At Nursing School, bracing for hard times
An increase in applications does not always spell steady enrollment, and the Yale School of Nursing is embracing this fact. Staff reporters Raymond Carlson and Florence Dethy investigate.
As the decline in Yale’s endowment continues to affect budgets across the University, the Nursing School is crafting a conservative budget for the coming year, in case enrollment at the highly tuition-dependent school declines. While the school has a seen a 10 percent increase in applications this year, Yale School of Nursing Dean Margaret Grey said the school is planning for a possible...
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By (Anonymous)
8:54a.m. on April 15, 2009
Another problem is that the school cannot keep its best faculty members.
Economic recession makes it all the more crucial that any professors or students involved with health care honestly report any funding from the pharmaceutical or other profit-making companies. I hope the budget directors and professors report any connections at all.
Sen Grassley has focused on doctors, but not so much on nurses.