Ohio Association of Private Colleges for Teacher Education

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OHIO ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF TEACHER EDUCATION (OAPCTE)

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While critical of teacher education in general, former Teacher’s College president, Arthur Levine noted, “Our data show that based on SAT scores, liberal arts colleges, [that educate teachers] constituting one-third of the education departments at baccalaureate institutions, are more selective in student admissions. They are more academically oriented, more rooted in the arts and science tradition, and a greater proportion of their faculty hold PhDs.”

Arthur Levine: Educating School Teachers, 2006, p.123.