IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A PROGRAM LEADING TO A MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN NURSING AT SAGINAW VALLEY STATE COLLEGE. (VOLUMES I AND II) (MICHIGAN).
Contributors: Michigan State University.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Education, Adult and Continuing.
Description: Successful program development in higher education rests upon a comprehensive feasibility study that takes into account a variety of factors related to all constituent groups. A feasibility study provides a basis for decisions as to whether or not a proposed program is needed and whether or not sufficient resources and organizational climate exists to support the program. It is important therefore to insure that the study provide valid and useful information; that it is implemented efficiently; and that it is properly used. The purpose of this study was two-fold. First, to design a model for conducting a comprehensive feasibility study and then apply the model to determine the feasibility of the proposed graduate program at Saginaw Valley State College, and second, to evaluate the process and outcome.

School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences at Saginaw Valley State College (SVSC) has proposed to establish a graduate program leading to a Masters of Science degree in Nursing (MSN). The study was conducted over the fifty-mile area of SVSC during January-June, 1986. In order to obtain qualitative as well as quantitative data from all the constituent groups the study applied the model that included three data collection methods: Task Force Group, Survey, and Social Indicators.

Analysis of the results of all three data collection methods revealed that there is sufficient interest, resources, and support among all the constituent groups for the proposed graduate program.

The evaluation of the process and outcome of the feasibility study conducted by a set of standards identified by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation revealed that the majority of the standards were met.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-12, Section: A, page: 4265.

Thesis (PH.D.)--MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, 1986.

School code: 0128.