Kentucky approved a mini-grant to fund a workshop in intercultural communication. Engineers value communication skills . The study found that the graduates' most valued capabilities included working in interdisciplinary teams with people outside their specialties. Doctoral graduates themselves cited the value of making presentations and publishing papers for developing communication skills. A catalogue of videos, taking different slants on diversity topics, is available from California Newsreel.
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A new computer software program, Working With Others , contains a course on communicating effectively . The course comes with executive summaries, checklists, and worksheets. New View, a CD-ROM for use with Windows, provides researchers with a tool for simple data analysis and reporting. The program simplifies asking questions of a database, allowing you to view and manipulate data while preserving its original form. You can conduct analyses such as cross tabs, means, frequencies, summaries, and simple tables.