This Week's Finds in Planning

This Week's Finds in Planning is the blog of Martin Krieger, Professor of Planning at the University of Southern California's School of Policy, Planning, and Development.

Expertise: Aural and photographic documentation of Southern California, planning theory and design theory, urban spatial processes

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Nov 20
Plus ca change...plus la meme chose-- : I am told that today's students do not respect authority, they feel that since they pay tuition they should be able to negotiate their grades, etc... I suspect that nothing much has changed over the...
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 20
"How can I improve my work?" : In general, you will get nowhere arguing with your instructor about the grammaticality of your writing, or whether your instructor gave you incorrect guidance ("you told me so")....
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 18
Outline, Don't Be Craven, Be Respectful : Two unrelated notes: 1. When you write something or prepare a presentation, whether it be a report, a memo, a love letter, or a speech--make a rough OUTLINE before you start drafting....
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 10
Learning the material... by being courageous and resourceful... : Recently, I helped a student work through some problem in the statistics for planning class. They wrote me, "Again, thank you for your patience and assistance....
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 8
Plagiarism or Theft in the Age of Google, Turnitin, and Competition : By chance, in the last day or two I have heard of several academic integrity violations. Namely, when papers and projects were checked with Turnitin or just Google, the source was discovered....
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 8
Doing Stronger Work. Be Resourceful and Ask Questions. No Excuses. Don't blame others. Be Autonomous. : 1. You need to draft, redraft, and polish. 2. Show your instructor your BEST work....
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 5
Professional Writing (even Seminars and Talks)--BLUF! (BOTTOM LINE UPFRONT), DIVIDE INTO UNITS, PROOFREAD, SPELLCHECK : In conversations with my colleagues, I realized that many of our students do not realize that most of their professional writing is for a busy audience: bosses, clients, community members, other schol...
This Week's Finds in Planning
Oct 27
Ways to Self-Destruct as a Student and Worker-- : 1. Some of you have now asked me for help with your data choice....
This Week's Finds in Planning