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Prospects For Urban Planning Education

Title:

Prospects For Urban Planning Education
Publication Type
:
Journal Article
Journal
:
Journal of the American Institute of Planners
Year of Publication
:
1970

Authors:

Lawrence Susskind
Thomas E Nutt
Nicholas Retsinas
Volume
:
36
Publication Language
:
eng
Abstract
:
This article summarizes the current prospects for urban planning education. Working from nationwide surveys of planning students and planning departments as well as from the National Conference on Urban Planning Education, the authors find that many students are dissatisfied with the style and content of planning education and that many planning departments are unable to articulate the educational objectives of their programs. Survey responses from planning programs reveal a distinct dichotomy between schools mentioning societal change and schools oriented toward meeting current professional needs. Very few departments have developed innovative curricula or teaching methods, and, in general, only a few schools seem willing to take the risks involved in experimenting with new models of planning education. 
Issue
:
4
Citation Key
:
37