Numerous concerns about the supply of qualified teachers have been voiced by public and private administrators during recent years. Whether the supply of qualified teachers is adequate can be determined only by examining both the supply of teachers and the demand for teachers. This report provides information about one source of teachers, namely individuals who received a bachelor's degree in the 1983-1984 academic year and became newly qualified to teach in the ensuing year. Although the total number of bachelor's degree recipients in 1983-1984 increased 6 percent since 1976-1977, the proportion of graduates who became eligible or certified to teach showed a sharp decline during this time period. The relationship between field of qualification and the field of teaching is based on information gathered from teachers who obtained jobs within a year of being out of school. It suggests a great deal of mismatching between the resources available (teachers who are newly eligible, certified, or both) for classroom teaching and the actual utilization of these resources in the classroom.