Taylor And Indiana Wesleyan Universities Combine For Two-Degree Nursing Program

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Without a nursing program, Taylor University officials say the school has lost students. In order to stay competitive, Taylor has partnered with Indiana Wesleyan for a program that will let students earn two degrees in four years.

Bill Toll is the Dean of the School of Natural and Applied Sciences at Taylor. He says this partnership simply made sense for the university.

“They’re such a good partner because they’re so close, and we have a lot in common. We know people over there etc., so it just made a lot of sense that that would be where we would start.”

Students can enroll in this program as early as this fall. At Taylor, they will develop a strong foundation in the sciences. Then at Indiana Wesleyan, they’ll enter an accelerated nursing. Once finished, students will earn degrees in public health from Taylor and nursing from Indiana Wesleyan.

Read more: http://indianapublicradio.org/news/2017/07/taylor-and-indiana-wesleyan-universities-combine-for-two-degree-nursing-program/

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1. Our local private college

does something like this with my daughter's hospital affiliated nursing school (three years on campus and then four semesters (15 months) in the accelerated nursing program. It is a good idea. Most (if not all) the students from that college major in Biology.

Our local regional university is working on a program, but it was not in place before my daughter started the Nursing program. The Biology degree would add about two years to her program if she decided to get it (of course she did not optimize her course selection towards that degree - there could be some trimming involved if she had).

My daughter's Nursing program requires about 66 hours of statistics, science, social studies, and humanities before beginning the BSN program (plus a CNA course). Once you start the BSN program you can graduate in four semesters (15 months).