Few would contest that planning and its professional practices and approaches have
undergone profound change in the past halfcentury (eg Rodwin & Sanyal, 2000). The field's …

We examine the core curricula of the master's degree programs of thirty planning schools in
the United States and Canada and discuss patterns in core requirements. We compare …

A survey asks 638 planning, planning-related, and nonplanning professionals in Southern
California which job skills they value most. The authors want to know whether planners” …

The planning industry expects that tertiary planning education will prepare graduating
planners with practical planning skills, applicable in an increasingly complex world …

Can you succinctly and clearly define what planning and many of its guiding principles—
such as the public good, sustainability, or even market forces—actually mean? For many of …

Planning practitioners encounter both “tame” and “wicked” problems in the workplace.
Conventional planning studios generally prepare students for the less complex or tame …

Purpose This paper focuses on the competencies and skills needed in preparing graduates
of urban planning schools to meet the real-world challenges of professional practices. The …

Major shifts in tertiary education and professional practice are taking place that are
threatening the future of studios as a traditional pedagogical tool within planning education …

Using results from two national surveys, this article explores differences in what planning
skills are deemed most important from the perspectives of planning educators and …

In a future of complexity, uncertainty and fragmented governance we envision planning
graduates who will be better prepared for the real world of planning as a result of an …