Schools of education, currently faced with declining enrollments and mounting criticism from practitioners, must examine alternatives to their current modes of operation if they are to survive. In order to play a meaningful role in teacher training, institutions of higher education must collaborate with other educational institutions to provide inservice as well as preservice development activities. The New Jersey Mainstream Inservice Project, a cooperative effort among the state education agency, comprises 50 local education agencies and several colleges and universities and holds promise as a model for teacher training efforts and provides alternatives for faculty.
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