ABSTRACT
Soon after the publication of the Robbins Report the struggle for the control of the training colleges resumed. Initially Alexander concentrated on opposing Robbins' proposals for two ministries in the field of education, but several members of the Association of Education Committees (AEC) objected that he had conveyed the false impression that the Association had accepted the Robbins' solution for teacher training in a published letter to the Prime Minister. According to Richard Crossman, Stewart 'quietly accepted the departmental line' and the AEC also mentioned that there were 'those in the Department of Education and Science (DES) who strove as hard as anyone to keep the training colleges within the scope of the authorities who run the schools'. In 1966 Association of Teachers in Colleges and Departments of Education (ATCDE) and Conference of Institute of Directors (CID) consoled themselves with the thought that they had gained some concessions in the Study Group.
