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I learned that when visiting last April. There is definitely a “what is best for the department” mentality in all universities. It is about keeping a student population – one way or another. The recruits are drying up now that they are finding out that there are no jobs, so you have to make those that do “follow their passion” stay longer.
I’ve…[Read more]

Just for the record I am typing the correct word! Just realized the site thinks the middle part of the phrase is a bad word. 🙂

John Smith,
Did you go to UI?

I graduated with an Architecture degree from USC in the fall of 2008, and worked as an estimator for a contractor. It was a good experience to go through the process that builders undertake when making bids. I learned a lot about how bad the market was for people in construction. I made bids as low as my boss would let me go and we still were…[Read more]

Already happened at University of Idaho and WSU.

… will this be followed by more lobbying for the need to have Master’s Degrees and some dropping of undergraduate accreditation in order to make academia an even bigger business? …. the cynic in me says hold on to your wallet.

From my perspective as a long-time active seeker of gainful employment, there has been no substantial increase in postings. In fact, things have gotten slow enough that dated/expired posts are showing up on my automated search services instead of new posts once again. This phenomenon last occurred in August, another very slow posting month. These…[Read more]

I was just doing a search…general…and then poke around on Indeed…etc. Actually didn’t even go to ASLA! haha

ASLA seems to average about two a week for the last two years.  Probably about 25% abroad, 20% academic, and the rest a mix between private sector and public. It looks to me that the public sector (municipalities) have really tapered off. Public and academic looked to be dominant several months ago, but not so much now. 
 
On general searches on…[Read more]

I think the largest difference between the younger generations and the older ones is student loan debt.  Student loans were rare in my day, so you had to work your way through and/or go to a lesser (cheaper) college.  I am very thankful for not having the opportunity to borrow large sums of money at such a young age. 
 
It was hard to get thro…[Read more]

I’m looking for the “Like” button.

As far as HP goes I have always liked their news coverage and I just think the other stuff they throw in the mix is, as you say, dissapointing. I check it all the time for real news, so the fact that this is the chosen platform for TCLF is great and I can’t believe I haven’t stumbled across a post before. It looks like Birnbaum has been blogg…[Read more]

Wanted to add… I have no idea how this “magna+!@#$laude” came out like that…haha. I just noticed that and thought…, “Wow, Heather simmer down!”. I meant magna cum laude.

Thanks Tanya,
 
I totally get you with the “ours”  degree. I woke up this morning and thought…EE sounds interesting…for me. haha. That said, math is really challenging for me…but I am tempted to enroll for a calculus class just to see if I have the chops for it. 🙂 I too wonder about my own gap…ahhhhh!!!! We will definitely look into the t…[Read more]

I was thinking that being in the west with an EE degree they could successfully turn their eye toward the mining industry and mitigation / compliance. Both degrees would be essential for this type of work….

My opinion – the economy will get better. It might be a while, but it eventually will. Not only that, but contrary to some of the complaints on this board, its not just landscape architecture that is suffering right now – workers in every field are suffering. Even the health care industry, despite its growth, is using the recession as an excuse t…[Read more]

Thanks for your replies. We both have degrees from UI in Landscape Architecture…but Jon has his license and I take care of the kiddos.
Andrew, You are right…we have a very hard time feeling content because this isn’t how we planned on it working out. But you are right that it is a great community for kids and that is what has kept us here. I…[Read more]

I’m not ready to get off the elevator quite yet. 🙂

My thoughts exactly on HuffPo, Noah, so much so that I don’t read it at all unless a particular article (usually commentary like this,written by someone I follow through other sources) comes to my attention.  For that reason I wondered about the potential drawbacks of TCLF using HuffPo, which has a credibility problem with many people, as a…[Read more]