Here’s a professional pick-me-up: architecture is one of America’s most prestigious professions—the seventh-most, to be precise. In fact, according to the Harris Poll, a whopping 87 percent of Americans would encourage their child to pursue the occupation.

In spite of that flattering public opinion, the profession still has many hurdles to vault—diversity, gender equality, long working hours, and mounting student debt, to name a few. But, to borrow the words of Le Corbusier, architecture is a “learned game,” and where that learning begins, in today’s academic institutions, is ground zero for tackling some of those issues.