<p>I don't think it was unfair. Williams has no education department. No education professors. And no education courses.</p>
<p>I have not looked at the Education programs at Bryn Mawr, Smith, and Brown, but Swarthmore has an Education department, Education professors, and Education courses. Students can get Pennsylvania Secondary School certification entirely through the Education department at Swarthmore. They take all of their Education courses at Swarthmore. They do their 12 weeks of practice teaching (at suburban or urban publics or Phila Friends schools) for course credit at Swarthmore in programs arranged by Swarthmore and overseen by the Swarthmore Education department.</p>
<p>For Pennsylvania elementary school certification, they do all of the above (including practice teaching) and then take two courses in Language Arts Education and Teaching Reading in Eastern College summer school for a total cost of $2600. </p>
<p>This is pretty cut 'n dried. If you know, heading into college, that you want to study Education, why would you choose a college or university that doesn't have any Education professors or offer any Education courses?</p>