An Analysis of the Proposed National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

Abstract

This article is an abstract of an address delivered by Mr. Russell to the regional conferences held in Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D. C., on January 4 and 11, 1952, respectively. It relates directly to the preceding article concerning the proposal of a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Mr. Russell, former Assistant Commissioner for Higher Education, Office of Education, recently became Chancellor and Executive Secretary, New Mexico Board of Educational Finance. Perhaps no other person in America is quite so well qualified as Mr. Russell to appraise the weaknesses and strengths of the present system of accrediting institutions engaged in preparing teachers for the elementary and high schools of the nation. With equal effectiveness he draws upon his rich background of experience in contributing to the creation of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.