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Promote Alternate Paths to the Profession
Our Mission, Vision + Values
Mission
The CCCAP is a professional organization of educators dedicated to promoting the value of the Architecture Programs in community colleges and to providing an alternative pathway to the architectural profession.
The CCCAP empowers students to pursue their career and academic goals in the field of architecture and the built environment today and in the future.
Vision
The CCCAP is committed:
• To establish transfer/articulation agreements between Architecture Programs in community colleges and schools of architecture,
• To increase the racial, gender, cultural, and socio-economic diversity within the architectural profession,
• To lead dialogue, share best practices, and collaborate as a network among Architecture Programs in community colleges and architectural academic and accreditation institutions.
Values
- Good Value
- Advocacy
- Collaboration
- Excellence
- Diversity
- Employability
- Forward Thinking
Our History
10+ years of working together to establish articulation agreements between community college architecture programs and schools of architecture
2007
Start of compilation list of community college architecture programs [i.e. CCAP] by Professor Randy Steiner AIA as part of her sabbatical year at Montgomery College Architecture Program in Rockville, Maryland
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2011
Distribution of survey to 200+ community colleges with any type of architecture program
2012
First Work Session “CCCAP”, AIA National Headquarters, Washington, DC [9/ 28 – 9/30/2012]
2012
First Work Session “CCCAP”, AIA National Headquarters, Washington, DC [9/ 28 – 9/30/2012]
Invitation to CCCAP to present on “Value of the CCAP” to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture [ACSA]
2013
Invitation to CCCAP to present on “Value of the CCAP” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture [ACSA] Annual Conference in Providence, Rhode Island
2014
CCCAP is created as a non-profit 501.3(c) organization by IRS and state of Maryland with tax-exempt status.
Invitation to CCCAP to present on “Value of the CCAP” to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture [ACSA]
CCCAP is created as a non-profit 501.3(c) by IRS and state of Maryland
2015
Selection of CCCAP founder, Randy Steiner AIA, to make presentation, "Widen the Pathway for a More Diverse Profession!" at AIA National Convention in Atlanta, GA
2015
1st CCCAP Student Design Competition open to all students in their first and second year of architectural studies
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2016
Invitation by ACSA to CCCAP to join newly created "Community College Initiative" subcommittee of ACSA Education Committee
2019
Invitation to CCCAP to participate in National Architectural Accreditation Board [NAAB] “Articulation Certification Task Force” at Chicago, Illinois as the NAAB revises their accreditation standards for B.Arch and M.Arch programs
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2022
Invitation to CCCAP to present “Status of the CCAP” at NCARB Annual Board of Directors Meeting
2023
“Convening to Advance Community College Transfer + Articulation in Architectural Education” session sponsored by ACSA in partnership with CCCAP at Thomas Jefferson University COA
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2025
13th CCCAP Conference BOSTON and 10th CCCAP Student Design Competition
Members 2024
Anne Arundel Community College
Boston Architectural College
Brookdale Community College
Central Maine Community College
Central New Mexico Community College
Clover Park Tech Community College
College of DuPage
Community College of Philadelphia
Connecticut State Community College Norwalk
Dakota County Technical College
Delaware Technical College
DelMar Community College
Dunwoody College of Technology
Dutchess Community College
East Los Angeles College
Forsyth Tech Community College
Fresno City College
Glendale College
Grand Rapids Community College
Jefferson University
Joliet Junior College
Lake Washington Technical College
Los Rios Community College
Miami Dade College
Milwaukee Area Technical College
MiraCosta College
Montgomery College
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards [NCARB]
San Antonio College
Sinclair College
Southwest Tennessee Community College
SUNY Orange
Triton Community College
Truckee Meadows Community College
University of Alaska Anchorage Community + Technical College
Wake Technical Community College
Moreno, Emmanuel
Newton, Christine
Overman, Brian
Perkins, Dominic
