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Slashes to the San Diego State budgetcaused the cancellation of an acceleratednursing program on June 18.

“The proposed SDSU accelerated pro-gram in nursing did not receive allrequired regulatory approvals,” accordingto the SDSU School of Nursing website.The California State University chancellordid not consent to the program despite 67students being admitted, many of whomhad made plans to attend and must nowfind another school.

Students have voiced their concerns aboutthe program’s elimination, worrying that itwill affect the nursing school’s reputation.

“This is hard; I definitely feel like this

was unorganized on SDSU’s part and defi-nitely not fair,” Nursing Senior DanielleHandy said. “To hear that that many peoplewere accepted and now they are unable toattend must be so discouraging and it doesnot represent the nursing program well.”

Handy said she believes this will put adamper on the program’s reputation, andpeople who want to come to SDSU will bedissuaded to attend. Handy also thinks itmakes the nursing program look unprofes-sional by accepting students before theprogram’s approval.

The nursing school faculty has alsobeen affected, as it spent the past yeardeveloping a quality program.

Dr. Catherine Todero, director of thenursing program at SDSU, said she wasvery disappointed to learn of the chancel-lor’s decision to not approve this program.

“It would have been a very good thingfor the people of San Diego and the stateto produce more baccalaureate-preparednurses for the health care workforce,”Todero wrote in an e-mail.

According to Todero, the intendedlearners were those who had alreadyearned a bachelor’s degree and were look-ing to change careers or could not findjobs with their current credentials.

During a time when California is under-going a nursing deficiency, Todero said thelong-range chronic shortage of nurses isnot complete and there will be a time inthe near future when there will be a highdemand for nurses.

“This is not on the immediate horizon,but one never says never. Providing moreoptions for baccalaureate and higher edu-cation for nurses has been my goal since

arriving at SDSU,” Todero said when askedif the nursing department will attempt toreapply for an accelerated program.

Unfortunately, those who wish to partic-ipate in an accelerated nursing program inthe city of San Diego will not be able to, asthe only other school that offers it,University of San Diego, has filled all of itsspots, according to The CW’s website.

The admitted students will be refundedthe $55 application fee or will be offeredspots in the traditional nursing program,which takes twice as long to complete as theaccelerated program. However, the accelerat-ed program would have been substantiallymore expensive than the cost of a traditionallearning program, Joanne Ling, director ofundergraduate student admissions, said.

Those currently in the traditional learn-ing program will not be affected by the cut.

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David J. Olender / Photo Editor

SDSU cancels accelerated nursing program

David J. Olender / Photo Editor