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Direct Connection
NCARB's biannual newsletter, Direct Connection, is published and sent to all active Certificate and Record holders, IDP Coordinators, AIA members, and Member Boards. Please note: Information and instructions in past Direct Connection articles may be out of date. Please check our web site for the latest information on NCARB's programs and services.

Direct Connection Volume 12 Issue 1 (2010)
The Burning Question: Why do we Need an ARE anyway?

Also Inside: Guide to Authorization and Examination, IDP 2.0: Phase Three, BEFA Important to Success, Certification Opens Doors, Green Monographs

Direct Connection Volume 12 Issue 2 (2009)
Evolving Internship: IDP 2.0

Also Inside: Demystifying the Path to Licensure, ARE FAQs, NCARB Prize Winners, IDP Rulemaking, Unlicensed Practice

Direct Connection Volume 12 Issue 1 (2009)
Mobile You: Creating opportunity in a competitive market

Also inside: Taking Customer Service Seriously, The Upside of Promoting Licensure, The e-EVR, Six-Month Rule

Direct Connection - Volume 11 Issue 2 (2008)
Defining Your Moral Compass

Also inside: IDP's Six-Month Rule, 2008 Annual Meeting, The BEA Path to Certification, 2008 NCARB Prize Winners, To Fish or Not to Fish (Without a License)

Direct Connection - Volume 11 Issue 1 (2008)
What Do You Need to Know to Practice Architecture Today? Read the results of 2007 Practice Analysis of Architecture.

Also inside: BEFA Path to Certification, ARE 4.0 Exam Aids, NCARB Grant, and Recognizing Best Practices for IDP.

Direct Connection - Volume 10 Issue 2 (2007)
Announcing the Online Application

Also inside: Taking Control of Your Internship, The Evolving ARE, Two New Monographs, The 2007 NCARB Prize Winners

Direct Connection - Volume 10 Issue 1 (2007)
ARE 4.0 is Coming July 2008

Also inside: My NCARB Record, The NCARB Grant Recipients, The Architectural Acoustics monograph, Revisiting the Practice Analysis, A New Twist to IDPCC

Direct Connection - Volume 9 Issue 2 (2006)
NCARB Grant Program: Supporting and encouraging NCARB Prize concepts with $10,000 in seed money

Also inside: 2006 NCARB Prize Winners, The ABC's of the BEA and BEFA, The 2006 NCARB Annual Meeting and Conference, Collateral Improving Ties Between Practice and Education

Direct Connection - Volume 9 Issue 1 (2006)
Celebrating the Fifth Annual NCARB Prize

Also inside: ARE/IDP Policy Statement, Young Professionals and the ARE, The Indentured Intern, State Boards Lend a Helping Hand, and information on the Daylighting Performance and Design monograph

Direct Connection - Volume 8 Issue 2 (2005)
NCARB Visionary Strategic Plan: NCARB jump-starts its future

Also inside: Recap of NCARB Annual Meeting and Member Board Chairs Conference, "Designing Tomorrow's Architect," The Rolling Clock, and information on the Senior Living monograph

Direct Connection - Volume 8 Issue 1 (2005)
ARE Exam Security: NCARB looks at candidate behavior inside and out of the test center

Also inside: Celebrating 40 years of NCARB Exams, The 2005 NCARB Prize Winners, Using the EPC in a Classroom Setting, The BEA: An Alternative Pathway to Certification

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