MU Enrollment Rates for Higher Education Teaching Programs Stay Steady, Despite Pandemic
This article originally appeared on KOMU 8 and is reprinted with permission.
Education programs across the country were presented with unforeseen challenges during the pandemic, in a career field that is already difficult to recruit for.
Despite these challenges, the University of Missouri’s program has not seen any impact on their enrollment numbers from the pandemic.
A survey conducted by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education found that 19% of undergraduate-level and 11% of graduate-level teaching programs saw a significant drop in enrollment this year, according to the New York Times.
Associate Dean for Student Success and Academic Affairs and Professor John Lannin said this is because of intentional outreach to prospective students.