Title II
In October 1998, the U.S. Congress enacted amendments to the Higher Education Act (HEA). As amended, Title II of the HEA addressed the issue of the quality of teacher preparation by doing two things:
- It authorized new federal grant programs to support states, institutions of higher education, and their school district partners, in improving the recruitment, preparation and support of new teachers.
- Title II also included new accountability measures: reporting requirements for institutions and states on teacher preparation and licensing.
The University of Richmond Institutional Report contains:
- Program completer pass rates.
- Basic features of the teacher preparation program.
- Whether the teacher preparation program has been classified as "low performing".
- Supplemental information the institution believes is important to providing necessary context.