Teacher education programs continue to suffer 'death by a thousand cuts'

The University of South Florida shocked faculty members with its recent decision to close its College of Education, which has a large undergraduate population, and retain only a graduate program. The University of California, Davis’s teacher education program staved off a planned suspension due only to widespread outcry. Experts say that education programs -- long devalued on and off many campuses -- are under even greater threat in an era of COVID-19-related budget cuts. “Education...