A CASE STUDY OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MOUNT CARMEL COLLEGE OF NURSING (BACCALAUREATE DEGREE).
Contributors: Ohio State University.
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Education, Higher.; Education, Administration.
Description: Since 1984, 21 specialized (single-purpose) colleges of nursing offering the bachelor of science degree in nursing have come into being in the United States. There is a lack of information regarding the organizational development and issues encountered in the development of these institutions.

This study describes and analyzes the institutional development of Mount Carmel College of Nursing according to the framework developed by Nadler, Gerstein, and Shaw (1992). The institutional design process and analysis of selected issues encountered in the transformation of Mount Carmel School of Nursing, a three-year nondegree diploma-granting institution, to Mount Carmel College of Nursing, a specialized degree-granting institution of higher education is described.

During the transformation process, the School of Nursing closed in June 1993. The College enrolled its first class in August 1990 and graduated this class of students in May 1994. North Central Association regional accreditation was received by the College in August 1994, and the nursing program received accreditation by the National League for Nursing in March 1995.

The methodological approach to this case study was based largely on the methodology suggested by Yin (1989). The case study covered the time period from 1985 to March 1995.

Analysis of the development process and related issues in the development of Mount Carmel College of Nursing caused this writer to conclude that (a) the utilization of organizational design theory and (b) the use of an appropriate organizational design model would facilitate the development process of new institutions of higher education.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-02, Section: A, page: 0604.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1996.

School code: 0168.