August 22, 2007
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Holly Mattson, Executive Director
CIDA surveys the community about expectations for interior design graduates
The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) is actively engaged in considering future implications for interior design and, specifically, how those implications impact interior design education. The end game: to arrive at standards to evaluate the quality of interior design education in 2009 and beyond.
After analyzing future practice expectations, CIDA has drafted the content and learning expectations graduates are expected to achieve in the future. These expectations not only measure skills needed for entry-level practice, but also graduates’ capacity to think critically and continue to develop professionally.
A community survey is now open to gauge whether or not CIDA is on target with draft expectations for interior design graduates.
Interior design practitioners, educators, employers, and industry members are invited to voice their opinions. “Everyone with a stake in interior design education and the profession as a whole has an opportunity to contribute their thinking,” says Joe Pettipas, CIDA board chair.
CIDA’s survey is open until Tuesday, September 18 at http://www.accredit-id.org/updates.html.
Sponsors of the CIDA standards project include: ASID Foundation; BIFMA; IDC; IIDA; Interior Design Magazine; Haworth; Steelcase; Gensler Chicago; STUDIOS Architecture, Washington DC; and the Heeringa Foundation (Trendway).
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