Douglas Porter

Universities are joining real estate with related business and design curriculums—and boosting their hands-on experiences for students.
The availability of online college degrees and certificates in real estate seems to increase every year. Students enrolled in such programs can acquire the skills necessary to work in commercial and corporate real estate companies—especially important because all states require licensing for some types of real estate transactions.
See what one man, the 2004 laureate of the J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, was able to accomplish through his commitment to developing mixed-income communities in central cities prone to decline and disinvestment.
There are many paths to earning university degrees in real estate development, and a wide variety of disciplines and subjects quite reasonably provide grist for that education mill.
There are many paths to earning a university degree in real estate development, and a wide variety of disciplines and subjects provide grist for that education mill.
Community programs to spur green development attracted lots of attention during the real estate boom in the early years of the 21st century. But in 2011, how are local efforts to spur green development faring? Read what a sampling of current city and county programs reveals about the many green projects that are on hold and the majority of programs that remain in force.
The Directory of Real Estate Development and Related Education Programs, 11th Edition, published by the Urban Land Institute, describes the main features of real estate education programs at 54 universities, all but nine located in the United States. Another 56 university programs, including those of 11 foreign institutions, are listed but not described. (Not listed are the numerous private institutions—some universities sponsor training programs that do not confer degrees—that provide courses needed for real estate sales and other licenses and certificates.)
Prospects for maintaining U.S. real estate education programs appear to be weathering the crisis in real estate finance.
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