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Even teachers unions and universities, both bastions of traditional teacher training, have begun to inch their way onto the bandwagon. Illinois has begun to go with this flow, but just barely. Until 1997, the only way to start an alternative-certification program in Illinois was to win approval from the state s Teacher Certification Board, composed largely of union and university representatives. As a result, the state s handful of alternative programs are small scale. A four-year curriculum brings in a lot of money for a school, and so they are reluctant to get away from that.