence for non-native speakers instead of the one-semester E 306Q
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Minutes of the 5 October 1988 meeting of the LDPC. Items discussed include: office hours, E 316K, E 298T, Brodkey's development of a new E 306 syllabus (deferred). A proposal is considered requiring that all Assistant Instructors first serve for a year as Teaching Assistants. This leads to a discussion about over-enrollment in classes and staffing issues caused by low budgets. The committee decides to put off any discussion of the E 306 syllabus until Brodkey has had a whole semester teaching E 398T under her belt.
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A memo explaining that in the fall of 1989, all beginning TAs would be required to take a 2-hour practicum about teaching literature to prepare for their assignments in E 316K.
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Berry requests to teach two sections of E 309K in the spring: “Popular Culture and the Self in Modern America.” Berry describes the course, its texts, and reports high student evaluations.
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Rebhorn reports on a number of developments. Most importantly, high enrollment in E 306 has forced the department to offer fewer sections of E 309. Therefore, instructors cannot assume they will teach E 309 in the spring. Fewer computer-assisted classes will be available too.
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A memo from Slatin, saying that he’s already been approved to teach his 309M course in the spring and in a computer classroom (FAC 9). Slatin mentions that this is the course’s second iteration and it’s important to his research.
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A memo detailing Rebhorn's conversation with Sutherland on the following topics: enrollment crunch, TA training, publicizing the practicum. Particular attention is given to the proposal to require all AIs to TA for one year and the LDPC’s concerns about underfunding and understaffing due to the “enrollment crunch.”
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A full list of all the faculty on the Lower Division English Policy Committee, including their positions and responsibilities.
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A full assessment of the lab, what it does for the writing program and what services it will provide in the new writing program with specific reflection on E 346K, E 106 and E 206
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A draft of a report explaining what the Writing Lab does, what students it serves, what resources it requires, with predictions about how the new writing program will change the lab's duties and requirements.
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Some notes on the resources that the Writing Lab will need and the purposes it can serve in the new writing program, with specific reflection on E 306, E 106 and E 206, and E 346K.
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A memo to Carol McKay explaining some reactions to McMurrey's request for additional funds so the Writing Lab can accommodate the new writing program
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Ruszkiewicz's account of the new writing program, including E 346K, and the lecturer controversy
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Brodkey's account of the E 306 controversy, published in 1996
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Linda Brodkey’s presentation to the 24th National Institute on Issues in Teaching and Learning, 1992. Brodkey discusses the philosophical and political principles behind her controversial "Writing about Difference" course.
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Brodkey's account of the E 306 controversy. Attached is a copy of the E 306 syllabus including course description, reading list, schedule , unit and assignment descriptions, published 1996
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Brodkey’s retrospective analysis of the E 306 syllabus.
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The controversial anthology on racism and sexism that would be featured in the 1990 E 306 syllabus.
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Bob Wren memo to English Department defending self and referencing altercation with Alan Gribben.
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Letter from John Ruszkiewicz to Joe (Kruppa?) dated February 10, 1991, and discussing continued E 306 controversy, reconvening committee, and the charge of the committee.
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Greg Myers letter (March 27, 1984) to Bill Sutherland regarding discussion of hiring of lecturers and prior work of the Executive Committee on the issue.
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Contains two proposals related to Executive Committee discussions about the hiring of lecturers.
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James Duban and John Ruszkiewicz letter of July 9, 1990 to Linda Brodkey expressing interest in E 306 curriculum development and proposing curriculum and textbook related motions for the LDEPC.
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Linda Brodkey's memo to the Lower Division English Policy Committee, April 15, 1990.
Redacted are hand-written annotations and commentary/response by John Ruszkiewicz.