Special Education Teacher Training: A Comparative Profile

This article examines special education teacher preparation in three types of institutions of higher education—a small college, a medium-sized university, and a large doctoral-degree-granting university. A comparative profile of such programs is developed. The factors used in structuring the analyses included definition, areas of programmation emphasis, diversity of faculty, curricular flexibility, faculty-student ratio, relationship with regular education teacher education, resources, and attention to students. This comparison should provide framework for comparing training programs, both for prospective students and for program faculty.