Pedagogical and programmatic research remains important in technical and professional communication. For such approaches to be effective, meaningful, and successful, they must represent effective scholarship that can be used within and address the needs of the greater field. The authors performed a metasynthesis of pedagogical and programmatic…

Describes the main features of the educational situation of technical writers in Germany. Shows that professional education in Germany is still highly unstable. Discusses briefly the German system of professional education. (RS)

Discusses the job market for technical communication graduates and the process for setting up a college degree program in technical communication. (AEA)

Describes how cooperative education was introduced and developed at a Texas university in an effort to bring the worlds of work and education closer together. (FL)

Questions the effectiveness of mainstreaming and proficiency screening in helping students with severe mechanical problems. Proposes instead a separate remedial courses designed to follow the regular business communication course. (AEA)

This publication lists, by state, those science communication courses and programs that appear to teach science communication for general audiences. Institutions offering science communication courses or programs are identified and the courses or programs are described. Information given in description of the courses or programs includes: (1)…

Describes a college business education program designed for adults already in the work force. (FL)

Presents the history of a graduate course on the teaching of technical communication, its content, goals and achievements. (RL)

Reports on a survey identifying the location, extent, and focus of technical writing programs at Canadian colleges and universities. Describes representative programs in some detail. Discusses the focus of these programs and the need for more programs. (SR)

The goal of writing assessment in the Department of Mathematics at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is to assure that students can communicate about mathematics or statistics in a manner appropriate to their future careers. A five-member writing committee, composed of mathematics faculty, assess students at three different times during…

Notes that the technical communication program at State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome established a Technical Communication Advisory Board composed of professionals, managers, and others associated with professional and technical communication. Describes benefits to students, to the program, and to advisory board…

Examines technical communication programs outside the United States and comments on such features as their location in the university structure, links with public relations, the inclusion of internships or practicums, the balance of theory and practice, and typical course offerings. Lists a dozen major programs in seven countries. Concludes that…

Gives a case history of a relationship in which IBM increased its technical vitality, improved its local personnel resources, and offered employees educational opportunities, whereas the University of North Carolina-Charlotte gained community visibility plus research opportunities and practical experiences in the workplace for its faculty. (SR)

Describes the progressive information design programs at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts (both undergraduate and graduate programs) which build on user needs and discourage premature assumptions regarding the best way to design user support. Describes how the concept of knowledge-infused design (which considers support of user and task…