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There insufficient doctorally prepared faculty to meet the growing number of students seeking a career in nursing.
The technology and teaching models are available to increase the access of qualified candidates who desire a PhD in nursing.
There are not enough nursing students in the pipeline to meet the demand
* According to projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there will be more than one million vacant positions for registered nurses (RNs) by 2010 due to growth in demand for nursing care and net replacements due to retirement (Hecker, 2001).
* In 2002, an insufficient number of faculty was cited by 41.7 percent of responding schools as a reason for not accepting all qualified applicants (Berlin, Stennett, & Bednash, 2003a).
There are not enough graduate students in the potential faculty pipeline
* Although there are multiple factors contributing to the shortage of faculty, the impact of faculty age and retirement timelines coupled with an inadequate pool of younger faculty for replacement are the primary influences on future faculty availability.
* Mean age of nurses in doctoral programs in US is 46 years; mean age of all doctoral students in US is 33.7 years.
* Diversity in nursing graduate programs (gender and racial/) is very low at 5%.
Criteria for UWM College of Nursing to Launch On-Line PhD program
* The On-line PhD option must offer the same quality curriculum as our highly ranked on-campus doctoral program (UWM College of Nursing is ranked 29th nationally (n=300+) in the US News and World Report ratings of best graduate programs.
* The On-line option must be taught by the same faculty as the On-campus option.
* The caliber of the students accepted in the On-Line option must be as high as those accepted in the On-Campus option.
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