Dear GK,
I think the topic is valuable and important, and I am sure many on the
list deal with them in their work and education. However, maybe this
type of challenge is not the best rhetoric device to invite them to
share their thoughts on a list like this. Responding might feel like
entering some kind of competition in which one should try to prove the
currency of their institution's approach.
kh
On 21.1.2005, at 17:19, GK VanPatter wrote:
> Posting this one for those who prefer the term post graduate:
>
> I would like to offer a build on Richard Buchanan's invitation to
> Students regarding sharing their directions of inquiry in doctoral
> research. Since graduate and post graduate student work is often a
> reflection of our design Education community and their interconnected
> institutions it seems only fair to extend the same kind of invitation
> to the Design Educators on the list.
>
> In particular I would love to hear from any Design School Presidents,
> Deans, Chairpersons, Directors, as well as
> Instructors/Professors/Faculty out there regarding their work to
> update their programs to help move graduate/post graduate design
> education into the 21st century.
>
> In this regard I have five specific questions:
>
> 1. How do your graduate/post graduate design programs reflect the
> rising
> complexity of fuzzy challenges that Designers are now expected to
> tackle in
> the real world?
>
> 2. How have you adapted your graduate/post graduate programs to
> reflect the rising use of the
> cross-disciplinary way of working?
>
> 3. How do your graduate/post graduate design programs reflect the
> reality that
> Designers now have to compete for leadership roles?
>
> 4. What steps are you taking as a Design Educator to help insure
> that the role of Designer does not become commoditized in the
> marketplace?
>
> 5. What kinds of new programs are you bringing on line to address
> the above?
>
>
> Any thoughts on this among Design Educators?
>
>
> gk
>
>
> GK VanPatter
> Co-Founder
> NextDesign Leadership Institute
> New York
>
> NextD
> Who will lead design in the 21st century?
> http://nextd.org
>
>
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