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May 21, 2025

Press Release | ACSA Announces 2025 Cohort for the Academy for Public Scholarship on the Built Environment: HOUSING EQUITY

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Apr 22, 2025

2025 Earth Day Report

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Apr 10, 2025

Call for Nominations: 2025 ACSA Nominees to the NAAB Board of Directors

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Mar 28, 2025

ACSA Announces the 2025 Best Paper and Best Project Awards

School News

May 15, 2025

University at Buffalo, SUNY

School News

May 15, 2025

Penn State

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May 13, 2025

University at Buffalo, SUNY

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May 08, 2025

Penn State

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May 02, 2025

Tulane University

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May 02, 2025

Tulane University

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May 02, 2025

Tulane University

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May 02, 2025

Tulane University

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Apr 29, 2025

Miami University

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Apr 28, 2025

Penn State

AASL

Apr 09, 2025

AASL April 2025 Column

ACSA News

Mar 20, 2025

Update from ACSA - New Orleans

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Mar 14, 2025

A Message from ACSA

AASL

Mar 11, 2025

AASL March 2025 Column

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Mar 06, 2025

Report from the March 5 ACSA Annual Business Meeting

ACSA News

Feb 28, 2025

ACSA Message About the Journal of Architectural Education

ACSA News

Feb 14, 2025

Press Release | Winners Announced for the 2025 Brick in Architectural Education Prize

ACSA News

Feb 14, 2025

Current Challenges Facing Higher Education

ACSA News

Feb 14, 2025

2025 ACSA Board Candidates and Results

ACSA News

Jan 29, 2025

Press Release | Winners Announced for 2025 Course Development Prize

ACSA News

Jan 22, 2025

Press Release | Winners Announced for 2025 Architectural Education Awards

ACSA News

Jan 17, 2025

A Statement Regarding the Los Angeles Fires

School News

Jan 16, 2025

University at Buffalo, SUNY

ACSA News

Jan 10, 2025

2025 ACSA Board Candidates

Join ACSA, NCARB (@ncarb), and CCCAP (@cccarch) for next week's 2025 Convening on Architectural Education and Competencies for Licensure. ⁠
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Day One (May 29) will include an engaging panel discussion where speakers will present transfer practices at the associate, bachelor's, and master's degree levels and invite participants to share their respective experiences. ⁠
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Panelists will share portfolio requirements and admission standards between degree levels, and provide examples of portfolios sharing various levels of student success.⁠
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Speakers:⁠
Jackie Niemiec, Drexel University (@drexelwestphal)⁠
Marc Yeber, El Camino College (@elcaminoedu)⁠
June Williamson (@williamson_june), City College of New York (@spitzerschool_ccny)⁠
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Visit the #LinkInBio to sign up today! ⁠
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#ACSA #NCARB #CCCAP #CommunityCollege #Articulation #Architecture #HigherEducation #Virtual #Conference #ArchitectureProgram

What does it take to build a successful firm?⁠
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The latest ProPEL unit, Life Cycle of a Firm, includes insightful tips and tricks from experienced professionals. Join instructors Robert F. Herrmann (Offit Kurman and @columbiagsapp) and Nea Maloo (@howardu.architecture and Showcase Architects) as they share their expertise. The new unit includes everything you need to know, including starting a firm, ownership transition, branding, and more. ⁠
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SWIPE to learn more about the instructors and get a sneak peek of the unit’s learning objectives. Visit the #LinkInBio to watch now.⁠
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#ACSA #NCARB #ProPEL #Architect #Architecture #ProfessionalDevelopment #ArchitectureFirm #Video #ResourceLibrary #Construction

In an era marked by increasing complexity, conflict, and rapid change, educators must act as navigators—to pursue new pathways and possibilities in our discipline and to instill navigational skills in our students. ⁠
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The 2025 ACSA Summer Conference examines shifting social, political, and institutional landscapes as sites for reorientation, transformation, and reconciliation at all scales, and across pedagogy and practice. This conference supports knowledge-sharing across the authors and presenters accepted into the 2025 ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference, and welcomes additional participants to engage in open discussion to collectively navigate the challenges ahead.⁠
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The in-person conference, hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, will take place on August 7–8, 2025, followed by virtual sessions via Zoom on September 11–12, 2025. Register to join the convening by July 16, 2025.⁠
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Visit the #LinkInBio to learn more.⁠
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#ACSA #ACSAConference #SummerConference #RegisterToday #ArchitecturalEducation #Architecture

ProPEL is a growing library of educational video resources covering foundational and emerging topics in architecture. Developed in partnership between ACSA and @NCARB, the goal of ProPEL is to expand your teaching resources to help you better equip your students for the future of architectural practice.⁠
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The online course catalog is a great way to browse available content to find the perfect unit for you. From Strategic Planning to Professionalism, ProPEL addresses various topics that will advance your practice.⁠
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Visit the #LinkInBio to download the resource today!⁠
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#ACSA #NCARB #ProPEL #ProfessionalPractice #ProfessionalDevelopment #ArchitecturalPractice

