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http://archrecord.construction.com/features/Americas_Best_Architecture_Schools/2012/Architecture-Education-Now/Manifesto-to-Improve-Architecture-Education.asp

James Cramer’s Gentle Manifesto to Improve Architecture Education

By James P. Cramer

As we know, the nature of architectural practice is changing, and architecture education must keep up with the profession. Below are key points that I would suggest be considered by architecture schools, based on research undertaken by DesignIntelligence and the Design Futures Council.

1. Institute a program for faculty and staff that updates them continuously on the latest A/E/C industry information, including business metrics, technical research, materials breakthroughs and professional compensation. (건축/엔지니어/건설분야 뿐만 아니라 비즈니스, 기술, 재료, 보수 및 혜택 의 최신 정보에 대해서 교수진들이 지속적으로 업데이트 할 수 있는 프로그램을 시행하라.)

2. Teach business leadership and communication skills in addition to design.
(디자인 이외에 비즈니스 리더쉽과 의사소통 기술에 대해서 가르쳐라.)

3. Make metrics in finance, marketing, professional services, and operations part of studio projects.
(스튜디오 프르젝트의 일부분으로써 재정, 마케팅, 전문적인 서비스 그리고 운용에 관해 수치화 하라.)

4. Incorporate into teaching on-site supervisory experience, cost analysis, fee adjustments, and other business practices, along with day-to-day project management.
(일일 프로젝트 매니지먼트와 더불어 현장 감독 경험, 비용분석, 보수조정 그리고 이외의 사업 영업을 건축교육 과정 속에 구체화하라.)

5. Create social and intellectual programs outside the classroom that will build bridges between the profession and education. (건축 실무와 교육을 연결시킬 수 있는 교실에서 벗어난 지적이고 사회 교류 프로그램을 만들어라.)

6. Special lecture programs should involve not only the best talents in design but those in business as well. Lecturers should talk candidly about budgets, profits, strategic planning, and fees.

7. The profession should bring educators into architectural practices as paid advisers on policy, technology, and related matters. There needs to be more interaction between professors and professional practitioners.

8. Every firm should donate a percentage of its annual profit to a college program of its choice. The profession
should make a financial commitment to educating the next generation.

9. Architecture programs should provide older and tenured faculty members opportunities to reenergize themselves through a 12-to-24-month exchange program among schools.

10. Since challenging the tenure system may be a losing battle, teaching quality can be bolstered by establishing a system of incentives. The profession should support this with endowments, chairs, and grants.

11. Architecture-school facilities should be designed to inspire students, and be well maintained and provided with the latest tools and technology.

12. Online learning must have a legitimate role as an option in architecture education. Educational institutions should enable nonaccredited degree graduates to gain the credits they need to qualify for licensure.