Teacher-education programs at regionally accredited,
virtual, for-profit institutions of higher education
are a relatively new phenomenon. There is an absence
of research relating to external quality reviews of
teacher-education programs at institutions of higher
education. Connections between these universities as
well as their teacher-education programs with
federal and state policies were researched and
described in this study. The relationships these
universities have with one regional accreditor, the
North Central Association, is discussed as is the
universities' absence of relationships with the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE) and the Teacher Education
Accreditation Council (TEAC).
virtual, for-profit institutions of higher education
are a relatively new phenomenon. There is an absence
of research relating to external quality reviews of
teacher-education programs at institutions of higher
education. Connections between these universities as
well as their teacher-education programs with
federal and state policies were researched and
described in this study. The relationships these
universities have with one regional accreditor, the
North Central Association, is discussed as is the
universities' absence of relationships with the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE) and the Teacher Education
Accreditation Council (TEAC).