A Closer Look at Program Selectivity Undergraduate elementary programs that take a proactive stance on high admissions standards
When teacher education programs are not housed in selective institutions, it is necessary for those programs to set admissions criteria that ensure most teacher candidates are drawn from the top half of college-going students. Programs can achieve this by setting a minimum SAT or ACT score criterion, by requiring a minimum GPA based on a candidate’s first two years of college coursework, or by requiring an additional standardized test with sufficient cut scores as a condition of admission. Programs can also intentionally admit a cohort of candidates that achieves a high average SAT or ACT score, or a high average GPA.
Out of 438 teacher education programs residing in less selective institutions, only 12 percent employ these additional admissions criteria. The 52 undergraduate elementary programs below earn an A or B on the Selection Criteria Standard based on their program’s admissions criteria.
AR Henderson State University IL University of Illinois at Chicago* DE Wilmington University IL University of Illinois Springfield* IA St. Ambrose University IL University of St. Francis* IL Aurora University* IL Western Illinois University IL Chicago State University MO College of the Ozarks* IL Dominican University* MO Fontbonne University* IL Eastern Illinois University MO Missouri Baptist University IL Elmhurst College* MO Missouri Southern State University IL Governors State University MO Missouri Valley College IL Greenville College* NY Five Towns College IL Illinois College* NY Long Island University – C. W. Post* IL Illinois State University* NY Nyack College IL Judson University* OH Heidelberg University* IL Kendall College OH Wilmington College IL Lewis University* PA Marywood University IL Millikin University* TN Maryville College IL Monmouth College TX Dallas Baptist University IL National Louis University TX Hardin-Simmons University IL North Park University* TX Lubbock Christian University IL Northeastern Illinois University TX McMurry University IL Quincy University TX Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi IL Rockford University TX University of Texas at Arlington IL Roosevelt University* TX University of Texas at El Paso IL Southern Illinois University Carbondale TX University of the Incarnate Word IL Southern Illinois University Edwardsville* WI University of Wisconsin – River Falls* IL Trinity Christian College* WV Marshall University
* These programs that set high admissions standards are also housed in highly or moderately selective institutions, earning an A or B for both the program’s and the institution’s selectivity.
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