Teacher-Education Accrediting Group’s Numbers Up to 20

By Bess Keller

The latest accreditations granted by the Teacher Education Accrediting Council bring the number of institutions with that stamp of approval to just 20, a figure that continues to be dwarfed by its rival’s list.

TEAC was incorporated in 1997 as an alternative to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, or NCATE, whose process was viewed by some as unnecessarily cumbersome and expensive.

“We had expected to have more accredited by this time,” conceded President Frank B. Murray, citing the struggle to get federal recognition, a move that was opposed by some of...

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