Disposition of Urban Planning Students Toward Social Justice

What is it about?

This research surveys how graduate level urban planning students think about social justice and equity issues and how academic instruction in urban planning affects the disposition of students toward these issues and themes in the context of their development as urban planning professionals. Although the quantitative findings did not demonstrate that the graduate curriculum and instruction had any appreciable impact on student understanding and navigation of equity and social justice themes, the qualitative evidence did suggest that students are understanding and care about issues related to social justice and equity and were interested in incorporating those issues into their professional practice.

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Why is it important?

This research suggests that graduate urban planning instruction may fall short in helping students address social justice and equity issues in their professional practice.

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