At a recent meeting of the New York State Board of Regents Professional Practice Committee, regulatory changes permitting architectural interns to take the Architectural Record Exams Architect Registration Examination (ARE) concurrent with the Intern Development Program (IDP) were approved. Going into effect on 10.08.08, so long as an intern has a NAAB accredited degree (or a combination of education and experience equaling a NAAB accredited degree), and upon enrollment in the IDP with NCARB, and submission of a New York application and fee, he or she will be permitted to sit for the ARE. Check out the NCARB website at http://www.ncarb.org and NYS Education Department Office of the Professions' website at http://www.op.nysed.gov/arch.htm for more information.