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Community colleges in CT seek to standardize nursing programs

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, August 23, 2007

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Next year, five community colleges in Connecticut will be offering students the same curriculum and admission requirements for their associate degree in nursing programs, the Hartford Courant reports.

The colleges include Naugatuck Valley Community College in Waterbury, Capital Community College in Hartford, Gateway Community College in North Haven, Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, and Norwalk Community College in Norwalk. Currently, each college has its own admissions process and nursing curriculum (ranging from four semesters to six semesters in length), but the programs are expected to become uniform in 2008. At this time, each school's program will comprise 68 credits in four semesters.

The uniform program, which officials say will not change the financial cost to students, has been in development over the last two years and was recently approved by the Connecticut Community Colleges Board of Trustees and the state's Department of Higher Education. There is expected to be a transitional plan in place during the first year to limit the adverse effects of the changes to students.

Source: The Hartford Courant

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