Accreditation,Teacher Education,and Virtual For- Profit Universities

Teacher-education programs at regionally accredited,
virtual, for-profit institutions of higher education
are a relatively new phenomenon. There is an absence
of research relating to external quality reviews of
teacher-education programs at institutions of higher
education. Connections between these universities as
well as their teacher-education programs with
federal and state policies were researched and
described in this study. The relationships these
universities have with one regional accreditor, the
North Central Association, is discussed as is the
universities' absence of relationships with the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE) and the Teacher Education
Accreditation Council (TEAC).

Autorentext

Kelly McNeal, PhD is an Assistant Professor who currently resides in New Jersey with her family. She completed her undergraduate education at Rutgers College and received her graduate degrees from Fordham University.

Klappentext

Teacher-education programs at regionally accredited, virtual, for-profit institutions of higher education are a relatively new phenomenon. There is an absence of research relating to external quality reviews of teacher-education programs at institutions of higher education. Connections between these universities as well as their teacher-education programs with federal and state policies were researched and described in this study. The relationships these universities have with one regional accreditor, the North Central Association, is discussed as is the universities' absence of relationships with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC).