2024-12-22T07:40:28-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/146807219/are-you-experienced-ncarb-changes-idp-to-axp-architectural-experience-program Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-01-28T13:03:00-05:00 >2019-06-10T13:30:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff8332bdd6e6141e1f09687d80eca72a.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>After announcing last summer that it would <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/127308891/ncarb-will-phase-out-the-intern-title" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"sunset" the term "intern"</a> from its nomenclature, NCARB has now begun enacting that transition with the Intern Development Program, which will be renamed the Architectural Experience Program (AXP). The change will become effective on June 29 of this year.</p> <p>NCARB is quick to remind architects (current and aspiring) that, as states still set their own terms for licensure, this update to the not-yet-an-architect label will not affect who may call themselves an "architect" &ndash; a term still reserved for those who are licensed. To minimize confusion, existing regulations that refer to the new AXP title will be accompanied by: "formerly known as the Intern Development Program, or IDP" &ndash; just like Prince.</p> <p>As for how to refer to actual people, NCARB is sticking with "aspiring architects" or "exam candidates" for those who aren't yet licensed, and "architects" for those who are, while also deferring to the authority of individual licensing boards to dec...</p>