Interact to Produce Better Technical Communicators: Academia and Industry
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1997/PDFs/0025.PDF

Teich, Thea, Janice C. 'Ginny' Redish and Kenneth T. Rainey
STC Proceedings
1995

Abstract:

Focus groups exploring the possibilities of collaborations between industry and academia took place at annual STC conferences in 1993 and 1994. As a result, the STC Academe-Industry Advisory Committee has developed bibliographies and research tools concerning this subject and in 1996, spearheaded the successful effort to appropriate STC funds for academic internships. This session builds upon those earlier programs and has a specific goal: the findings of the focus groups will direct the next round of the Society’s Academe/Industry Relations Advisory Committee’s efforts to find new ways of increasing industry and academic collaboration.