Abstract
THIS STUDY OF FORMER COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE students who have gone out into the \(world examines the relationship of English courses to the contemporary white-collar job scene. Whereas in The English Major and the World of Work (CE, November 1979) Lois Josephs Fowler tried to illustrate what English majors need . . . to relate their literary training to the world of \work, this study looks at persons already writing on the job. It points out that in today's competitive market most employers place communication skills at the very top of their list of desirable employee traits. Primary among those skills is the ability to produce clear, concise, and grammatically correct reports, directions, memos, and letters. ITo conduct the study I returned from rural North Carolina, where I now teach, to urban Atlanta, where I taught for a number of years (at the college and junior college levels) and which is the sort of busy, modern city that attracts graduates. I
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- 1981-02-01
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- 10.2307/376746
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