Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2018

Hidden in plain sight: findings from a survey on the multi-major professional writing course

Sarah Read Portland State University ; Michael Michaud

Abstract

In this article, the authors report on findings from a survey of writing instructors who teach the multimajor professional writing course (MMPW) across diverse institutional contexts. The authors marshal these findings to advance a series of arguments about the situation of the MMPW course in U.S. higher education.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2018-07-03
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2018.1479590
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