The Beginning of the Teacher Pipeline: Which College Students Apply to Teacher Education Programs?

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Abstract

We use data from three universities in Washington to connect interest in education at the time of university application to eventual applications to teacher education programs (TEPs). Female students, White students, and students with lower SAT scores are substantially more likely to be interested in education at the time of application to universities, but less than half of these students eventually apply to a TEP at these universities. Yet conditional on interest at the point of university application, female students and White students are still more likely to apply to TEPs. This suggests that recruitment of students interested in education between university entrance and TEP application may be important for improving the gender and racial diversity of the teacher workforce.

Authors

• Dan Goldhaber, American Institutes for Research

• Roddy Theobald, American Institutes for Research

• Amy M. Roth McDuffie, Washington State University

• David Slavit, Washington State University - Vancouver

• Jennifer Dechaine, Central Washington University

• John Krieg, Western Washington University

• Vivien W. Chen, The State of Washington

• Emma Dewil, American Institutes for Research