Reconceiving Technical Editing Competencies for the 21st Century: Reconciling Employer Needs with Curricular Mandates

摘要

Purpose: Current technical editing courses aren't meeting the needs of industry. This manuscript provides readers with a survey of recent editing-related job requirements, gives a brief assessment of popular technical editing textbooks, and describes two iterations of an editing course redesign in which the authors gave students a broader exposure to editing than text and markup.