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Political Agenda

National Architecture Accrediting Board elects UMass Amherst professor Stephen Schreiber as its new president

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Full Speed Ahead

Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and Planning becomes the first HBCU to adopt NCARB accelerated licensing program

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Lighting Speed

A pair of very recent Auburn University grads become youngest licensed architects in the U.S.

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Increasingly Inclusive

NCARB launches licensure exam accommodations for ESL candidates

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In Agreement

U.S. and U.K. to reach reciprocal architecture license agreement

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The Unaffordability of Free Labor

NCARB reaffirms its opposition to unpaid architecture internships

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Shedding Light

NCARB and NOMA’s latest Baseline on Belonging report spotlights exam-related disparities

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Crunching the Numbers

NCARB’s annual data report shows more architects became licensed during the pandemic

photo of architectural drawings and tools. This year's NCARB report showed that there was a serious gap in ARE pass rates
Closing the Gap(s)

Demographic disparities get highlighted in the 2021 edition of NCARB by the Numbers

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Rough Patch

New NCARB report details the sharp decline of architectural licensing during the pandemic

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Put On Your Studying Spectacles

NOMA partners with Black Spectacles to ease licensure process for minority architects

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360-Degree No Cheat

You can soon take the Architecture Licensing Exam online, with some changes

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In Brief

NCARB releases 2020 demographic data

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Whiteness in the Ivory Tower

Black students demand action on institutionalized whiteness at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design

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No Meet or Greet

AIA postpones 2020 national conference in Los Angeles over coronavirus

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Rigorous Regulations

AIA and NCARB establish new alliance to push for licensing standards

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State-by-State

NCARB figures show number of architects continues to grow

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Moving Forward

How can architects build the equitable discipline we deserve?

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