A recent 2026 report from Higher Ed Dive notes a steady decline in traditional education enrollments, while "Grow Your Own" and paid residency programs, according to the National Center for Teacher Residencies, are seeing a 12% increase.
For Discussion: Is the unpaid clinical semester an outdated relic of vocational gatekeeping? If your institution moved to a 100% paid residency model tomorrow, how would that change the quality and diversity of your candidate pool?
