Arkansas' Linda Hodges Announces Goals as President of Sreb Nursing Council.Education Editors & Opinion Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001 Linda Hodges, dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used Medical Sciences in Little Rock, has two major goals as the new president of the Southern Regional Education Board Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. "The council will have a priority of dealing with the severe shortage of nurse educators that is gripping our region. The current shortage of nurse educators -- and nurses -- can have a very negative effect on every American citizen," she said. Hodges, who has been a member of the council for 20 years, said the Southern Regional Education Board has provided a $50,000 planning grant to help the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing develop strategies to deal with the shortage of educators. She said the 16-state SREB region faces the same imminent shortage of nurse educators as does the nation. The national projection is that one-third of the nurse educators will retire before 2006. "That means we have to find faculty to fill a lot of holes." Hodges' second goal is to increase racial diversity in the nursing work force. "The disparity in the work force -- and in the educational institutions -- continues to exist. We must find ways to decrease that disparity." Hodges replaces Phyllis Horns of East Carolina University East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, intensive research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statue and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina as president of the council, the nation's only regional nursing organization. The council works to strengthen nursing education in 200 colleges and universities. The council's governing board has seven members: Linda Hodges, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is part of the University of Arkansas System, a state-run university in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The main campus is located in Little Rock. ; Frances C. Henderson, Alcorn State University Alcorn State University, located near Lorman, Mississippi, United States, is a public land grant university. It was founded in 1871 as the nation's first state-supported higher education institution for blacks. (Mississippi); Debra C. Davis, University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. ; Dorothy Powell, Howard University (Alabama); Patricia L. Starck, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center; Elizabeth Stullenbarger, University of Central Florida “UCF” redirects here. For other uses, see UCF (disambiguation). UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. UCF was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University with the goal of providing highly trained personnel to support the Kennedy ; and Deborah McNeil Whitehouse, Eastern Kentucky University Student Life The Eastern Kentucky University Office of Student Life works closely with Registered Student Organizations (RSO's), Greek Life, and Thursday Alternative Getaway (TAG). . |
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