Reply With QuoteFascinating. Glad to see that appropriate action was taken. Too bad for the students.
OK.....I had to post this: http://www.cwarkansas.com/news/local...MW59RJE3g.cspx
This year, all senior students in the nursing program at UAPB were note eligible to graduate because of a standardized test the school requires students to pass. Not all state schools require its nursing students pass the test.
Fox16 has learned the chair of the school’s nursing program has now resigned and after listening to students' complaints, the state nursing board has determined that UAPB’s program has inconsistencies in its grievance and grading process.
As a result of the board’s findings, UAPB will not be able to accept any new students for the next two years. School officials must also notify prospective students of the change and give them options of other programs. And, the school must hire a new nursing chair as well as an education consultant to review the program’s curriculum.
Current students in UAPB’s Nursing Program will be able to continue their courses until it’s time for them to graduate. But, the State Nursing Board says the school must have at least a 75 percent passing rate next year and the following year.
As it stands, the State Nursing Board is suspending the nursing program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and asking that strict requirements be implemented to help bring up student performance.
Fascinating. Glad to see that appropriate action was taken. Too bad for the students.
