Boston Architectural College Announces New Vision and Strategic Plan Highlighting Innovation and Expanding Global Access to Future-Oriented Design Education

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BOSTON, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Boston Architectural College (BAC) today announced the launching of its

bold new vision through its 'BAC to the Future' strategic plan. Through this

innovative plan, the BAC's focus will be transforming current programs and

creating future-oriented design programs accessible to students in the U.S. and

around the world.

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The plan is the culmination of efforts that began in 2019, spearheaded by

President Mahesh Daas. "This bold initiative demonstrates the institution's

long-term commitment to inclusive access to world-class design education for

all students," said Daas. "Our focus is to lead the way by creatively

responding to sector-wide changes in higher education, and harnessing the

wisdom gained during pandemic times."

Throughout the BAC's collaborative process, leadership engaged students,

faculty, staff, trustees, and creative instigators as well as gathered insights

for the institution's future direction through "think wrong" design workshops

and other creative fora along with conducting rigorous strategy validation

studies to inform the plan. The five-year plan has been enthusiastically

approved by the BAC Board of Trustees.

This year-long effort translated into a set of six vision statements:

    -- We envision delivering on our educational mission of diversity and

       inclusion to help our students fully actualize their potential.

    -- We envision the college as a global network, a cloud canopy with

       virtual aerial roots that capture social differences and facilitate

       the learning of the curious, the creative, the ambitious, the

       exemplary traditional and nontraditional students irrespective

       of social identities and geographic location.

    -- We envision a network of seamless flows propelling students from

       preK-12 systems and across national and international postsecondary

       systems into design education.

    -- We envision a world where design literacy is an essential quality

       of global citizens, and design thinking becomes a basic skill for

       all to build a sustainable, thriving, and robust community.

    -- We envision promoting design literacy and design thinking to build

       a resilient and flourishing society.

    -- We envision the BAC evolving into a robust and growing institution,

       and the BAC's educational innovations emulated across the higher

       education spectrum.

This vision combined with supporting goals and strategies enable the BAC to

undertake nine key initiatives in areas such as Academic Excellence, Social

Justice, Global Growth, Design Entrepreneurship, and others.

One of the early initiatives, The BAC Cloud Canopy(TM) platform was expedited

and launched its first component, The BAC Cloud Lab(TM) during the Coronavirus

pandemic to meet students' emerging needs. The groundbreaking platform offers

cloud-based access to coursework, labs, events, and services on any enabled

device--regardless of where students are located around the world.

"Since its inception over 130 years ago, this institution has been a hub

promoting creativity and innovation. Its alumni--spread around the

globe--continually transform the human experience through the built

environment," said Board Chair, Richard Martini, B.Arch. '84. "Now, under the

direction of President Daas, the BAC is advancing toward fulfilling its vital

mission of diversifying the design fields. Not only does this influence how we

approach the global learning experience, but it also prepares our students for

producing real world, sustainable solutions."

Founded 131 years ago, The Boston Architectural College is a recognized

institution providing excellence in practice-integrated design education to

members of diverse communities--with students representing 35 countries. Ranked

#1 for Best Graduate School for Earning Potential and #4 for Best Architecture

School offering Bachelor's Degrees in the U.S. in 2020 by GradReports, the BAC

offers on-site and online bachelors and graduate degrees in architecture,

interior architecture, landscape architecture, design studies, and continuing

education. In 2005, the BAC became the first institution in the U.S. to offer

an accredited online degree in architecture. The BAC upholds the importance of

inclusive admission, diversity, innovation, dedicated faculty, and the

intrinsic value of both academic and experiential education.

SOURCE  The Boston Architectural College

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nancy.finn@the-bac.edu, +1 617-585-0216