TEACHER EDUCATION CASE STUDY EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYThe U.S. national teacher shortage isn’t a secret. A recent Gallup poll reported that superintendents view recruiting and retaining quality teachers as their biggest challenge. 1 This challenge is often most acute in rural and low-income areas. 2 In North Carolina alone, over 10,000 new teachers will be needed to meet projections through 2020. 3 That makes overcoming the teacher shortage in the rural, eastern part of the state particularly difficult. Yet against the odds East Carolina University’s College of Education (COE) fulfills the University’s mission: “to be a national model for student success, public service and regional transformation.” They accomplish this mission by being one of the top producers of educat

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