Findings: Faculty expertise
Given the fact that this standard captures only the most egregious combinations of teaching assignments (ones that have faculty of non-clinical coursework teaching in multiple areas that are distinguished as distinct fields of professional expertise in all graduate education programs), the fact that fully a quarter of programs failed to meet the standard is notable.
Even more notable are the rationalizations provided for these disparate assignments. For example, one individual at National-Louis University has taught "The History and Philosophy of Education," "Human Learning and Development," "Teaching at the Secondary Level" and "Teaching Biology." National-Louis University did not provide evidence that this individual had the professional credentials to teach these disparate topics, or even think that relevant, but indicated that it had deliberately recruited individuals who 'started out teaching in another field" and assigned them courses across a range of disciplines in order to "monitor candidates' preparation in areas besides contents and methods."
