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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. This allowed students to share their current feelings and experiences. During one of these meetings, two students spoke up and shared that they were homeless.

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Legends Henry and Shirley Frye Honored with Renaming of A&T Building

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Frye Hall is one of six buildings on campus designed by the architectural firm of the late Phil Freelon, a nationally recognized figure in the architecture community who led the design team for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Immersions and encounters: Fieldwork in landscape architecture

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The practice of landscape architecture would be purely academic were it not for the field. The landscape architecture programmes at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) are professional programmes. Elinor’s approach to research is enriched by a ‘making with’ approach to landscape architecture design.

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The Global Sand Crisis: Examining Causes, Consequences, and Sustainable Alternatives

Clark Nesxen

If you use that criterion,” he said, “the president’s house is not a house” (Romig 2017) Additionally, urban expansion in places such as China, India, and many African countries drives the need for concrete, which can be cast quickly and is easily accessible. link] “Mass Timber — Waechter Architecture.” Parametric Architecture.

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Co-creation, research work and collaboration: Developing graduate attributes through research practice

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The four research projects I have led so far are directly related to a part of my applied research work in proposing future-oriented collaborative solutions in a highly technical space access architecture domain ( Vidmar and Webber, 2017 ). A Pragmatic Modular Architecture for Space Access and Exploration. M and Weber.

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Maximizing Your Summer

The Scholarly Teacher

Maybe you love looking at architecture, stained glass, or new-to-you grocery stores. Camping, obviously, but you may also enjoy learning more about the area you will be hiking. Build a trip; check out small, local museums; and plan to try a restaurant or two that are local favorites. It was a fantastic experience. References Wiggins, G., &

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Searching Uncertainty – determining the value of your university experience

Teaching Matters Student Employment

I graduated, as a student of Architecture, in 2016; a year replete with uncertainty. Calling for a search for ‘Alternative Routes for Architecture ‘ in The Architectural Review , Will Hunter urges that drastic change in the Higher Education system needs to happen as the future identity of the architect is thrown into uncertainty.