Re: education and the profession

[John Hedtke <jhedtke -at- OZ -dot- NET>]

Judith Rosenberg <com427 -at- clc -dot- cc -dot- il -dot- us> wrote:

>From:                 Self <ISC02/COM427>
>To:               techwr-l -at- vm1 -dot- ucc -dot- okstate -dot- edu
>Subject:          education and the profession
>Send reply to:    JROSENB -at- clc -dot- cc -dot- il -dot- us
>Date sent:        Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:22:48 CST


>Subject:          education and the profession
>Send reply to:    JROSENB -at- clc -dot- cc -dot- il -dot- us
>Date sent:        Thu, 14 Mar 1996 16:10:00 CST




>Hello!
>I am evaluating a Technical Communication Degree Program at the
>College of Lake County.   We are a small program offering a two year
>A.A.S. degree and a one year certificate.  We have graduated about 40
>students over the past fifteen years; most  have found
>employment as technical writers.

>Please take a few minutes to reply to these three questions, which may
>help us to determine the continued need for such a program.

>1.  Do you see growth in the need for technical writers over the next
>five years?

Yes.

>2.  In your experience, is there a need for academic programs to train
>students in technical writing?

Yes, definitely.

>3.  What are the subjects that should be stressed in an
>academic/career program in Technical Communication? (Example: clear,
>concise writing; document design; audience analysis; online
>publishing; computer technology, etc.)

All of these topics, along with good grammar, indexing, editing, basic
printing (single color/multi-color), and fundamentals of desktop
publishing & layout.

Yours Truly,

John Hedtke
Distinguished Member, STC