Comments on: 1. Institutional Mission Statements as a Reflection of Industry-University Collaboration and Curricula http://courses.johnmjones.org/ENGL605/2012/08/26/1-institutional-mission-statements-as-a-reflection-of-industry-university-collaboration-and-curricula/ ENGL 605, WVU, Fall 2012 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Rachel Henderson http://courses.johnmjones.org/ENGL605/2012/08/26/1-institutional-mission-statements-as-a-reflection-of-industry-university-collaboration-and-curricula/#comment-47 Rachel Henderson Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:30:35 +0000 http://courses.johnmjones.org/ENGL605/?p=227#comment-47 Aaron, your parting thought echoed a similar question, I think, I posed on Courtney's post: the idea of stereotypes and how tech writers and English folk have and arguably still do bear the burden of stereotypes that were born ages ago. I wonder how we better open the lines of communication between English departments and "the outside world" in an effort to dispel these ago-old preconceptions? Aaron, your parting thought echoed a similar question, I think, I posed on Courtney’s post: the idea of stereotypes and how tech writers and English folk have and arguably still do bear the burden of stereotypes that were born ages ago. I wonder how we better open the lines of communication between English departments and “the outside world” in an effort to dispel these ago-old preconceptions?

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