Inside Syllabus - Q&A with Dr. Kathleen Reeves, President and CEO of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Inside this Syllabus Edition, you'll find a Q&A with Dr. Kathleen Reeves, President and CEO of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, information about AACN's 2024-2025 conference season, and how to Submit your Abstract. There is also the AACN Call for Nominations and details about... Thursday, July 25, 2024 | Newsletter, Syllabus
Jonas Nursing and AACN Announce New Cohort of Doctoral Nursing Students Selected as Jonas Scholars Today, Jonas Nursing, a leading supporter of doctoral nursing education in the U.S., and AACN are thrilled to announce the 2024-2026 cohort of Jonas Scholars, consisting of 63 promising doctoral students from 25 states. Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | Education, Press Release, Student News
Tri-Council Releases Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Nursing As part of nursing’s ongoing commitment to advance health equity and advocate for quality care, the Tri-Council for Nursing calls for unwavering support for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) within nursing education, practice and all other healthcare sectors. Friday, July 19, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Education
AACN Looks to the Senate as House Proposes Cuts and Consolidation of Programs Supporting Nursing Education and Research The House Appropriation Committee advanced their Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS-ED) spending bill by a vote of 31 to 25. This bill proposes steep cuts and consolidation of programs throughout the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and... Thursday, July 11, 2024 | Education, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release
Rounds with Leadership: Developing Nurse Well-Being and Leadership Moving to implement AACN’s 2021 Essentials presents an ideal opportunity for faculty to adapt nursing curriculum to ensure graduates are prepared for contemporary practice. As leaders throughout the healthcare system, today’s nurses are expected to help foster practice environments... Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | Grant Initiatives, Rounds with Leadership, Well-being
Rounds with Leadership: Moving Ahead with Essentials Implementation Three years ago, AACN members made a bold decision to transform the future of nursing education and practice. With the endorsement of The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education, academic nursing leaders took the first step toward implementing a new model and framework... Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Essentials, Rounds with Leadership
Explore AACN's Data Products and Services AACN’s Research and Data Center is the nation’s leading resource for data on baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and trends in academic nursing. Annually, it collects and disseminates crucial information to the nursing education community. This data includes details on... Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | Research & Data
Explore AACN's Data Products and Services AACN’s Research and Data Center is the nation’s leading resource for data on baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and trends in academic nursing. Annually, it collects and...
New AACN Data Points to Enrollment Challenges Facing U.S. Schools of Nursing New data released today by AACN show that sustaining student enrollment in baccalaureate and graduate programs continues to be a challenge at U.S. schools of nursing. Though enrollment in...
Data Spotlight: A Closer Look at PhD in Nursing Program Enrollment and Graduations In 2023, AACN reported a 4.1% decline in enrollment and a 4.8% decrease in graduation rates for research-focused doctoral nursing programs from 2021 to 2022, with the North Atlantic region...
Data Spotlight: Changes in Master’s Program Enrollments and Graduations In May 2023, AACN aacnounced a second consecutive year of decline at 9.45% on average, with the western region experiencing the most significant drop at 12.49%. Historically Black Colleges...
Data Spotlight: Declines in RN-to-BSN Program Enrollments For the fourth year in a row, enrollment in RN to Baccalaureate (RN-to-BSN) program have decreased. The 2022-2023 school year saw a 16.9% decline (19,871 students) in RN-BSN programs in schools...
Rounds with Leadership: A Closer Look at the AACN Data Earlier this month, AACN released findings from our Fall 2022 annual survey, which show declining student enrollment across nursing program levels. AACN staff are working to discern the causes of...