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LDEPC meeting minutes. Topics discussed: Summer E 306 orientation, emphasis on changes to E 306 syllabus, survey of E 306 instructors to norm grading and curb complaints form students, literature anthology for use in lower-division courses, subcommittee assignments to review all lower-division courses.
In attendance: Brodkey, Duban, Heinzelman, Kimball, Ruszkiewicz, Slatin, Fowler, Hinman, Vilalobos.
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LDEPC meeting agenda including course proposals for E 306, E 309K, E 314, E 316, and computer-assisted classroom space
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A letter to Linda Brodkey, expressing concern about Paula Rothenberg's Racism and Sexism, and discussing the LDEPC meeting where the book was approved
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LDEPC meeting minutes. Topics discussed: Reconceptualizing summer E 306 around a theme, literature anthology selection, 309K course proposals, use of computer lab space for instruction, suggested topics for next meeting including staffing computer lab and the future of the writing center
In attendance Brodkey, Duban, Fernea, Kimball, Ruszkiewicz, Slatin, Hinman, Fowler, Villalobos
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A memo from the Kruppa, English Department Chair, announcing a department meeting about various things and an attached memo from the Brodkey, Director of Lower Division English ,defending the selection of Rothenberg's Racism and Sexism for use in E 306. Also attached is a memo asking for curriculum changes to E 316 and E 314
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A memo offering motions asking the LDEPC to redesign the syllabus so that it allows greater ideological diversity and to remove the Racism and Gender anthology
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A memo from Ruszkiewicz apologizing for missing the 3 April meeting where the new E 306 syllabus was approved and expressing reservations about the syllabus and the procedure for implementation
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A memo suggesting ideologically diverse anthologies for use in E 306
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A memo from Psychology faculty to the Psychology Department Chair expressing concern about the use of Paula Rothenberg's Racism and Sexism in E 306
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A memo from the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts announcing to the English department that E 306 syllabus (Writing With Difference) would not be required and expressing continued support for E 306
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A memo from Kruppa, including text from a letter from Dean Robert King announcing his intention to appoint a director to the DRC, asking for recommendations, and asking for volunteers to serve on an advisory committee about the new unit.
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Ruszkiewicz explains his proposed DRC budget to Dean King, noting that most expenses would be cost neutral but that he has requested additional monies for lecturers, staff expenditures, and a writing lab.
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A list of questions about the DRC's scope, its members, and its members' relationships with the English Department.
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Unattributed reflections about governance and curriculum, written in conversation with John Slatin and John Ruszkiewicz. Writer desires more undergraduate rhetoric courses and values collegiality.
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A description of the Computer Research Lab including reflections on its mission, rationale, administration, and staffing.
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Unattributed list of desired resources and goals for a new DRC. The writer emphasizes that he or she does not want to hear any more "public decanal criticism of the English Department," and rather desires a clear articulation from the Dean about why the DRC is the best course.
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An unnamed writer's list of points of difference with three faculty—Slatin, Kinneavy, and Ferreira-Buckley—about the DRC and what it should do. Differences include opinions on the minimum appointment amount for executive committee eligibility, concerns about staffing, and criticism of the English department.
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A collection of course proposals from various people for the DRC:
E 306, E 309K (two variants: Writing about Literature and Writing about Popular Culture), E 309L The Writing Process, E 309M Thinking and Writing (Two Versions: Writing and Technology and Classical Rhetoric), E 309Msp (a course for students who test out of E 306), E 319, E 325M
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A memo from Joseph Kruppa introducing a letter from William Cunningham. The letter explains Cunningham's intention to form an autonomous academic unit dedicated to writing instruction (DRC) and includes a proposal that details the unit's function.
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A memo from Joe Kruppa (English Department Chair) introducing and circulating a progress report detailing the work done by the Committee on the Division of Rhetoric, with the full report attached, which briefly details the committee's deliberations and points of agreement.
9 February 1993 cover memo from Kruppa introducing a progress report from the Committee on the Division of Rhetoric. Attached is the 28 January memo, redated 2 February, with few changes.
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A list of goals for a new academic unit devoted to writing instruction, also including ideas about "collegiality" with the English Department, courses that could be offered, the SWC initiative, writing labs, an honors concentration, and a graduate program.
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A memo calling a meeting to discuss the possible impacts of the new DRC on the English Department graduate program.
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A memo asking President Livingston to address certain concerns about the DRC, particularly the director's control over faculty appointments within the division . The writer, a mathematics professor, is chair of the Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility.
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A list of discussion points for a meeting with John Ruszkiewicz, Lester Faigley, Linda Ferreira-Buckley, and James Kinneavy about the potential for the Division of Rhetoric and Composition. Points focus on the benefits of a "clean slate" and the division's commitment to being a high-profile scholarly program.