In an op-ed piece, Paula Wood, dean of the College of Education , criticizes the State Board of Education's new system for evaluating colleges of education. She writes that "the new grading system encourages institutions to enroll the traditional, younger student who has enough financial resources to complete a program in a traditional period of time. It discourages institutions from enrolling nontraditional students who might require more time to get through a program due to life circumstances, but who might also make excellent teachers."