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Subject:Re: Is a tech writing degree best? From:Richard Lippincott <rlippincott -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:15:31 -0800
Brian, Flaherty said:
>I started over 10 years ago when there were no TW >degrees.
That would have been a -lot- more than just 10 years ago.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy NY offered a degree in tech
writing starting in 1924. (It was originally called "Technical
Writing," sometime after 1984 it was changed to "Technical
Communication.")
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Richard Lippincott
Comverse Network Systems
Andover, Massachusetts
rlippincott -at- yahoo -dot- com
rjl -at- comverse -dot- com
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