UH Sugar Land Transition Team. UH Work Group Report

UH Sugar Land Transition Team UH Work Group Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1-7 ATTACHMENT E 1 UHSL TASK FORCE REPORT 8-11 ATTACHMENT E 2 UH BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING MINUTES 12-34 ATTACHMENT E 3 UH WORK GROUP ROSTER 35 ATTACHMENT E 4 WORK GROUP MEETING MINUTES 5/16/2014 36-42 ATTACHMENT E 5 WORK GROUP MEETING MINUTES 7/11/2014 43-53 ATTACHMENT E 6 SUB-GROUP ASSIGNMENTS 54-58 ATTACHMENT E 7 WORK GROUP MEETING MINUTES 9/26/2014 59-63 ATTACHMENT E 8 MASTER CALENDAR 64-77 SUB-GROUP ACTION PLANS 1. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD APPROVAL 78-79 ATTACHMENT 1-1 LETTER OF INTENT TO THECB 80 ATTACHMENT 1-2 NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEIGHBORING INSTITUTION 81 ATTACHMENT 1-3 TEACH-OUT AGREEMENT 82-83 ATTACHMENT 1-4 DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST FORM RN-BSN 84-97 ATTACHMENT 1-5 DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST FORM SECOND DEGREE BSN 98-111 ATTACHMENT 1-6 DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST FORM MSN EDUCATION 112-125 ATTACHMENT 1-7 DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST FORM MSN ADMINISTRATION 126-139 ATTACHMENT 1-8 DEGREE PROGRAM REQUEST FORM MSN FAMILY NURSING PRACTITIONER 140-153 2. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS COMMISSION ON COLLEGES APPROVAL FOR SUBSTANTIVE PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES 154-155 ATTACHMENT 2-1 UH LETTER OF INTENT 156-157 ATTACHMENT 2-2 UHV LETTER OF INTENT 158-159 ATTACHMENT 2-3 PROSPECTUS COVER LETTER 160 ATTACHMENT 2-4 SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE PROSPECTUS (APPENDICES IN ELECTRONIC FORM BY REQUEST) 161-177 ATTACHMENT 2-5 UHV-UH TEACH-OUT AGREEMENT 178-179 3. TUITION AND FEES 180-181 4. MARKETING WEBSITE 182 5. ENROLLMENT SERVICES 183-186

ATTACHMENT 5-1 ENROLLMENT SERVICES PROJECT PLAN & DEFINITIONS 187-189 ATTACHMENT 5-2 SON COURSE LISTINGS 190-193 ATTACHMENT 5-3 SON CLINICAL READINESS REQUIREMENTS 194-195 6. STUDENT RELATED ISSUES AND SERVICES 196-197 7. UHV SPACE REQUIREMENTS 198-200 8. HUMAN RESOURCES 201-202 ATTACHMENT 8-1 UHV SON ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 203 ATTACHMENT 8-2 UHV SON FACULTY ROSTER 204-208 9. CONTRACTS, LEGAL ISSUES, AND CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS 209 10. GRANTS, ENDOWMENTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SPECIAL FUNDING 210-211 ATTACHMENT 10-1 UHV SON EXISTING GRANTS AND ENDOWMENTS 212 ATTACHMENT 10-2 UHV SON EXISTING STUDENT FINANCIAL AID 213 11. LIBRARY RESOURCES 214-215 ATTACHMENTS 11-1 REQUESTED PURCHASES FOR UH SON 216-217 12. BOOKSTORE CONTRACT 218 13. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 219-222 ATTACHMENT 13-1 UHV SON COMPUTER INVENTORY 223-225 ATTACHMENT 13-2 UHV SON SOFTWARE INVENTORY 226 14. ACCREDITATION OF NURSING PROGRAM AND LICENSURE 227-228 ATTACHMENT 14-1 NOTICE TO TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING 229 ATTACHMENT 14-2 LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM TBN 230 15. FACULTY GOVERNANCE 231-232 16. UH ALUMNI, STUDENT ISSUES, STUDENT HONOR SOCIETIES 233

