Hello,
Thank you for your interest. I apologize if the site is not that clear. I
did receive and include responses from the vast majority of schools. The
schools that are included in the findings are listed on the Schools page at:
http://web.uvic.ca/~pjfinn/fys/fys-s.html . On that page, you will notice
that both the University of Toronto and York were included in the survey.
The difficulty may lie in the fact that I only break down responses by
individual institutions in the appendix for question 4 which focuses on
financial issues. If you look at table 1 of the Appendix, on page
http://web.uvic.ca/~pjfinn/fys/fys-t1.html you will see responses from both
York and U of T. I hope that this answers your concerns.
Cheers,
Patrick
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From: CASLL/Inkshed [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Catherine F. Schryer
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Subject: Re: Canadian 1st-year writing courses
Russ
Fascinating stuff. But I noticed that some of the big schools are not
present ie. nothing from U of T or York. Their absence might be affecting
the results.
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From: Russ Hunt <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 5:02 AM
Subject: Canadian 1st-year writing courses
> I suspect this, which I just received notice of because it was sent
> to department chairs and I'm acting this year, is relevant to the
> current discussion. It seems to be the grandchild of the survey I
> did for CACE back in neolithic times . . . (on my Web site at . . .
> /cacesurv.htm ).
>
> -- Russ
>
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>
> From: "PJ Finn" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [snip]
> Subject: First Year English Programs
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:42:52 -0700
>
> Hello,
> During the 1999/2000 academic year the Department of English at the
> University of Victoria <http://www.engl.uvic.ca> , in conjunction with The
> Canadian Association of Chairs of English (CACE), conducted a survey of
> First Year English Programs at Canadian universities. The survey operated
by
> distributing a list of 6 detailed questions. The Chairs and their
> departments were contacted by email, fax and phone.
> The organizers of this survey would like to thank all of the Chairs and
> departments for their kindness and understanding when responding to the
> survey. We were able to approach a response rate of 90% - a real
achievement
> given the length of the questionnaire and the typically demanding schedule
> of department Chairs.
> Special note should be made of the format of the survey. The answers are
> transcriptions of emails, faxes, letters and phone conversations. Many of
> the interviews were conducted as interviewees rushed between committee
> meetings, classes, conferences and other important activities. Due to the
> nature of this process, readers will find this report rich in the type of
> creative grammar that arises from informal conversation, point-form
answers
> and electronic dispatches.
> A set of preliminary results of the survey were delivered to the annual
> meeting of CACE at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities held
> at the University of Alberta this past spring. This web site is the next
> step in our continuing work on this project. Updates will be posted and
any
> input or commentary would be most welcome.
> To view the site click on the link below or copy and paste it into the
> address window of your browser:
>
> http://web.uvic.ca/~pjfinn/fys/
>
> If you would like a printed copy, please contact me at the address below
and
> let me know if you would like an attached file, fax or hard copy.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patrick Finn, PhD Candidate
> Department of English
> University of Victoria
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