Architecture will be recognized as STEM


In a big win for architects, the US House of Representatives passed the Senate version of H.R.2353, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act on Tuesday. Architects across the country led the charge to pass this bill, highlighting its promise in discussions with their representatives.



The academic grouping known as STEM (Science, Technology, engineering, and mathematics) has long been recognized as the antithesis to the creative fields of art, music and architecture. But the bill recently passed by the US House of Representatives allows states to use federal money to modernize Career Technical Education (CTE) curricula, which will soon include architecture. 

"After years of discussion by architects and educators, AIA is pleased that its lobbying efforts have succeeded and that the bill on Career Technical Education has passed,” says Robert Ivy, FAIA, EVP/Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects.  "It will encourage a more diverse workforce, fulfill the promise of design as the synthesis of art and science, and affect fundamental change in educational curricula."

This recent news will likely have an effect on how architecture is discussed in America's middle and high schools, as well as the allocation of funds towards architectural education...

Shane Reiner-Roth via Archinect - News http://bit.ly/2Rrccgd

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