New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter XX - Higher Education Services Corporation › Subchapter C - General Awards, Academic Performance Awards, Fellowships and Other Awards › Part 2201 - General Eligibility Criteria › Section 2201.5 - Senator patricia k. mcgee nursing faculty scholarship

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Authority. The provisions contained
				  within this regulation are made pursuant to authority granted to the Higher
				  Education Services Corporation in sections 653, 655, and
				  679-c  of the Education Law.
(b) Definitions. Faculty means a position
				  that is primarily teaching, rather than administrative or research.
(c) Eligibility. In addition to those
				  requirements already provided in sections 661 and
				  679-c  of the Education Law, these
				  additional requirements shall apply in the selection of the program recipients:
(1) applications for the Senator Patricia K.
				  McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarship shall be postmarked or electronically
				  transmitted no later than July 1st of each year, provided that this deadline
				  may be extended at the discretion of the corporation;
(2) applications shall be filed annually on
				  forms prescribed by the corporation;
(3) the pool of applicants shall be those who
				  have successfully met the filing deadline;
(4) the applicant shall have been accepted
				  into a master's level nursing faculty preparation program at an accredited
				  nursing school, or in a doctoral program that will qualify the applicant as
				  nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty, in the State of New York, at the
				  time of application. The corporation will waive the requirement that the
				  applicant be accepted into a "nursing faculty preparation program" until such
				  time as the commissioner approves programs with curriculum that comprises a
				  "nursing faculty preparation program";
(5) first priority shall be given to
				  applicants who have received payment of an award pursuant to section 679-c  of the Education Law in the prior
				  academic year;
(6) the applicant
				  shall have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher if the applicant has already
				  completed a semester in either a master's degree program in nursing, or in a
				  doctoral program that will qualify the applicant for nursing faculty or adjunct
				  clinical faculty; and
(7) the
				  following formula shall be used in determining award recipients:
(i) on a 4.0 scale, the applicant's final
				  grade point average received from the undergraduate nursing program where the
				  applicant received a diploma or degree in professional nursing;
(ii) on a 4.0 scale, the applicant's final
				  grade point average received from the nursing program where the applicant
				  received a master's degree in a nursing or nurse faculty curriculum;
(iii) on a 4.0 scale, the applicant's current
				  grade point average, provided that the applicant has already completed a
				  semester in a master's degree program in nursing, or a semester in a doctoral
				  program that will qualify the applicant for nursing faculty or adjunct clinical
				  faculty; and
(iv) on a scale of
				  0-10 for experience as a licensed registered professional nurse, where:
(a) 0 equals less than one year
				  experience;
(b) 2 equals one to
				  three years of experience;
(c) 5
				  equals three to five years of experience;
(d) 8 equals five to seven years of
				  experience; and
(e) 10 equals
				  greater than seven years of experience;
(v) the corporation shall add the points from
				  subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this paragraph and then rank the
				  eligible candidates based upon highest scores;
(vi) tie scores shall be decided by lottery,
				  as determined by the corporation. The lottery shall be conducted by random
				  selection;
(8)
				  successful applicants shall execute a service contract prescribed by the
				  corporation.