The UNC Policy Manual
400.1.7
Adopted
A report on nursing education by the
Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs contained the
following recommendations approved by the board:
1. That the Board of Governors again
confirm the President's plan to establish a UNC Nursing Transfer Study
Committee to make recommendations for a comprehensive plan to facilitate
further the transfer of RNs who do not hold the baccalaureate degree into BSN
programs in UNC institutions. An interim
report on the work of this committee is expected in January 1991, and a final
report in the spring of 1991;
2. That the Board of Governors
authorize the President to proceed with a special study of assigning to the
nursing programs at Winston-Salem State University the special mission of
dedicating its resources and facilities entirely to the education of RNs who
have graduated from associate degree and diploma programs, and to discontinue
the enrollment of generic nursing students. The President is further authorized to use
external consultants in making this study and to report his findings and
recommendations to the Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and
Programs by December 1990;
3. That the board affirm the
President's proposed policy with respect to passing rates on the licensing
examination; (1) a requirement that the President will consider, jointly with
the chancellor, an evaluation of the leadership, faculty, admissions policies
and the curriculum of any program whose graduates do not achieve for two
consecutive years an annual passing rate of 85 percent for first-time writers;
and (2) a requirement that the President will ask the board to initiate program
termination procedures for any program having a first-time passing rate of less
than 75 percent for two consecutive years;
4. That it be authorized by the Board
of Governors, as proposed by the President, to appoint a special subcommittee
to consider the relocation of the BSN program at North Carolina Central University
to Fayetteville State University to be operated as a joint program with
Pembroke State University. The
subcommittee would proceed as indicated in the President's report to make a
study, looking first at the availability of facilities, and would report to the
Planning Committee during the fall. The
Planning Committee would then report to the board by the end of this year; and
5. That the board authorize the
President to request that the Legislative Commission on Nursing consider the
establishment of a graduate fellowship program for North Carolina residents who
pursue a master's or doctoral study in nursing in UNC institutions, with
particular emphasis given to the recruitment of minority students for these
awards.