New Accreditor Gaining Toehold in Teacher Ed.
The Teacher Education Accreditation Council, the self-described renegade that allows programs seeking its approval to set their own standards of quality, has now won a key endorsement: recognition as a national accrediting body by a Washington-based watchdog group.
In a move that supporters say shows the legitimacy of the upstart alternative to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation added TEAC's name this month to its list of more than 25 accreditors deemed worthy of providing rigorous evaluations of collegiate academic programs in their respective fields.
"Our critics, while conceding TEAC's clear benefits ... have argued that TEAC's system has nothing to do with accreditation," said Frank B. Murray, the president of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council, which has offices in Washington and Newark, Del. "TEAC's recognition by CHEA has settled that question. The CHEA recognition also gives confidence to our members that they are affiliated with a system that is on the cutting edge...
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