AACN’s Foundation for Academic Nursing Awards Funding to Study the Impact of Simulation on Student Transition to Practice The Foundation for Academic Nursing, the philanthropic arm of AACN, is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 recipients of the AACN Faculty Scholars Grant. Thursday, October 31, 2024 | Foundation, Membership Announcements
Rounds with Leadership: Seeking Solutions to the Faculty Shortage For nearly two decades, AACN has worked to quantify the shortage of nurse educators and its impact on pathways into the profession and nursing school enrollments. Released on October 3, AACN’s most recent survey of faculty vacancies in schools with baccalaureate and higher degree programs... Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | Education, Enrollment, Rounds with Leadership
AACN Rounds with Leadership: Boosting Your Capacity to Lead As nurse educators, we understand the importance of preparing new members of our profession to serve as expert caregivers, system innovators, and patient advocates. To thrive in these roles, nurses must develop as leaders in clinical settings, in boardrooms, and in all places where nurses impact... Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Professional Development, Rounds with Leadership
AACN and Bio-Oil® Launch New Scholarship to Support Nursing Students AACN and Bio-Oil® are pleased to announce the launch of a new scholarship program designed to support careers in labor and delivery nursing. Open to students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs at AACN member schools, the Bio-Oil® Labor of Love Scholarship will provide... Thursday, September 12, 2024 | Education, Foundation, Press Release, Scholarships
Excellence in Nursing: Awards to be Presented at AACN's Academic Nursing Leadership Conference At the 2024 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (ANLC), taking place on October 14-16, in Washington, DC, AACN will honor several individuals and member institutions with awards for their outstanding contributions to nursing education, research, and practice. Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Membership Announcements
Rounds with Leadership: Focusing on the Outcomes of NP Practice In September 2008, more than two dozen national nursing organizations, including AACN, joined with the Tri-Council for Nursing to commission a study on the impact that advanced practice registered nurses have on healthcare quality and patient outcomes. The need for this research was driven in... Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Education, Rounds with Leadership
Launch of 2024-2025 NursingCAS Application Cycle The 2024-2025 NursingCAS Application Cycle opened on August 8 to students applying for admission to nursing programs in the following semesters: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and Spring 2026. Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Education, Enrollment
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...