FOR A REPORT ON COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH OBTAINED SYLLABI AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION AT 66 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AMONG THE DATA ASSEMBLED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 190) ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAMS AT EIGHT UNIVERSITIES, WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. THE LARGEST SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT CONSISTS OF A GUIDE TO FRESHMAN ENGLISH AND INFORMATION FOR INSTRUCTORS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. STUDENT GUIDES TO THE TWO-SEMESTER COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CLARA AND THE ONE-SEMESTER COMPOSITION COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE INCLUDED. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS ARE ALSO GIVEN FOR (1) THE TWO-SEMESTER COMPOSITION COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA, (2) THE TWO-SEMESTER COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE COURSE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, (3) THE NEW PROGRAM AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY WHERE EACH TEACHER DESIGNS HIS OWN COURSE, (4) THE THREE INTRODUCTORY ONE-SEMESTER COURSES AT WAKE FOREST, AND (5) THE FACULTY PROPOSAL FOR A REVISION OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY. (BN)