{"id":7065,"date":"2018-10-04T11:57:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T15:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/?page_id=7065"},"modified":"2025-01-17T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T19:20:21","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/people\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Metropolitan College\u2019s commitment to accessibility removes many of the barriers that might discourage people from considering\u2014much less completing\u2014a solid and recognized graduate education in planning or urban affairs. As a result, you\u2019ll find a student body that is truly diverse, and a learning environment that\u2019s highly motivating and exciting. Part- and full-time students in the program include mid-career working professionals, as well as domestic and foreign traditional students who want to pursue graduate studies in the field.<\/p>\n<h3>MSCP and MSUA students at Metropolitan College benefit from:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"body-list\">\n<li>An emphasis on \u201cimmersive learning\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A focus on practical applications of theoretical concepts<\/li>\n<li>The kind of skill-based knowledge that\u2019s necessary for every emerging planner in the 21<sup>st<\/sup><span>\u00a0<\/span>century<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result, our graduates are critical, open-minded thinkers and creative, pragmatic problem solvers, with access to a network of area and regional employers, policymakers, and analysts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metropolitan College\u2019s commitment to accessibility removes many of the barriers that might discourage people from considering\u2014much less completing\u2014a solid and recognized graduate education in planning or urban affairs. As a result, you\u2019ll find a student body that is truly diverse, and a learning environment that\u2019s highly motivating and exciting. Part- and full-time students in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15307,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7065"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11012,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7065\/revisions\/11012"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cityplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}