Following a recent review, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education has notified the university's College of Education that its basic- and advanced-level professional programs remain in compliance with established standards. The process began with a college self-study and concluded with a site visit by a team of council examiners.
Enrolling more than 2,300 students during the 1996-97 school year, the education college is the university's second largest academic unit.
"In addition to gaining reaccreditation, we take pride in the fact that our elementary education and counselor education programs enroll the largest number of Mississippi State majors at the bachelor's- and graduate-degree levels, respectively," said Dean William H. Graves. Undergraduate elementary education enrollment was nearly 600; counselor education at the master's and doctoral levels, a total of more than 200.
The reaccreditation is valid for five years, the maximum period possible.
Graves said the college recently began placing a stronger emphasis on partnerships with the state's public schools and teachers. As examples, he cited the new Center for Educational Partnerships, the Mississippi World Class Teacher Project, and the college's association with the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History Natural Partners Program.
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