Program Founding, 1968-1978

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This series contains the program planning documents created during the process of establishing a Baccalaureate program of Nursing at Florida Technological University (UCF). Advisory Committee Meeting minutes contain information on which personnel served on the nursing planning board, as well as the content of the meetings.

Planning documents include the correspondence between FTU and other universities and colleges, the Board of Regents, and interoffice memoranda on the success of other nursing schools in the state, and the potential success of one at FTU. Additionally, there are potential program budget requirements and program costs to students, as well as statistics for prospective students in Central Florida. Also included is correspondence between FTU and students, both military and non-military, seeking a nursing program at the university, and an original application form for the program. Newspaper clippings concerning the future of a nursing school at FTU, the success of other schools, and the announcement of the founding of the Department of Nursing, as well as the proposal that was accepted to initiate the program, the bylaws, and copies of the mission statement, are also contained in this series.

The Program Review Consultant's Report contains the information sent to the State University System of Florida concerning the proposed program-- an analysis of the number and types of nurses needed, a study of all nursing programs at the university level in Florida, and the recommendations for implementing a program at UCF. The Subcommittee Report contains memoranda sent to staff concerning what criteria the nursing students would have to meet in order to receive credit for nursing education earned at other colleges, as well as how credit would be awarded through the program at UCF.

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