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However, some criticized Kain's shift away from the traditional planning curriculum. Francois C.D. Viglier, professor of City and Regional Planning and department chairman from 1969 to 1971, explains, "Planning is not a bunch of numbers. It deals basically with human beings and how they deal with space...
...direction of the department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) at the GSD--with one swift and dramatic stroke. McCue's boldness surprised many observers, but most believed it to be a logical response to the strife that has surrounded CRP for the past five years. Since John F. Kain, professor of Economics, took over as chairman of CRP in 1975, the department has taken an unabashedly nontraditional approach to urban planning. He shook up the basic curriculum required of all first-year planning students who entered Gund Hall. Heavily steeped in economic and political analysis, the courses included...
...Kain dismisses the criticisms of CRP. "Our graduates find very few employers who criticize us for being too quantitiative," he says, adding that "it's pretty hard to find a CRP department which doesn't do a lot of economics...
...Despite Kain's assertions, the American Planning Association (APA) last spring delayed renewal of its recognition of CRP because its reviewing committee thought the department did not have enough professional planners on its faculty and its core curriculum was not sufficiently "planning-oriented...
...John M. Kain, chairman of CRP, agrees with McCue's analysis, adding that "the move is not a new idea. It just seemed like it would never happen because of money and logistics." President Bok says he was unaware of the extent of the rift until last summer, when he toured the GSD during his search for a new dean. Discovering "two very different cultures within the school which were not interacting," Bok announced last fall his decision to transfer CRP to the K-School this July. Despite Kain's claim that such a step was long-awaited, many students...