TPC Program Administration in Small US Institutions: Recruitment and Assessment

Abstract

In the current educational environment, technical and professional communication (TPC) directors are always looking for new and innovative ways to sustain their programs, particularly through recruitment and assessment efforts. This article takes these sustainability concerns to the understudied field of TPC programs in small US institutions which make up a little over a third of all TPC programs in the US. To do this work, I interviewed TPC program directors at twenty-six small US institutions to inquire about how they recruit and assess their TPC programs. This article provides summary narratives from these directors, discusses the implications of those narratives, and then offers reflective questions that TPC program directors at any size institution can use to think about their own recruitment and assessment practices.