Online Education

Online Courses:

Designing and Implementing Property Tax Systems in Africa
This course provides an overview of property taxation and its role in fiscal decentralization, reviews current international practices and trends in developing and developed countries, discusses the implications of choosing different property tax bases, and examines the administrative realities inherent in any property tax system.

Two-Rate Taxation of Land and Buildings
This course presents a variety of political and economic views on the taxation of land and buildings. It reviews the rationale for applying different tax rates to land and buildings, describes the history of two-rate taxation in Pennsylvania, and discusses current issues in the assessment of land value.

Resolving Land Use Disputes
This online course presents an overview of a consensus building approach to resolving land use disputes. Course modules introduce the mutual gains approach and strategies for assessing land use disputes, designing public processes to address them, and deliberating productively in a multi-party environment.

Valuing Land Affected by Conservation Easements
This course introduces basic legal principles concerning conservation easements, including federal, state, and local legislation and regulations. It provides a special focus on their effect on land values and property taxes.

The New Model of Tax Administration
This course examines advanced statistical methods and new technology, such as spatial analysis and geographic information systems (GIS), that can improve the valuation of land and buildings for tax purposes.

Planning Fundamentals
An introductory planning course for members of planning boards, planning commissions, zoning boards, conservation boards, and other related planning positions.

Planning Fundamentals: Concepts in Land Use
A course focusing on the interplay between land use and transportation, and the market forces affecting land use.

Vermont Planning Fundamentals
Specifically tailored to planning needs in Vermont, this course is a supplemental course to the more comprehensive Planning Fundamentals; it serves as an example of how one state applies the principles described in the Planning Fundamentals course.

Introduction to New England Forests
This course explores the fundamentals of forest processes and active, private stewardship. It is designed for owners of small woodlands such as land trusts, local governments, and private landowners.

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