University Senate Proposed: February 1, 2008

Adopted: February 1, 2008

RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A PH.D. PROGRAM IN NURSING

(SCHOOL OF NURSING)

WHEREAS, The School of Nursing proposes to establish a program leading to a Ph.D. in Nursing, to replace the current program leading to a Doctor of Nursing Science, and

WHEREAS, the proposed Ph.D. Program is designed to prepare the highest level of nursing scholars for careers in clinical and health policy research, advance the body of knowledge essential to the practice of nursing, and prepare future leaders in the profession, and

WHEREAS, other institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and the University of California at San Francisco now offer Ph.D. programs in nursing, and

WHEREAS, this transition is consistent with the emergence of the Ph.D. as the accepted standard research degree in nursing, and

WHEREAS, the Ph.D. in nursing does not duplicate any other program in the University, and

WHEREAS, there is a national shortage of nursing faculty, and

WHEREAS, this proposal has been approved by the Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of the School of Nursing, and

WHEREAS, the Education Committee of the Senate has favorably reviewed the proposal,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the University Senate approve the proposed program and forward it to the Trustees for appropriate action with the proviso that the Education Committee will review the program in five years.

Proponent

Education Committee