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1 UH Work Group Report Executive Summary History In their February 21, 2014 report to the UH System Board of Regents, the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force recommended that the existing nursing program at Sugar Land be transferred to the University of Houston and made part of the newly organized UH Health Sciences Center (Attachment 1). The minutes of the February 26, 2014 meeting of the UH System Board of Regents reports that the Board voted unanimously to approve and accept the recommendations from the Sugar Land Task Force (Attachment 2). The charge for the UH Work Group, one of four sub-committees reporting to the UH Sugar Land Transition Team Steering Committee, was to develop an action plan for transferring the nursing program from UHV to UH and to identify and mitigate any potential negative impact this transition would have on UH. The original charge was to complete the transition prior to the Fall semester 2014. The UH Work Group was composed of 24 members who represented the UH administration (primarily the Provost s office, enrollment services, the library and IT), the UH Victoria administration, the faculty of the UHV School of Nursing, and UHV nursing students and alumni (Attachment 3). In addition, a number of individuals with expertise in areas of concern served as consultants and provided valuable input into the group s deliberations. The Work Group held its first meeting on May 16 th on the Sugar Land campus; the primary aim of the first meeting was to identify critical issues associated with transferring the UHV nursing program to UH. During this meeting, the group identified a large range of issues that needed to be addressed prior to and during the nursing program transition. At the end of the meeting, individuals were charged with investigating specific issues related to the nursing program transfer (see meeting minutes, Attachment 4). The Work Group reconvened on July 11 th ; the aim of this meeting was to identify any additional actions that needed to be addressed and to review progress on previously identified transition issues. A key finding from the second meeting was that it would not be possible to meet the Fall 2014 time line for transferring the nursing program. In particular, consultations with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revealed that the SACS approval process would require a minimum of 6 months, effectively delaying the transfer to the Fall semester 2015 (Attachment 5). However, it was also clear that many of the actions required to transfer the nursing program had to be initiated immediately to ensure a smooth transition and that the transfer would be a positive experience for faculty, staff and students. Consequently, 17 sub-groups were formed to work out the logistics in key areas and charged with developing detailed action plans by September 1 st that outlined 1) what needed to be done to complete the transfer, 2) who was responsible for executing the specific actions, and 3) when the actions needed to be initiated and/or completed (Attachment 6). The Work Group met for the third time on September 26 th to review the draft report (meeting minutes Attachment 7) that once updated was submitted to the Executive Director of the Transition Team on October 5 th. Page 1

2 Action Plans Important issues associated with the transfer and the essential steps required to complete the transfer of the nursing program to UH are outlined below (for more details see the individual sub-group reports that follow this executive summary). The appendices for the sub-group reports contain related documents, critical information for sub-group actions, and listings of facts, individuals, contracts, and scholarships that will be addressed by the outlined actions. The sub-group issues that required relatively immediate actions are presented first, but each report addresses issues that will potentially have a significant impact on the success of the transition process. Although there is still much to be accomplished, thus far, all critical deadlines have been met and the transition plan is on schedule. A calendar noting critical dates for all actions is provided in Attachment 7. 1. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval According to the THECB s policies, the transfer of a teaching program between public universities is implemented by closing the program at the first institution and then opening a new program at the second institution. The essential actions required for a transfer include: A. Submitting a letter of intent from the Presidents of UHV and UH (submitted July 2014). B. Notifying other public institutions that the UHV nursing program will be transferred to UH (submitted July 2014) and responding to any objections received from neighboring institutions (August 2014). Note that no objections were received within the 30-day response period. C. Submitting a teach-out agreement between UHV and UH that assures the continuity of nursing students education (submitted September 2014). D. Submitting New Program Request Forms for each degree program (submitted September 2014). E. The proposed transfer will be considered during the April 2015 THECB meeting. 2. SACS Approval for Substantive Programmatic Changes For a SACSCOC-accredited institution that is acquiring a program from another institution or adding as a permanent location a site where a teach-out is being conducted must follow the procedures outlined below: A. The SACSCOC president must be notified in writing of the proposed change and the anticipated implementation data (submitted July 2014). B. UH must submit a prospectus describing the proposed changes and a teach-out plan/agreement for UHV nursing students (Submitted September 12, 2014). C. A complete change template must be submitted and a site visit scheduled within 6 months of implementation (Fall 2015). 3. Tuition/Fees For nursing students currently enrolled in the UHV program and for those students entering the UHV nursing program during the 2014-15 academic year, tuition and fees will be maintained at rates equivalent to those charged by UHV for a period of up to four Page 2

