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Freshman English Policy Committee (FEPC) minutes from 13 March 1978. Discussion of Writing Resources Collection (WRC) for use by instructors. Kinneavy had wanted a digital index, but no work had been done on that. Length discussion about the possibilities and liabilities of working with Formative Evaluation Research Associates (FERA) study, including positives and negatives. The discussion about FERA is not resolved, ending with 5 questions raised about the scope of the study.
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Memorandum sent from Appenzellar (Measurement and Evaluation Center) to Kinneavy about testing information relevant to scheduling Fall Semester sections of Freshman English courses. Three tables of information are enclosed. The first two tables provide information on the ECT for the years 1973 to 1978. The final table presents information addressing freshman enrollments at UT Austin and scores reported on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, ECT, and credit eligibility for English 306, also for the years 1973 to 1978.
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Agenda from Cameron to FEPC faculty members. Items on agenda include: Course evaluation, variant courses, TAC letter revision, counseling program
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A complete syllabus for the lab course proposed by Tom Cameron
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Agenda items include: memo to Dean King, Cameron report on lab course, 306 "Checkers" speech
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Items include: Course evaluation, textbooks, variant courses, Personnel, and M & E Report
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Items discussed: valuation of variant courses, course textbooks, TAC letter revision regarding probation on TAs, counseling, M & E report for the ECT, and personnel
Members present: Kinneavy, Trimble, Cameron, Haney, Henry, Ruszkiewicz, Saldivar, Wainwright, and Creel
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A proposal for a technical writing version of the course E 308, sent to Ramon Saldivar and the FEPC, including textbooks, course description, and unit descriptions. The proposed coursed would be geared towards students in business and science fields.
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Agenda items include: personnel, variant courses, textbook, counseling program, popular culture course.
The attached memo, signed by Maxine Hairston, relays concerns from the dean regarding the number of E 308 Pop Culture sections, as well as the implications of the course's title.
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Agenda: Items to be discussed include committee reports on course evaluation, textbooks, and variant courses. The FEPC will also discuss personnel and the M & E Report on the ECT.
The attached meeting minutes included a discussion of course evaluations, Jana Wainwright's proposal for E 308, M & E Evaluations, textbooks, an official course dictionary, and personnel.
Members present: Kinneavy, Trimble, Saldivar, Cameron, Wainwright, Ruszkiewicz, Creel, Henry, and Haney
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Memorandum prepared by Cameron for FEPC members. The memorandum addresses the agenda for the FEPC meeting taking place on 3 May 1978 in Parlin 8B. Agenda items include: approval of minutes, reports of standing committees (textbook, variant course, personnel, program evaluation), old business (syllabus development, counseling program aka Cameron report, calendar committee), new business (E308PC course).
Present at the meeting were Kinneavy, Trimble, Cameron, Saldivar, Wainwright, Ruszkiewicz, Creel, Haney, and guest Archer.
Items discussed in the minutes include: the personnel committee, the textbook committee, variant courses, the "Popular Culture" course, and the "likely demise" of the counseling program.
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Items listed and discussed: committee reports (textbook, course evaluation, variant courses), calendar committee, personnel, M & E report on ECT
Members present: Kinneavy, Trimble, Saldivar, Cameron, Wainwright, Ruszkiewicz, Creel, Henry, and Haney
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This document outlines proposals for a student syllabus for E 306, E 307, and E 308, and hiring personnel to write the student versions, development of tests coordinating with the FERA and hiring personnel to administer, and a summer provisional students program.
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A memo with an attached proposal outlining a summer section of E 306 tailored for provisionally accepted students
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Members present: Kinneavy, Trimble, Ruszkiewicz, Cameron, Witte, Creel, Byars, Hart
Hart reports that Burns has requested to substitute E 308 sections for E 306 sections in his dissertation experiment; discussion, request unanimously approved. Witte reported on preliminary data from Witte-Kinneavy-Cameron experiment; an area of the lab will be devoted to ongoing analysis of data. Grading criteria were discussed but ultimately not revised. The meeting ends with a long discussion of athletes missing many classes.
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Freshman English Policy Committee memo announcing an upcoming meeting. Items listed for discussion: report on athletics; report on 1,000 additional freshman vs. FEPC; discussion of Dean King vs. English Department; Checkers Speech; Cameron Report on Lab course.
The memo includes hand-written notes on demographic and pass/fail data for university and freshman English.
Attached is a memo from Stroud suggesting the department purchase a copy of Nixon's "Checkers" speech because it had become so popular in lower-division instruction
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Members present: Trimble, Ruszkiewicz, Witte, Newcomb, Cameron, Byars, Hart
Kinneavy is not present because he's attending emergency EC meeting. This meeting features a lengthy discussion of lab, lab staffing, and the lab's offering of a “self-paced” course. The discussion also touches on admissions and remedial courses.
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Members Present: Kinneavy, Trimble, Ruszkiewicz, Witte, Newcomb, Cameron, Creel, Byars, Hart
The committee discusses the continued issues with athletics.
They also discuss an attempt to convene an ad hoc English committee to address TA/teaching issues, working through Moldenhaur and Abrahams.
Textbook adoptions and recent criticism of the 306 syllabus by Moldenhauer (English Chair) are discussed at the end of the meeting.
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A memo announcing that Adams's request would be on the agenda for an upcoming FEPC meeting
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Prepared by Wittig, this packet describes computer-assisted tutorials for student use developed through UT Austin's partnership with the National Science Foundation. Specifically, the packet addresses the interactive short course in basic sentence-writing skills called Dialogue (designed by Wittig). Dialogue is intended as a supplement and support to classroom work on syntax.
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A report, titled "“The Current Status of English 306 Individualized Instruction," to the Freshman English Policy Committee on a the state of a E 306 course offering individualized instruction . The course was originally designed by Wittig, though this version is by Cameron. --designed primarily by Wittig.
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A revision of the 1976 constitution with a memo introducing it and explaining that it's a draft
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A history of the FEPC, when it was constituted, what it should accomplish, personnel and subcommittees, with a current policies sheet attached.
Among the topics discussed: the Advanced Placement Exam (APC), which allowed students to test out of E 306 is discussed; submission of variant and new course proposals.
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A memo from Rossman explaining to the FEPC, replying to their inquiry 25 April, asking if anyone could be assigned to E 603 in the coming year.
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Agenda items listed: Adams request, personnel, lab
Minutes items discussed: Adams request, Adams request, 308PC texts, Cameron lab proposal, personnel