MEMO

DATE:     11/7/95

TO:       Debbie Kark, Chair, Research and Educational
             Policy Committee, Council of Faculty Delegates

FROM:     Dennis Barbour, Department of English &
                 Philosophy

SUBJECT:    Report on Plan to Change Exit Exam Procedure

The Department of English & Philosophy has devised a plan to replace the current departmentally-graded Exit Exam for English 020 and 104 with a teacher-graded Freshman Composition Final Exam.  The current University-wide graduation requirement for certifying writing proficiency through the Exit Exam will be replaced with the requirement of passing English 104 with a grade of at least C.  Transfer students from outside the Purdue system will still meet the writing proficiency requirement through taking the writing exam at the Skills Assessment Center.  All Purdue system students transferring Comp I credit will automatically meet  the writing proficiency requirement if they have obtained a grade of C in the Comp I course they are transferring.