When we go to breakfast meetings we still hear from administrators that this is the campus that really cares about people. When we get to 18,000 students that just won't be true. The fact of the matter is that when we get that size we can't do that no matter how hard we try. We should consider things like an honors college. Relationship with the high schools is an important issue.
Composition is a large part of the work of the English department.
As soon as the department toughens up, the schools toughen up. We have enormous remedial composition, but composition should be taught in high schools and the junior colleges, not the University. But we have many excellent, dedicated teachers who teach these courses. The trend has been towards ethnic and women's studies. Students like them and they are popular with students, though they don't have a core discipline.