College Students Express Desire to Teach More than 10 percent of all college freshmen want to teach, according to a recent study by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA that was reported in a June 11 New York Times article. This is the highest proportion since the early 1970s and nearly twice as many as in 1982. From 1986-1996, the number of students obtaining master's degrees in eductaion rose by 31 percent, compared with 22 percent in other fields. Top liberal arts colleges have also reported a surge in the number of applicants who enroll in teacher education programs. The federal Department of Education has estimated that schools will need to hire 2.2 million teachers over the next 10 years to meet the rapid increase in the number of teachers retiring, rising enrollments and growing demands for smaller class size.
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