Q&A: College Head Reflects on Vt. Plan To Revamp Teacher Training

In August 1990, Richard P. Mills, Vermont's commissioner of education, and the state board of education challenged the 12 institutions in Vermont that educate teachers to devise a new process by which the state would approve their programs.

The charge followed changes made in 1989 to Vermont's licensure standards that required all graduates of teacher-education programs to have a liberal-arts major by July 1995.

Next month, the state board will vote on a recommendation by the institutions to create a "results oriented'' approach to teacher education. It is believed to be...