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Covington, David H.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1984
A writing assistance program at North Carolina State University is designed to help students gain the communication skills they need as professional engineers. The program involves teaching, tutoring, advisory services, and workshops on special topics of wide interest. Each of these program areas is discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Program Content
Redish, Janice D.; Battison, Robbin M. – 1983
Intended as an introduction to an interactive writing workshop, this paper presents a general description of the Document Design Center's writing model to be used by workshop participants. Suggesting that the model is an aid in analyzing and revising writing, in developing new documents, and in applying writing research to practical writing tasks,…
Descriptors: Adults, Audience Analysis, Models, Prewriting
May, Gordon S.; Arevalo, Claire – Journal of Accounting Education, 1983
The J. M. Tull School of Accounting at the University of Georgia has developed a program that integrates the teaching of writing skills with the regular accounting courses. Students in a three-course sequence write a total of eight papers--technical, memos, or reports--in assignments that resemble writing tasks encountered by professional…
Descriptors: Accounting, Content Area Writing, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education
Loeb, Helen M. – 1982
Northeastern University (Boston) offers an internship program to train technical writers for the computer industry. The program is designed for 20 individuals with bachelor's degrees and writing experience. Students attend classes at night, taking one computer science course and one graduate level writing course per academic quarter. The computer…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Job Skills
Stohrer, Freda F. – 1987
Technical writing instructors generally agree about the absolute need for communication skills throughout the technological work place, but a survey of technical writing journal articles shows a lack of focus on ways to address business's needs for on-the-job literacy. One major advance within the profession in recent years has been the…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Jones, G. H.; Steinberg, E. R. – 1987
The Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW) offered by Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) is designed for students who want careers as document designers in industry and government, where they will plan, write, and evaluate computer manuals and on-line documentation, training and instructional materials, technical reports, and a wide…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Oriented Programs, Degree Requirements, Graphic Arts
Pearsall, Thomas E., Ed. – 1974
Drawn from a conference that addressed the problems and challenges facing technical communication educators, the papers in this collection deal in general with career opportunities and educational programs in technical communication. Specifically, the papers discuss the following topics: (1) internship programs and job interviews at Rensselaer…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Communication Skills, Editing, Education Work Relationship
Society for Technical Communication, Washington, DC. – 1983
Prepared by representatives of government, business, industry, and education, the papers in this compilation deal with a variety of aspects of technical communication. The approximately 150 papers are arranged according to the following categories: advanced technology applications, graphics and production, management and professional development,…
Descriptors: Business, Computers, Editing, Education Work Relationship
