Graduate Center Planning and the Environment

Promote independent and collaborative work on behalf of social and environmental justice, local communities, and innovations in the public realm.

Employ leading practitioners to provide intellectual rigor and practical knowledge of the field.

Utilize studio and team learning to educate students to the importance of collaboration in a multidisciplinary field.

Educate through service learning that builds on respectful and mutual beneficial partnerships with community organizations.

Provide full opportunity for focused, specialized or interdisciplinary study and degrees.

Create leaders and activists at all levels of practice—from DIY action to metropolitan policy.