ACSA Research, along with the Great Plains ADA Center, invites architects, designers, and educators to complete an anonymous survey that will help develop the next installment of the "Where Are My People" series.⁠
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The purpose of this survey is to illuminate the lived experience of people who identify as having a disability and choose to work, teach, and/or learn in architecture.⁠
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We encourage you to speak candidly and share the survey with your coworkers, friends, and interested parties to ensure a breadth of disability types and experiences are represented in our research efforts. ⁠
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Please visit our #LinkInBio to complete the survey today. The survey will remain open until June 6, 2025.⁠
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#ACSA #ACSAResearch #WhereAreMyPeople #Research #ArchitectureResearch #ADA #GreaterPlainsADACenter

The ACSA Board of Directors invites applications for service on the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) Board of Directors for a three-year term (January 2026–December 2028).⁠
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ACSA seeks nominations from faculty at a range of schools, including public/private institutions, research-intensive institutions, special-focus institutions, and minority-serving institutions. We encourage nominations of faculty who are familiar with ACSA’s recent efforts to support architecture schools seeking to be more equitable and inclusive for faculty and students from all backgrounds, and with ACSA’s efforts to support the recognition of a wide range of approaches to research and scholarship, including creative practice.⁠
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Please visit the #LinkInBio for more information. ⁠
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#ACSA #NAAB #Architecture #ACSAVolunteer #Faculty #BoardOfDirectors #Accreditation

💡 Call for Submissions 💡⁠
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The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in architecture and design is reshaping design possibilities and practices. AI propels new processes of design and making but also raises urgent questions about creativity, authorship, energy consumption, ethics, and the digital divide.⁠
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The 2025 Intersections Research Conference: AI DESIGN PRACTICES invites contributions that explore, propose, or challenge new and existing practices and paradigms in using AI technologies. ⁠
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Authors may submit their work as an abstract, project/case study, or poster/exhibit. The conference tracks include AI Design Creativity, Methods & Practices, and History, Theory & Pedagogy. ⁠
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Please visit the #LinkInBio to learn more and submit before June 11, 2025.⁠
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#ACSA #ACSAConference #Intersections #AI #AIDesign #Architecture #SubmitToday #CFP #CaseStudy #Technology

🟢 May is Mental Health Awareness Month 🟢⁠
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This month, we’re spotlighting the work of the 2024–25 ACSA Leadership Committee, which is charged with addressing mental health and well-being for architecture faculty, with a focus on equity-related challenges.⁠
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While much attention has been given to student wellness, faculty mental health remains under-researched—especially for lecturers, non-tenure-track, and tenured faculty. A 2024 study revealed that nearly 60% of faculty and staff experienced moderate to very high levels of work-related burnout.⁠
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The committee is reviewing national data, leading conversations at ACSA conferences, and working toward a resource to support healthier, more equitable work and learning environments across architecture programs.⁠
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Let’s prioritize faculty well-being across our academic communities. 💬🧠⁠
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#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #ArchitectureEducation #ACSA #FacultyWellbeing #EquityInEducation

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (@NCARB), in collaboration with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), and the Coalition of Community College Architecture Programs (@cccarch), invites you to what we hope will be an ongoing series of conversations about architectural education and the preparation of students for architectural licensure.⁠
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Join us for two virtual gatherings on May 29-30, 2025, where we will discuss the continuum of architectural education and the preparation of students for licensure, focusing on existing successes and future opportunities.⁠
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Building on the success of the 2023 ACSA Convening to Advance Community College Transfer and Articulation in Architectural Education in Philadelphia, PA, we hope to continue conversations on strengthening articulation between community colleges and professional and pre-professional architecture programs.⁠
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Visit the #LinkInBio to sign-up today!⁠
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#ACSA #NCARB #CCCAP #CommunityCollege #Articulation #Architecture #HigherEducation #Virtual #Conference #ArchitectureProgram

Last week, Dr. Kendall Nicholson, ACSA’s Senior Director of Research, Equity and Education, presented at the Society of Architectural Historians' (@sah1365) 78th Annual International Conference in Atlanta. The session “Lessons Learned: Architectural Studies Programs in Schools of Architecture” invited educators and administrators in architectural history and architecture to discuss the value of Architectural Studies programs.⁠
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“In addition to architectural history, it was great to see SAH’s expanded field to include preservation, history, planning and architecture,” said Nicholson. “Affiliate groups at the SAH allow members to gather around similar research topics, and it was an honor to be invited to the Architectural Studies affiliate group.”⁠
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Throughout the session, attendees shared their insights, expertise, and questions about the future of architectural education.⁠
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Visit the #LinkInBio to learn more about SAH.⁠
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#ACSA #SAH #SAH2025 #Conference #Architecture #ArchitecturalEducation #ArchitecturalStudies

Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, ACSA is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our membership includes all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together ACSA schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.

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