This study investigated the steep decline in college enrollment in Taiwan as a result of low birth rate, the current effects of this decline on teacher education, and the transitional struggles and future development of the discipline of education in normal universities. The results serve as a reference for future research in teacher education. Semi-structured interviews with tenured professors of a department of teacher education in a university in a remote area of Taiwan were conducted as the basis of qualitative research in this study. The results revealed that master’s programs in teacher education exhibited a lower enrollment rate than undergraduate programs in this field did. Low birth rate led to job vacancies remaining unfilled, resulting in an increased workload for faculty members. In addition, the transitional difficulties of the education discipline indicate that teacher education courses must be redesigned to increase their applicability and ensure that becoming a teacher remains the best career option for graduates of these programs.