Shannon MatternOne of many things that’s struck me in my 18 years in various admin and faculty service roles is that technical writing is essential in academia — writing assignments prompts, department policies, open letters of protest + calls for reform — yet it’s so often dismissed as remedial in academics’ own training. Lots of faculty struggle to write clear, concise, bullet-pointed functional docs.
Jonathan Greenberg@shannonmattern yes, and not only academia. These types of communication are crucial for civic engagement, and active engagement in other organizations
@jgreenberg Yes, of course these skills are useful everywhere! I was struck here by how academics’ own training (except in rhet/comp!) often belittles and intentionally circumvents such functional writing.