Study Architecture 
ProPEL June 1 - 2, 2023 | Philadelphia, PA
CONVENING
2023 Convening to Advance Community College
Transfer and Articulation in Architectural Education
AGENDA
Following is the preliminary Convening Agenda, which is subject to change. Please check back for the most up-to-date information. The Community College Convening will be held in-person in Philadelphia, PA on June 1 & 2, 2023.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
9:00am
Opening + Welcome
A panel discussion welcoming attendees to the session and an overview of ACSA’s work on community college engagement and expanding access to architectural education. This session will outline the overarching goals for convening and introduce the community agreement we hope to develop.
Moderator | Sharon Haar | John Dwyer | |
Nicole Bass | Randy Steiner |
10:15am
Community College Students and Graduates Panel Discussion
Demystifying the Community College Architecture Student. Who are community college architecture students? Why did they start their architectural education at a community college? What barriers did these students encounter along the way? How can we help to make this process more equitable, transparent, and seamless?
This session will begin to frame common transfer barriers and lead into the breakout session on eliminating barriers.
Moderator | Aliyah Mitchell | Ashley Fuentes-Miranda | David Perrine |
Gabriela Marquez Leon | Ira Iragena | Victor Pedraza | Esra Abumounshar |
11:30am
Navigating Transfer Barriers
In this breakout session, groups will work to develop solutions to common transfer barriers.
Moderator: Mark Pearson, College of DuPage
12:30pm
LUNCH (Provided)
1:30pm
Best Practices for Transfer Relationships
This session will feature a panel discussion illustrating examples of successful transfer relationships between 2-year and university architecture programs. The panel will discuss strategies to successfully develop transfer relationships, what components of a successful agreement look like, how to address NAAB-related issues, and how to disseminate transfer information to potential students.
Moderator | |||
Mark Pearson | Tammy Taylor | ||
Phillip Jefferson | David Hill | ||
Anselm Knights | David Rifkind |
3:30pm
Developing Learning Outcomes
This breakout group activity will seek to develop learning outcomes that represent core skills and knowledge students would develop through an architecture program. This common foundation development by both universities and community colleges can become a model for further discussion and improving community college transfer policies.
Moderator: Shelby Doyle, Iowa State University
6:30pm
GROUP DINNER (Provided)
Friday, June 2, 2023
9:00am
Community College and the Expansion of Access to Architectural Education
Day 2 will open with a keynote on the importance of expanding access to architectural education through community college architecture programs.
Moderator | Erlene Clark | Robert Fleming | Paula Behrens |
10:15am
Drafting a Toolkit
Part of the convening’s goals include the development of a shared, collaborative plan to improve transferring from community colleges and to enable community college students to complete university degrees with little or no additional time. In this and the following sessions, we will collectively develop an outline for this roadmap and then workshop and draft the sections of a “toolkit for transfer and articulation” that can be used to improve transfer between institutions by institutions. Have your laptops handy and charged up as we get to work!
Moderator/Facilitator | Facilitator | Facilitator |
12:00pm
LUNCH (Provided)
1:00pm
Share-Out and Assembly of Toolkit
We will reconvene for a round of iteration on the sections we prepared in the morning workshop session.
Moderator/Facilitator | Facilitator | Facilitator |
2:15pm
Drafting Future Action and Priority Plans
Building on the previous sessions, we will collectively strive to draft a list of priorities that will serve as a product from this convening, containing recommendations the convening recommends for ACSA, CCCAP, NCARB, and NAAB to consider in their development of action plans to improve community college transfer.
Moderator/Facilitator | Facilitator |
Convening Partners
Questions
Danielle V. Dent
Director of Membership, Marketing and Publications
202-785-2324
ddent@acsa-arch.org
