RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An Historical Summary of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
JF Landscape Journal
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 108
OP 114
DO 10.3368/lj.16.1.108
VO 16
IS 1
A1 Hodges, Michael Richard
A1 Rutz, Miriam Easton
YR 1997
UL http://lj.uwpress.org/content/16/1/108.abstract
AB The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) can trace its beginnings to 1920, and for more than seventyyears, has been concerned with the content and quality of professional education in landscape architecture. The organization began as a relatively informal gathering of instructors of landscape architecture to exchange information, to hold annual meetings, to draft resolutions, and to publish reports. In the original formulation it was known as the National Conference on Instruction in Landscape Architecture (NCILA). The name was changed to the National Council of Instructors in Landscape Architecture (NCILA) when the first bylaws were adopted in 1964. In 1976 the name was changed to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). Highlights of the organization's conferences, activities, and personalities are mentioned. When looking at a seventy-year history of the organization, it is of interest to note how often the same issues have been addressed, with teaching ideas and techniques always a primary focus.