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Faculty & Staff

Grants & Gifts

The American Dental Education Association has received a $672,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to expand an interactive Web site for students considering health careers. Explorehealthcareers.org offers information about various health professions. Bronx Community College (N.Y.) has received a $175,000 grant from the Bronx Gateway Fasttrack Unit Associates for PROJECT H.I.R.E., a pre-apprenticeship […]

July 11, 2007

Students

Tennessee college becomes battleground of words and wits: nineteen Shelby State nursing students dropped from program stir controversy – Shelby State Community College

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Higher education officials are locked in an unusual battle of words and wills with several state legislators here – all over a dispute about failed nursing students.

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Fayetteville State University Chancellor Resigns

RALEIGH N.C. Facing a financial audit and criticism over a new nursing program, Fayetteville State University’s chancellor announced Monday she will resign this month.

July 9, 2007

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Most Fayetteville State U. Nursing Students Fail Follow-up Course

FAYETTEVILLE N.C. Most of the nursing students at Fayetteville State University who didn’t graduate in May after failing an exit exam will not earn their degrees because they didn’t pass a follow-up course.

July 8, 2007

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NHTI to expand nursing program, alleviate nursing shortage

CONCORD N.H. A new building planned for New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord would expand the college’s in-demand nursing program and help alleviate the state’s nursing shortage, college officials say.

July 4, 2007

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LSU nursing school gets $1.2 M to train nurse anesthetists

NEW ORLEANS Louisiana State University’s nursing school is getting $1.2 million to boost the number of nurses trained to give anesthesia in the New Orleans area.

July 4, 2007

Community Colleges

Bishop State nursing director resigns

MOBILE Ala. Bishop State Community College’s nursing director resigned days after a report by the state two-year college system cited problems in her department.

July 2, 2007

Community Colleges

2 Ark. schools want to switch bonds to cover nursing school costs

LITTLE ROCK Two Arkansas universities want to shift money set aside by a statewide bond issue to help fund improvements to their nursing programs, as enrollment and interest climbs in the field.

June 24, 2007

Students

Seeking the cure – nursing program at South Carolina State University – special report: health sciences

ORANGEBURG, S.C. Facing the threat of closure, the nursing program at South Carolina State University is searching for a cure to its problem of low passing rates among graduates who take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).

June 23, 2007

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Education commission approves new nursing program, moratorium

MONTGOMERY Ala. One new Doctor of Nursing Practice program will be allowed in Alabama and there will be a three year moratorium on others under a recommendation approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education committee on Thursday after a lengthy and sometimes contentious debate.

June 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

UMDNJ’s New President Talks About His Vision

On July 1, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will welcome its first African-American president, William F. Owen Jr., an accomplished researcher and clinician.

June 20, 2007

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A man and his cello – black cellist Dr. Ronald Crutcher

To Dr. Ronald Crutcher, musicians should do more than aim for Carnegie Hall. They should be working to “lift the human spirit” through their music, and they should be doing that in schools, nursing homes, prisons — anywhere they can find and develop an audience.

June 15, 2007