Join the AIA Committee on Education to explore nontraditional alternatives to the classroom at all learning levels from elementary school through college and beyond. Using the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys campus, where significant new construction is currently under way, the group will examine how new trends in college life and learning are affecting design and decision-making at every level. For instance, how has the small-school movement at the K–12 levels affected design thinking about high schools. Conference attendees will see how Cambridge is setting a course that may well influence public schools across the country. They also will investigate special learning places, as well as how increased sensitivity to the natural environment—and other cultural and societal changes—affect learning places. For more information, visit the CAE conference Web site.

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