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Dr. Laurel Halloran, Ph.D., APRN |
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It is with great excitement that we announce this collaborative Ed.D.
in Nursing Education! To address the nursing shortage one must address
the nursing faculty shortage. A group of innovative faculty from
Western Connecticut State University and Southern Connecticut State
University envisioned a program to address this need. We are happy to
announce that our second cohort will be starting in Fall
2014.
Applications
and an application
checklist are now available on our nursing website. Why Western Connecticut State University for your Ed.D in Nursing Education?
It is important that we continue to promote academic progression and the
creation of new educational models that move graduates to advanced
degrees more efficiently. It is vital that we work to attract
nurses to careers in nursing education or we will continue to have
challenges in the nursing workforces of the future. Multiple
points of entry into the nursing profession and innovative educational
programs that provide opportunities for lifelong learning and academic
progression with result in a more educated and diverse workforce and an
increase in nurse educators. |
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| Dr.
Laurel Halloran Ed.D Coordinator halloranl@wcsu.edu |
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| Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Aronson
on receiving the 2012 Virginia H. Henderson Award for Outstanding Contribution to Nursing Research! |
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| Nursing faculty at Western
Connecticut State University (WCSU) and Southern Connecticut State
University (SCSU) have collaboratively developed a Doctorate in
Education (Ed.D.) in Nursing Education -- the only one of its kind in
the state of Connecticut and one of few across the country uniquely
designed to prepare nurses for academic faculty roles. The program, which builds on the Connecticut State University System's (CSUS) long-standing tradition of excellence in preparing educators and nurses, offers individuals with clinical expertise and a master's degree in nursing an innovative doctoral program focused on the necessary content and skills required to be effective faculty members, advance the science of nursing education, and transform the education of future nurses. To meet the needs of busy professionals, this program will be delivered primarily online through the use of synchronous and asynchronous learning modalities. Three, three-day on-campus residencies will be required before the start of the program and during each summer before the following Years 1 and 2 of the program. Summer Residency II for the 2012 cohort will be in June 2013. The overall purpose of this program is to prepare individuals for the faculty role in nursing education, At the end of the program, degree candidates will be able to: |
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The Ed.D. program objectives are consistent with WCSU's and SCSU's mission to educate students within a diverse, caring, and scholarly learning community dedicated to excellence. |
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PROGRAM COMPONENTS The proposed 51-credit program consists of five
major components, listed below in the required sequence: Foundations of Teaching in Higher Education
(each course is 3 credits; 9 credits total) • NUR 800 Ethical/Legal, Political and Social Issues
Affecting Higher Education • NUR 801 Theories of Teaching and Learning in Adult
and Higher Education • NUR 802 Methods of Teaching and Evaluation Specialization
in Nursing Education (each course is 3 credits; 9 credits total) • NUR 803 Curriculum Development, Implementation, and
Evaluation in Nursing • NUR 804 Nursing Faculty Role in Higher Education • NUR 805 Classroom, Clinical Teaching and Evaluation
in Nursing Education Leadership
in Nursing Education (each course is 3 credits; 9 credits total)
• NUR 806 Leadership Theories and Concepts • NUR 807 Leadership in Nursing Education • NUR 808 Doctoral Synthesis Science
of Nursing Education Research (each course is 3 credits; 12 credits
total)
• NUR 809 State of Science of Nursing Education
Research • NUR 810 Quantitative Methods in Nursing Education
Research • NUR 811 Qualitative Method in Nursing Education
Research • NUR 812 Statistical Analysis in Educational
Research Dissertation
Phase (each course is 3 credits; 9-12 credits total) • NUR 813 Dissertation Seminar • NUR 814 Dissertation Advisement I • NUR 815 Dissertation Advisement II • NUR 816 Dissertation Advisement III • NUR 817 Ongoing Dissertation Advisement |
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