Wanted: Tenure and Promotion for Technical Communication Faculty
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Kreppel, Maria Curro
Technical Communication Online
1995

Abstract:

If technical communication has come of age, then its faculty owe their newer colleagues (and themselves) a clear road map for professional development and career progress. Hiring new faculty for maturing academic programs demands attention to the systems of promotion and tenure, which anchor faculty review and reward structures and define academic career success.