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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


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