Show Utah Teacher Production Drops The output of Utah's preparation has shown a sharp overall drop even before quota system imposed by the State Board of Higher Education goes into According preliminary figures released by- Vere A. administrator of the Division of Instructional Support Utah State Board of individuals were recommended for initial certification to the State Board of Education between and by the six institutions compared to for the previous THIS represents a net decrease of nearly 13 The overall supply of new elementary teachers from Utah preparing institutions was down approximately 12 percent 1330 to while the decrease for secondary personnel was only about percent 1716 to HUE BALANCE of the decrease was in the category instructional where a change in reporting procedure apparently accounts for much of the dramatic 67 percent reduction to While the University of Utah reflected the sharpest reduction in the total number of teacher education part of the decrease was in the category where the change in reporting procedure took THE NUMBER of elementary education graduates was down percent while those prepared at the secondary level was up slightly Utah State University was down a total of percent to On the elementary level the decrease amounted to and secondary graduates were down by The Weber State College total was down slightly from to but a rather sharp decrease in elementary graduates was somewhat offset by a percent increase on the secondary SOUTHERN Utah State College was the only State institution to reflect an overall increase to or but elementary education graduates were down nearly 10 Taken as a Utah's four state-operated teacher education institutions graduated a total of fewer prospective teachers than a year or a decrease of The total decrease reported by the State institutions amounted to or on the elementary level and or on the secondary level The State's largest producer of Brigham Young showed a decrease of nearly 11 percent from 1036 to but much of the was in the PRIVATE institutions are not subject to the control of the State Board of Higher but BYU has indicated that some sort of quota restrictions will be implemented to parallel those imposed on Slate teacher preparing institutions which are scheduled to go into effect after |