Conference rates for academics
Jennifer L. Bowie
jbowie at gsu.edu
Tue Dec 5 19:37:45 MST 2006
Bonni, great idea. We should turn this discussion into a proposal and plan
of action. I would be interested in helping with this next step.
My apologies if one of my emails today sent several times. I was obviously
having email issues (some server thing I think) and did not intend to send
out that email more than once. I cringe at the added anger this may have
caused some of our listserv readers. My apologies.
Jennifer
Jennifer L. Bowie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Georgia State University
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I, too, am adjunct faculty. I teach at two universities (well, OK, two UC
campuses: Riverside main campus and San Diego Extension). I haven't asked
them to send me to the conference. UCR might (although I'm covered anyway,
so I won't ask), because I teach through the Engineering College, and
they're just so pleased with themselves for having a tech comm class that
they can hardly stand it. They'll get over it, I'm sure. <G>
I'm fortunate enough to a) be speaking and b) have built going to the STC
conference into my job offer (one of the advantages of working for an
education company is that they believe in education).
I'm liking the discussion that's going on. There are some good ideas here,
and some excellent points. Now maybe we should turn one or more of them into
a proposal? It's easy to say "someone" should do "something", but STC, like
our colleges, has limited resources and has to choose where to spend them.
Without proposing a specific and concrete plan of action, we're not going to
get any further with this...
b
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I have read all of the comments posted for the last three days and I feel
that one group is missing from the mix. That group is adjunct faculty
members. Are there any other members of the Academic SIG that fall under
this category?
I am a practioner in the industry but also teach a class in Usability
Testing in the department of Technical Communications at a local 4-year
college. I was brought in to teach the course because of my experience in
the field.
In answer to the question that was posed... I will not be able to attend
the conference. There are no monies at the college to provide professional
development to adjunct faculty members, and I have been unable to make a
business case to my employer for my attendance at the Regional or National
STC conferences, much less be recognized by my contribution to the
profession and my company by teaching the class I do.
Alida Franco
Technical Publications
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Colleagues,
I'm attaching Lloyd Tucker's note about conference rates for academic
members of STC. I'd like to start a discussion about these rates on this
list. Lloyd Tucker is the new Director of Education on the STC Office
Staff. The policy is
I guess my first question would be: How many of the academic practitioners
on this list think that they could take advantage of this rate opportunity?
Other questions: What is the value proposition here? Is it the students
or the professor?
The larger issue is how will academics participate in the industry-oriented
conference that is now planned as the new model. According to the
Knowledge-based Governance survey STC conducted in November, 74% of
respondents (n = 993) to the question, "In your opinion, where should STC
be focusing its efforts to build relationships?" said "academic
institutions." Do you think this policy represents a significant step in
that direction?
Your thoughts?
TB
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educators and researchers in colleges and universities. These
responsibilities involve areas of curriculum design, current practices in
technical communication, research and research funding, and academic
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