College Curriculum and the Assessment of Recent Graduates  

Technical communicators and academics share an interest in higher education program assessment because the quality offiture employees is at stake. If universities fail to adequately educate, on-the-job training must pick up the slack. This paper describes Michigan Tech's efforts to learn what skills their recent graduates use, and where they learned these skills.

Jobst, Jack W. STC Proceedings (1997). Articles>Education>TC>Assessment

Why Should We Be Exploring Accountability?  

We probably need to think much more than we have in the past in terms of assessment, external evaluation, and accountability. We are hearing ever more frequently the concerns of administrators, regents, legislators, and departments of education for greater accountability by universities-concerns that will be passed down the administrative levels to program directors and teachers. This may be a blessing in disguise, an opportunity to tell the public who we are and why we are important.

Savage, Gerald J. CPTSC Proceedings (2003). Articles>Education>TC>Assessment