The benefits of the book would be to:

1) raise the consciousness level within the teacher education profession by having educators who are highly respected by their colleagues come forth and present their case;

2) present a well-conceived and clearly articulated statement of their case;

3) provide a vision of what an appropriate role of colleges and universities may look like in a bestcase scenario, to provide a framework for institutions to review their programs and engage in introspection regarding their practices, relevance, and outcomes;

4) pull together the respected leadership in the profession and engage them in a common cause for the common good. To open up dialogue regarding the nature of the involvement in the enterprise, as well as delineation of future steps that need to be taken as part of a broader plan of action;

and 5) present for the role of the university the intellectual contribution it makes to creating a profession. Through this, Dr Roth believed, ‘We would be modeling exactly what we are proposing.’