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New Teacher Assignments by Michigan Teacher Preparation Institutions (December 2007)

New Teacher Assignments by Michigan Teacher Preparation Institutions 2005-06

The public and private teacher preparation institutions are ranked by the number of teachers who are employed in their first three years teaching based upon data reported by local districts. Also indicated are the relative proportions of elementary and secondary teachers assigned to the Michigan Merit Curriculum content area assignments (Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Sciences).

  Public Student Headcount Fall 2005 Relative Proportion in Student Population Number of New Teacher* Assignments
SY05-06
Relative Proportion in New Teacher Population
White 1,214,662 71.55% 15,751 90.81%
African American 343,752 20.25% 1,208 6.96%
Hispanic 73,552 4.33% 189 1.09%
Asian 41,275 2.43% 128 0.74%
American Indian 16,251 0.96% 36 0.21%
Multi-racial 8,108 0.48% 14 0.08%
Native Hawaiian 2.395 0.0% 19 0.11%
Total 1,697,600 100.00% 17,345 100.00%
* Number of teachers reported within their first three years of teaching

Public Institutions by Number of New Teacher Assignments 2005-06

  Institution Number of
Teachers
Secondary Education
Subject *
% Assigned to
Secondary Education **
General
Elementary
% Assigned to
General
Elementary**
1. Eastern Michigan Univ. 1,877 543 28.9% 480 25.6%
2. Western Michigan Univ. 1,782 497 27.9% 467 26.2%
3. Central Michigan University 1,638 533 32.5% 309 18.9%
4. Michigan State University 1,556 482 31.0% 434 27.9%
5. Wayne State University 1,543 438 28.4% 345 22.4%
6. Grand Valley State Univ. 1,172 342 29.2% 279 23.8%
7. Saginaw Valley State Univ. 874 365 41.8% 167 19.1%
8. Oakland University 862 304 35.3% 329 38.2%
9. Univ. of Mich. - Ann Arbor 573 270 47.1% 98 17.1%
10. Univ. of Mich. - Flint 440 193 43.9% 144 32.7%
11. Univ. of Mich. - Dearborn 421 196 46.6% 139 33.0%
12.. Northern Michigan Univ. 328 117 35.7% 56 17.1%
13. Ferris State University 251 97 38.6% 27 10.8%
14. Lake Superior State Univ. 123 42 34.1% 46 37.4%
15. Michigan Tech. Univ. 60 49 81.7% 0 0.0%
* Note: subjects falling under Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Sciences description (see below)
** Percentages reflect totals by institution, not state totals.

Private Institutions by Number of New Teacher Assignments 2005-06

  Institution Number of
Teachers
Secondary Education
Subject *
% Assigned to
Secondary Education **
General
Elementary
%  Assigned to  General
Elementary**
1. Aquinas College 355 92 25.9% 84 23.7%
2. Spring Arbor College 327 76 23.2% 118 36.1%
3. Hope College 233 78 33.5% 54 23.2%
4. Madonna University 219 54 24.7% 77 35.2%
5. University of Detroit Mercy 187 66 35.3% 42 22.5%
6. Marygrove College 166 66 39.8% 52 31.3%
7. Calvin College 156 33 21.2% 35 22.4%
8. Olivet College 140 53 37.9% 33 23.6%
9. Alma College 133 67 50.4% 15 11.3%
10. Siena Heights University 108 38 35.2% 21 19.4%
11. Adrian College 91 38 41.8% 14 15.4%
12. Cornerstone College 87 23 26.4% 23 26.4%
13. Albion College 61 23 37.7% 12 19.7%
14. Hillsdale College 34 13 38.2% 8 23.5%
15. Concordia College 31 9 29.0% 15 48.4%
16. Kalamazoo College 25 18 72.0% 0 0.0%
17. Andrews University 24 5 20.8% 4 16.7%
18. Nazareth College 3 2 66.7% 0 0.0%
* Note: subjects falling under Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Sciences description (see below)
** Percentages reflect totals by institution, not state totals.

Teacher Preparation Institutions Ranked by the Number of New Teachers Employed in Michigan Schools by Michigan Merit Curriculum Content Area

 Social Sciences
Public Institutions # Teachers
1. Eastern Michigan University 127
2. Central Michigan University 112
3. Western Michigan University 105
4. Michigan State University 100
5. Grand Valley State University 92
Private Institutions
1. Alma College 24
2. Hope College 23
3. Aquinas College 21
4. Olivet College 21
5. Spring Arbor College 20
Subjects include: Social Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Behavioral Studies, Environmental Studies, Religion, Philosophy, Humanities

Science
Public Institutions # Teachers
1. Wayne State University 137
2. Michigan State University 137
3. Eastern Michigan University 131
4. Central Michigan University 127
5. Western Michigan University 125
Private Institutions
1. Aquinas College 15
2. Alma College 15
3. University of Detroit Mercy 13
4. Hope College 13
5. Spring Arbor College 12
Subjects include: Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology-Earth Science, Astronomy, Integrated Science, Physical Science

Mathematics
Public Institutions # Teachers
1. Central Michigan University 123
2. Eastern Michigan University 117
3. Western Michigan University 110
4. Wayne State University 107
5. Michigan State University 102
Private Institutions
1. University of Detroit Mercy 26
2. Aquinas College 25
3. Spring Arbor College 24
4. Marygrove College 19
5. Hope College 17

Language Arts
Public Institutions # Teachers
1. Central Michigan University 171
2. Eastern Michigan University 168
3. Western Michigan University 157
4. Michigan State University 143
5. Wayne State University 113
Private Institutions
1. Aquinas College 31
2. Madonna University 27
3. Hope College 25
4. Spring Arbor College 20
5. Marygrove College 20
Subjects include: Communication Arts, Language Arts, English, Journalism, Speech, Reading

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