NCARB 2013 Annual Report

 

Chair: Daniel D. Bennett, FAIA

Alabama Member Board Member

Education

Committee

The Education Committee oversees the development, delivery, and assessment of the Council's education policies for use by Member Boards and its relationship with the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).

Highlights/Year-End SummaryCommittee Members: Terry L. Allers, AIA, NCARB
Iowa Member Board Member Michael J. Andrejasich, AIAIllinois Member Board Member Jared F. Krieger Richard M. Monahon Jr., AIANew Hampshire Member Board Member Alfred Vidaurri Jr., AIA, AICP, LEED APTexas Member Board Member Cheryl C. Walker, FAIA, NCARBNorth Carolina Member Board Member Andrea S. Rutledge, CAE
NAAB Observer Scott C. Veazey, AIA, NCARB
Board Liaison Harry M. Falconer Jr., AIA, NCARB, Staff Lloyd S. Kaufman, Staff Stephen Nutt, AIA, NCARB, CAE, Staff

The Education Committee Report is comprised of input from four committees: Education, Broadly Experienced Architect (BEA), and Practice Education (PEC), as well as the NCARB Award Jury. Highlights for this year included analyzing the results of the 2012 NCARB Practice Analysis, preparing for the National Architectural Accrediting Board's (NAAB) Accreditation Review Conference (ARC), and launching the new NCARB Award.

 

EDUCATION  COMMITTEE

●  Discussed, analyzed, and compared the results of the NAAB Education Study and the NCARB 2012 Practice Analysis of Architecture. The committee's findings formed the basis of a position paper for the Accreditation Review Conference.

●  Analyzed the results of the Practice Analysis survey in support of the publication of the 2012 NCARB Practice Analysis of Architecture: Education Report released in March.

●  Recommended that the NCARB Board of Directors support the NAAB Board of Directors proposal to amend the NAAB Procedures for Accreditation, 2012 Edition, Section 2 to increase the maximum term of accreditation for a professional degree program from six to eight years.

 

BROADLY  EXPERIENCED  ARCHITECT
(BEA) COMMITTEE

The BEA Committee reviews dossiers and interviews eligible applicants from the BEA and Broadly Experienced Foreign Architect (BEFA) Programs to determine if they meet NCARB's standards for certification. It evaluates the program for degree of rigor, fairness, and non-bureaucratic procedures, and compiles statistics on the number of applicants, their status, and educational background.

●  Reviewed 11 BEA and BEFA dossiers. Approved five architects for certification.

●  Reviewed three Mexican dossiers submitted under the Tri-National Mutual Recognition Agreement pilot program. Two dossiers were recommended for interviews.

●  Conducted three audit interviews, confirming the certification recommendation.

●  In conjunction with the Member Board Executives (MBE) Committee, studied program requirements for architects who do not hold a professional degree from a program accredited by the NAAB, but whose EESA-NCARB Education Evaluation satisfies the NCARB Education Standard. Forwarded a recommendation to the Board for resolution to eliminate the six, eight, or 10 years of post-licensure experience requirement for applicants without a degree from an accredited program whose EESA does not identify any education-related deficiencies (see Resolution 2013-02).

●  Assessed the term "comprehensive practice" as it relates to the BEA and BEFA Programs. Recommended comprehensive practice be replaced with "the practice of architecture" for the BEA Program and refined the definition of comprehensive practice as it applies to the BEFA Program as the application of the skill and knowledge of those aspects of the profession assessed by the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®) (see Resolutions 2013-03  and 2013-04).

 

PRACTICE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The Practice Education Committee established the entry and jury procedures and requirements for the NCARB Grant Program. It reviews the reports and tracks implementation of proposals that received funding.

●  Reviewed interim and final reports of the five recipients of the 2011 NCARB Grant recipients to ensure that projects conformed to program requirements. Provided feedback to recipients and summarized reports for an overview on the Grant Program outcomes.

●  The committee feels strongly that NCARB funds were effectively and efficiently used and that the courses will have long-lasting and positive impact on curriculum, bridging the gap between practice and education.

 

THE NCARB AWARD JURY

The NCARB Award Jury reviews submissions and selects recipients for the NCARB Award.

●  This was the first year for the newly branded NCARB Award for the Integration of Practice and Education. Three schools were selected to receive the NCARB Award, with the sum total amount awarded of $75,000. Winners were announced at the 2012 ACSA Administrators Conference. The three award recipients were: Auburn University, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture; Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD); and the University of Southern California (USC) School of Architecture. Three additional programs received honorable mentions.

●  The jury reviewed 47 qualifying submissions for the NCARB Award, an increase in submissions of more than 30 percent compared to previous years' Grant submissions, indicating a positive response to the transition to the Award and supporting outreach activity.