Architectural education focuses (rightly) on teaching design, but should that be to the almost complete exclusion of basic business knowledge? Architects need to know not only how a project is financed and how to have a seat at the table when those kind of important decisions are made, but also on how to effectively run a business.

Architects "are afforded little power or reward because the profession is fundamentally terrified of economics." - Gregg Pasquarelli, founding principal of New York’s SHoP Architects

“It’s not considered a ‘noble’ quality to want to have your design and profit from it at the same time.” - Dan Rockhill, Studio 804 / University of Kansas School of Architecture

“The NAAB guidelines are about 20 years behind the times regarding what an architect actually needs to thrive in practice” - Gregg Pasquarelli

Lots of great emerging programs and suggestions in this insightful article from Architect Magazine.