{"id":1325,"date":"2012-04-12T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2020-12-24T00:17:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:17:54","slug":"educating-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/educating-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Educating the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Texas<\/a>The Texas Apartment Association (TAA) has been an advocate for the rental housing industry for decades. \u00a0They are also hard at work shaping the future of the industry, and developing the talent of new potential hires, through the TAA Education Foundation (TAAEF).<\/p>\n

The program started 10 years ago in response to an industry-wide need for qualified candidates to fill available positions.\u00a0 Today TAAEF is focused on supporting formalized training in residential property management (RPM) at all academic levels in higher education and on attracting disciplined talent to our industry, particularly from the military sector. The Foundation\u2019s flagship program at the University of North Texas in Denton includes a fully funded, industry-sponsored permanently endowed professorship at UNT to attract and educate top talent that could enter the profession at \u2013 or quickly advance to \u2013 the middle management or executive ranks in the industry.<\/p>\n

TAAEF has also recently provided support for the new University of Houston Graduate Real Estate Program and has been instrumental in the development of a multifamily curriculum. TAAEF also works with community colleges throughout the state to have leasing and maintenance programs available. Austin Community College is the latest to offer a new leasing course.<\/p>\n

\"three<\/a>Overarching program objectives include:<\/p>\n