A new study by professors from the Claremont Graduate University School of Educational Studies warns that the U.S. is on track for a severe shortage of doctors qualified in the field of special education in the next five years and beyond. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) - September 23, 2011 - Claremont, Calif. - A new study by professors from the Claremont Graduate University School of Educational Studies warns that the U radiation therapy school.S. is on track for a severe shortage doctors qualified in the field of special education in the next five years and beyond. The projected shortage will lead to thousands of students with disabilities underserved.The Faculty of Special Education Needs Assessment (SEFNA) was developed through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs Claremont Graduate University.The four-year study was initiated to determine whether the company the nation's special education had the infrastructure needed to produce the workforce needed to meet the educational needs of students with disabilities and their scarcity Job families.While have been reported for doctors in many other arenas, the field of special education has faced a persistent shortage of college and university professors for decades.Too few doctoral graduates are produced as the demand for new teachers is high.According SEFNA the report, it will be exacerbated over the next five years, where the granting of doctoral universities - those that produce the trainers' teachers who will produce the next generation of teachers - will lose 1 / 2 to 2 / 3 of their ability to retirement only and all special training programs prepare teachers will experience a turnover rate of 21% year. In addition, job searches for new faculty are robust.To meet expected demand, the universities that educate special education doctorates to more than triple the number of graduates produced annually now. "We were surprised by many of our results," said Deborah D
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