Architecture has been a subject of fascination for many over the years. It is this fascination that has eventually transformed into a passion that has been playing its own small role in contributing to the diversity around. One of the most amazing of ways in which it has been doing this is through the elimination of racial discrimination among all.
According to Curbed, If you take the figures put forward by the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB) into account, the figures of admission are quite impressive. The year 2015 witnessed an enrolment of over 24,000 students have been admitted to several architectural institutions that constitute a mixture of both governments as well as private colleges.
While architecture schools have been playing their own small part:
The President of the School of Architecture states that " For any institution to reflect an entire world of intelligence and perspectives - to achieve global reach and global impact - it must, by its very nature, reflect, represent and respect people and viewpoints from every walk of life". The recent years have in fact widely accepted this as a part and parcel of their existence. The dean of architectural schools like Cornell's architecture school believes in the fact that living up to student diversity happens to be the sole way in which one can deliver the main purpose of the institution.
Academies are making racial inclusion a vital part of their curriculum, thus bringing about an increase in the diversity of the faculty and students who belong to the much-underrated section. According to Rensselaer Architecture, Harley Academy, a renowned name among the architectural universities has been carrying out several programs that to bring about this intermingling. Multicultural clubs happens to be a vital part of this initiative. You can only cater to diversity when you have successfully brought about an intermingling between different cultures around you.
With an amazing deal of changes happening in the world around us, architecture schools have been playing their own part in adding to the levels of diversity around.
