Intellectual Fit and Programmatic Power: Organizational Profiles of Four Professional/Technical/Scientific Communication Programs

Technical Communication Quarterly Jul 2010

Intellectual Fit and Programmatic Power: Organizational Profiles of Four Professional/Technical/Scientific Communication Programs

Bruce Maylath Dakota State University ; Jeff Grabill ; Laura Gurak

Abstract

Do programs in technical communication thrive when administered in English departments or in other configurations of administrative units? This article examines the variations in professional, technical, and scientific communication programs at four universities across the north central U.S. The first three programs have histories that led them to be housed at increasing distances from their universities' English departments. The fourth is a nascent program emerging in its university's English department.

Journal: Technical Communication Quarterly
Published: 2010-07-01
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2010.481535
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multilingual writers

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