Industry-university collaboration in technical communication

• Published in: IPCC 91 Proceedings The Engineered Communication Vol. 1 & 2; pp. 388 - 394 vol.2
• Main Authors: Haselkorn, M.P., Prekeges, J.G.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York NY IEEE 1991
• Subjects: Communication industry; Documentation; Exact sciences and technology; Industrial relations; Information and communication sciences; Information and communication technologies; Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction; Information science. Documentation; Knowledge engineering; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Product development; Professional communication; Sciences and techniques of general use; Scientific and technical writing; User interfaces; Writing; Industry; Technical information; Information communication; University; Technical writing; Cooperation
• ISBN: 0780304829; 9780780304826
• DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.1991.172813

It is noted that, as technical communication has evolved, the issue of cooperation between corporations and universities has also evolved. Industry/academic cooperation, which was once viewed as being as useless for technical communication as for liberal arts topics, has evolved to where enlightened companies and visionary universities now see it in the same light as do other technical disciplines: natural, easy, and highly beneficial to all concerned. The authors' findings and recommendations are based on their experiences with various levels of cooperation between the University of Washington's Department of Technical Communication and several technology companies, including the Industrial Affiliates Program and one of the Affiliates Program's participants, Microsoft Corporation. Attention is given to levels of cooperation, types of projects, and advantages for companies and for universities.< >