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CHAPTER XXIII

STATISTICS OF TEACHERS COLLEGES AND NORMAL SCHOOLS, 1923-24

CONTENTS.-Review of the statistics-Statistical summaries (Tables 1-21)-Teachers colleges Sessions, graduates, degrees conferred; instructors; students; property and income; expenditures (Tables 22-26)-State normal schools (Tables 27-31)-City normal schools (Tables 32-33)-Private normal schools (Tables 34-37).

This report contains statistics from 382 institutions engaged primarily in training teachers. It is supplemented by data from secondary schools showing the number of pupils in teacher-training courses, and from colleges and universities with a department of education, showing the number of college students preparing for the profession of teaching. Table 1 gives a summary by States of the number in teacher preparation in each type of school, and of the number of public-school teaching positions in each State. In a few States the number of teaching positions is for 1922.

The total number of these teaching positions is 742,172, and the number preparing to teach in the types of schools mentioned is reported as 418,533. Of this number, 253,747, or about 61 per cent, are enrolled in the regular sessions, and 191,311 in the summer sessions, both enrollments including 26,525 duplicates. If the regular students in these colleges attend the full four years, those in normal schools two years, and those in high schools one year, these institutions would be turning out 107,488 prospective teachers each year, or about one for every seven teaching positions. Taking the average training period as two years, 126,874 annual recruits would take care of all these teaching positions in six years.

Many do not teach, even after preparation, and some teach without formal training. There are always teachers to be found whose training was in some of the 212 colleges not included in this report, some from the better type of commercial and business schools, and some from other schools. There are also in the United States about 150,000 teaching positions in colleges and schools other than public schools. The work of supplying recruits for all these positions, and of improving those already employed is of vital importance.

The summer-school enrollment is composed of those already teaching who desire to improve their positions, those who wish to shorten the period of training by attending both regular sessions and summer sessions, and those who wish to use the summer school as a short course in the preparation of teaching.

It is difficult to analyze the situation with respect to each State, since so many students prepare in one State and later teach in another. Most States provide ample training facilities for those wishing to follow the profession of teaching. A study of columns 7 and 13 of Table 1 shows the following States with more than one-half as many students in teacher-training institutions preparing to teach as there are public-school teaching positions in those States: Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Kansas, Washington, Missouri, Michigan, Colorado, Alabama, South Dakota, Virginia, and Idaho. It is also possible to make comparisons between columns 11 or 12, and 13, but it must be kept in mind that column 11 includes those in institutions under private control, and 12 excludes students in summer sessions only, while 13 does not include teaching positions in schools other than public schools.

Table 2 gives a sex distribution of those preparing to teach and taking training in secondary schools and colleges. A study of this table and of Table 3 shows 81,718 men and 336,815 women in teacher training. Of the public-school teaching positions, 16.3 per cent are filled by men, and 19.5 per cent of those in teacher training are men. Better salaries are no doubt attracting more men toward the teaching profession, and the openings in other fields of work are perhaps taking women from the work of teaching.

Of the 382 institutions included in Table 3, 88 are teachers colleges, 108 State normal schools, 67 private normal schools, 29 city normals, . and 90 county normals. Since 1922 there has been an increase of 40,963 students in these schools. The increase in number taking teacher-training courses is 51,115. This is an increase of 25.5 per

cent for women, and 30.1 per cent for men.

The list of teachers colleges has been changed since 1922, the following 11 schools having been added:

State Teachers College, Chico, Calif.

State Teachers College, San Diego, Calif.

State Teachers College, San Francisco, Calif.

Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College, Bowling Green, Ky.

Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College, Richmond, Ky. Eastern State Teachers College, Madison, S. Dak.

State Normal School, Spearfish, S. Dak.

Sul Ross State Normal School, Alpine, Tex.

Stephen F. Austin Teachers College, Nacogdoches, Tex.

Concord State Normal School, Athens, W. Va.

State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

The following schools formerly on the teachers college list now appear elsewhere:

Chicago Teachers College, Chicago, Ill.

Tri-State College, Angola, Ind.

State Normal School, Buffalo, N. Y.

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TABLE 1.-Number of students in teacher-training courses, 1923-24

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Continental U. S. 53, 222 134, 431 79, 877 13, 065 35, 521 316, 116 82, 450 10, 074 1, 691 418, 533 301, 619 741, 109

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1 Students in county normal schools as follows: 509 in Michigan, 604 in Ohio, 1,511 in Wisconsin, included in column 11.

2 Students in private teachers colleges as follows: 504 in Illinois, 2,414 in Indiana, 2,680 in Tennessee, included in column 11.

3 Number of students registered in education, used for 12 institutions out of 87.

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TABLE 2.-Students in teacher-training courses in universities and colleges and in high schools, 1923-24

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TABLE 3.-Review of statistics of all teachers colleges and normal schools, 1900-1924

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