At this point the College remained only affiliated with the nearby University of Western Ontario.

The College contained over 14 different departments, many for the teachable subjects (math, history, art, etc.

Stabler served as Dean for the London Teacher's College (1969–74), including the merging period to 1976.

[3][4] Early teacher education at Althouse required students to enrol in Philosophy, History, and Psychology as separate foundations courses.

The students were not encouraged by this and complained the content was not relevant to their daily practice as teachers.

This teaching load, especially when philosophy of education was typically taught not only with lectures in the auditorium, but also smaller seminars rooms for discussion, was 'unsustainable'.