Shortly after I became aia president, will wittig, aia, dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Detroit Mercy, shared with Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture president Donna Robertson, FAIA, and me a letter he wrote to Anthony Carnevale. Wittig was troubled by the negative fallout of a Georgetown University study published last year that was co-authored by Carnevale, entitled "Hard Times." The widely read study raised questions about the value of an architectural education, because employment opportunities for those holding a degree in architecture ranked appreciably lower than general skills majors.
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