This article reports on a qualitative study of strategies and competencies used by technical communication and translation students to address challenges inherent in global virtual team collaboration. The study involved students from three universities collaborating in virtual teams to write and translate instructional documents. Qualitative…

This study confirmed appropriate measurement model fit for a theoretical model, the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) vocational choice (STEM-VC) model. This model identified factors that successfully predicted a student's vocational choice decision to pursue a STEM degree for Latina/o and White community college students.…

This study confirmed appropriate measurement model fit for a theoretical model, the STEM vocational choice (STEM-VC) model. This model identifies exogenous factors that successfully predicted, at a statistically significant level, a student's vocational choice decision to pursue a STEM degree at transfer. The student population examined for this…

THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS A PORTION OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. THE TOTAL PROGRAM ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS IN EACH OF THE HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS. THE CHARACTERISTICS SOUGHT ARE THOSE WHICH DISCRIMINATE ONE PROFESSION FROM ANOTHER AND…

TECHNICAL AND NONTECHNICAL CURRICULUMS OF A SINGLE JUNIOR COLLEGE WERE EXAMINED TO BETTER HELP STUDENTS AND COUNSELORS TOWARD MORE REALISTIC DECISIONS IN CAREER CHOICE. THE PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN (1) DIFFERENTIATING STUDENTS IN VARIOUS CURRICULUMS WITHIN THE COLLEGE, (2) DIFFERENTIATING CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATES FROM THOSE OF UNDERGRADUATES,…