BSN State Review Recommendations for MDC BSN Proposal
Due Date
Dec 15,
2006
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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Service District need/demand (example: pages 29-30).
Include in Executive Summary.
Emphasize: Advantages of MDC offering BSN on its
own, more cost effectively, superior and extensive student
services, while serving large % of minorities.
Address gap analysis of unserved students (Table 5).
Include additional correspondence with other
colleges/universities received after August 1, 2006.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Demonstrate success of current baccalaureate programs
(enrollment and completion data trends (page 2). Include in
Executive Summary.
Emphasize information in Table 4 regarding penetrating the
minority population.
Table 7: How many area health care provider positions are
filled by Florida institutions? What is the specific nursing
shortage in the area?
Paragraph following Table 7: Add specific examples
regarding innovative scheduling and faculty support
provided to under-prepared students.
Page 7 and App. C2: Explain the anticipated impact on FIU
in reference to MDC’s proposed program/articulation
agreement
Page 8: Add results regarding SUCCEED grant funds in
increasing the number of MCC faculty and MDC AS nursing
enrollment.
Include chart to succinctly illustrate local unmet need: Area
universities’ nursing enrollment and capacity for nursing
students—does trend data support the other institutions’
assertion that they can accommodate more students?
Page 13: Conclusion should include: What % of MDC
students on financial aid? MDC offers more office hours—
are they offered during weekends and evenings? Do MDC
students have lower income and higher need than at other
are institutions:
Page 17, Point 3: Verify 60% not admitted due to lack of
capacity.
Add chart with information (also add to Executive
Summary).
Location in
12/15/2006
edited
document
Pages 7,
35, 36, 38
Executive
Summary
and Pages
4-8, 36, 39
Page 14
and
Appendix
Page 157
Executive
Summary
and Page 2
Pages 4 & 5
Pages 7
and 8
Pages 6 & 7
Page 11
Pages 1112
Pages 7-8
Executive
Summary
and pages
6-8, 17-19.
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Access ICUF and SUS reports regarding enrollment trends
Page 8
and ethnicity.
Include FRAG, FETPIP, and other accountability reports.
ANALYSIS OF WORKFORCE NEEDS/DEMANDS FOR BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM
1.
Review and incorporate information regarding Nursing
Pages 7,
Shortage (March 4, 2005)
29, 34-37
2.
Develop map which includes locations of local
Page 19
postsecondary institutions (public/private) and branch
campuses to illustrate MDC’s Medical Center location and
its proximity to the Medical Corridor.
3.
Page 22: Include Occupational Outlook Handbook
Page 7
Projections for Florida and Miami-Dade County.
4.
Page 23: Survey employers to provide information
Page 29
regarding why they stated that 80% indicated a greater
demand for BSN prepared nurses. How many vacancies
will they actually have at the time when graduates are ready
for the workforce.
5.
Pages 25, 26, 27: Compare MDC percentages with national Executive
data (12-16% nationally continue for BSN)
Summary
Of the 2610 MDC students who received the AS degree,
and Pages
and of the 394 who transferred, what happened to the other 32-33
2216 MDC students? Is there a captive audience of
students, ready to continue at the same institution where the All cites for
AS was earned?
Appendices
Include salient points in Executive Summary.
include
If Appendix is cited, include page number.
page
numbers.
6.
Page 29: Provide stats (by university) of students turned
Executive
away from other SE Florida institutions. Include in
Summary
Executive Summary.
and Pages
8, 35
7.
Provide detail on specific nursing faculty shortages in the
Executive
region. Include in Executive Summary.
Summary
and Pages
11-12 and
36
8.
Show percentage of minority nurses in service area. Include Page 36
in Ex. Summary.
ALIGNMENT WITH K-20 GOALS AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES
1.
Page 31, 2b: Combine data to show that MDC is able to
Executive
serve students. How many students receive financial aid?
Summary
Include data in Ex. Summary.
and Pages
18, 38
2.
Table 14: Do these tuition costs include the discounts
Page 38
provided by institutions?
3.
Page 33: Delete Imperative regarding highly qualified K-12
Deleted.
instructors.
Page 39
ACADEMIC CONTENT AND CURRICULUM
1.
Pages 133-135: Total credits 133
Page 133
Pages 139-140: Total credits 125.
deleted.
Have one curriculum outline, with total number of credits
Pages 42clarified.
43
Place curriculum within pages of document.
2.
Revise Page 37: “The proposed degree incorporates the
Pages 41,
AA and AS lower division courswork as the foundation of the 43
baccalaureate program……”
PROPOSED ENROLLMENT, PERFORMANCE, AND BUDGET PLANS
1.
Fees: $62.36 for 2006-07. Page 48: MDC=$62.84. Clarify Page 55
discrepancy.
(typo)
2.
Review 5% annual increase.
Page 55
and
Appendix Q
(page 156)
3.
Table 16: Show 2011-12 projection for universities in
Pages 7, 8,
section on Need and Demand.
and 11
4.
Table 16-Planned Performance: 70% will graduate
Page 53
annually. Clarify or modify information on table and bullets.
5.
Page 48: Projected Costs: $974,594 not reflected in
Page 55
Appendix Q (page 156)
6.
Appendix Q, VB, shows negative carry-forward. Recalculate Appendix
the budget to correct this.
Page 156.
Budget
reviewed by
EHLevering
for
accuracy.