Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning is in the process of adding a Master's of Urban Design to their curriculum at the Indianapolis Center. We would like your advice in helping us design the new graduate program to be offered in Indianapolis.
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| Number of design professionals (include planning, architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, civil engineering). | |
| For national and international firms, response should be based on Central Indiana office(s). |
| Percentage of design professionals in your firm with masters degrees | |
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| We define urban design broadly and believe that the new program will offer us a context in which we can provide increased continuing education programs of interest to a broad cross-section of design professionals. |
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| In that context, can you identify three to five topics that you believe would be of particular interest to design professionals with your firm or agency during the next year? |
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| For the questions that follow, select the appropriate value: 1 is the least value and 5 is the most value. |
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| To meet the needs of working professionals, we are adopting a flexible set of delivery methods and schedules. |
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| For class meetings for degree programs, which of the following scheduling methods seem most likely to be workable for professionals with your firm or agency? |
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| The following proposed schedules would meet the needs of a student taking a half-time class load. |
| Classes all day Friday and every other Saturday for a semester | |
| Classes Tuesday and Thursday mornings | |
| Classes Tuesday and Thursday afternoons | |
| Night classes | |
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| Firm/Agency Value on master’s degrees |
| How much does your firm/agency value masters’ degrees? | |
| If it does place value, is that value reflected in hiring preference? | |
| If it does place value, is that value reflected in salary differential? | |
| If it does place value, is that value reflected in promotion to project manager or line supervision positions? | |
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| Firm/Agency Value on Urban Design education |
| How much does your firm/agency value additional education in urban design? | |
| If it does place value, is that value reflected in hiring preference? | |
| If it does place value, is that value reflected in salary differential? | |
| If it does place value, is that value reflected in promotion to project manager or line supervision positions? | |
| Would your firm/agency place value on a graduate certificate in urban design? | Yes
No |
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| Does your firm/agency offer the following for employees seeking advanced degrees? |
| Release time | Yes
No |
| Flex time, without release | Yes
No |
| Does the firm or agency have a tuition reimbursement program? | Yes
No |
| If so, approximately how many people have used it in the past 12 months? | |
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| Does your firm/agency offer any of the following for employees pursuing continuing education programs locally? |
| Payment of fees | Yes
No |
| Release time | Yes
No |
| Flex time, without release | Yes
No |
| If the firm pays part or all of the costs of continuing education, is there an annual budget for that? | Yes
No |
| If Yes, how much is that budget? | |
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| Estimate what percentage of the current design professionals with your firm/agency that are likely to: |
| Pursue continuing education or certification requirements during 2007? | |
| Begin work on a professional or post-professional masters degree program in 2007? | |
| Begin work on a professional or post-professional masters degree program in 2007? | |
| Begin work on a post-professional masters degree in Urban Design? | |
| Begin work on a professional or post-professional masters degree program in 2008 or 2009? | |
| Begin work on a masters in urban design in the next three years, if offered in Indianapolis? | |
| Begin work on a graduate certificate in urban design in the next three years, if offered in Indianapolis? | |
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| For continuing education programs, which of the following scheduling methods seem most likely to be workable for professionals with your firm or agency? |
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| Total number of meetings would vary with the number of continuing education units offered. |
| Noon meetings for one hour | |
| Early morning meetings (7am) for one hour | |
| Evening meetings | |
| Saturday meetings | |
| Late afternoons | |
| Are there particular times of year when it is consistently difficult to have people out of the office for educational programs? If so, please identify the month or months that pose the most problems. | |
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| As we implement this program, we will be using some permanent faculty but also seeking adjunct faculty from the professional community in Central Indiana. |
| Please identify professionals with masters degrees in your firm or agency, or in others, who would |
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| Does your firm or agency have a policy on its professionals serving as instructors for such programs? | Yes
No |
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| Other Comments |
| Please feel free to provide any suggestions regarding this new executive styled Master program at Indy. |
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