3 academic years. The UH nursing program tuition and fee schedule for new students entering the program in Fall 2015 will be submitted for approval by the UHS Board of Regents in October 2014. 4. Marketing and UH Nursing Website With the delay of the transition date from Fall 2014 to Fall 2015, UHV reactivated its marketing efforts to ensure appropriate enrollment in the UHV nursing program for FY15. UH will begin accepting applications for the Fall 2015 semester in January 2015. Prior to that time, the School of Nursing will work with the UH Enrollment Services and the Office of University Marketing and Communications to develop a marketing plan and the associated materials. Similarly, during the Fall 2014 semester, a new website must be developed for the UH School of Nursing that can effectively serve as a recruiting tool and an information center. 5. Student Enrollment Services at UH UH enrollment services will begin actively interacting with applicants for the UH nursing program and UHV transfer students in January 2015. Key actions include working with the appropriate UH committees to establish the nursing courses (including the study abroad program) and class schedules in the Fall 2015 course catalog, integrating NursingCAS (centralized application service) with the UH admissions process, developing strategies to transfer UHV students to UH that maintain privacy concerns and ensure continuation of financial aid, incorporating clinical readiness standards into the UH registration process, arranging for HSRT administration via the UH testing center, and developing an orientation program for nursing students in UHSL. 6. Student Services to be implemented by UHSL A board range of student services that are currently being provided by UHV will need to be implemented at UHSL. For example, new services associated with student recruitment, academic advising, financial aid, student health and wellness services, and behavioral health counseling must be established on the Sugar Land campus. These new services, many of which will also be utilized by other UH programs moving to UHSL, must be in alignment with UH policies/procedures. Some of these services will need to be implemented in early 2015 and will require additional resources from UH. 7. Nursing Space Requirements and Reallocation of UHSL Space The anticipated increase in nursing faculty and the relocation of nursing support services to UHSL necessitate an increase in space dedicated to the nursing program. By Fall 2016, the space dedicated to the UH nursing program will be expanded to include all of the offices in the west corner office suite on the third floor of Brazos Hall. This strategy will provide a total of 27 faculty/staff offices for the nursing program and provide convenient adjacencies for nursing faculty, staff, and administration. These changes in space utilization will require UHV faculty who are currently occupying many of these areas that will be utilized by the nursing program to be moved/relocated by the end of the Spring 2016 semester. Additional space within the Sugar Land facilities will also be needed for Fall 2015 to house expanded IT and student health services. Page 3

4 Following the transfer to UH, the nursing program will continue to utilize facilities on the UHV campus. In particular, the nursing program will continue to use IT intensive classrooms, the Johnson Patient Care Simulation Laboratory, and a small amount of office space. A rental agreement between UH and UHV for the continued use of this space should be in place by Fall 2015. 8. Human Resources The current faculty and staff of the UHV nursing program who will be affected by the transfer have been identified. For faculty and staff moving to UH, the transition, which primarily involves the identification of appropriate cost centers and changes in PeopleSoft, will take place on September 1, 2015. For the UHV nursing employees who are not transitioning to UH, UHV will try to find other positions for these individual within UHV (i.e., efforts will be made to ensure no one will be terminated as a result of the transition). The UHV nursing program has three ongoing faculty searches; successful candidates will also transfer to UH. UHV faculty who transfer to UH will join the UH faculty and hold the same rank and tenure status as they did at UHV. Given that the School of Nursing will be required to manage a greater range of financial issues when the transition is complete, the nursing program should hire a UH department business administrator by the end of the Spring 2015 semester. 9. Contracts, Clinical Affiliations and Other Legal Issues. A complete listing of warranties and legal and educational agreements involving the UHV nursing program has been compiled and those that must be transferred to UH have been identified. A timetable has been developed that specifies when UH must rework individual agreements with contract/affiliation partners to ensure uninterrupted services. 10. Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding The UHV nursing program is currently supported by numerous programmatic grants, scholarships and endowments. The funding programs that should move with the nursing program to UH have been identified and, where appropriate plans for working with donors regarding the potential transfer of funding programs to UH will be developed. The UHV nursing program is also currently supported by special line-item funding from the State of Texas. UHV has included a request to continue this funding stream in its Legislative Appropriations Request for the upcoming biennium. UH will include a similar request in its LAR for the subsequent biennium. 11. Library Resources To ensure that nursing faculty and students have access to all appropriate educational materials, the UH library has identified the library resources that will be required by the transition. Arrangements will be made to enable School of Nursing faculty and graduate students to also have access to the TMC library. The potential needs for future faculty are also being considered. Access to library material must be provided by the start of the Fall semester 2015. The UH library has already provided the UHV School of Nursing with letters documenting UH library support that are necessary to maintain accreditation for the nursing program. Page 4

5 12. Bookstore contracts UH is already in negotiations with the Barnes and Noble branch that is currently located on the Sugar Land campus to handle book requests associated with UH courses that are taught on the UHSL campus. Another goal of these negotiations is to establish an emergency book loan program for students attending classes at UHSL. In addition, strategies that will serve nursing students who are attending classes away from the UHSL campus (e.g., Victoria) are being developed. 13. Information Technology and Electronic Communications A UH UIT project manager has been designated to coordinate the transition of IT services from UHV to UH and to minimize disruptions to current services. The project manager will work with UHV nursing staff and faculty, as well as UHSL staff, to identify and develop strategies to: 1) integrate authentication processes for current user accounts and services, 2) migrate current content from files, websites, and lecture capture, 3) transition current e-mail and telephone communication services to the UH unified communications network, 4) integrate current application process with PeopleSoft and other UH academic processes, 5) migrate and enhance current software inventory to meet user needs. Integration of processes, migration of content and inventories, and transition of services will be completed by June 2015. It is likely that 2 additional IT staff will be required. 14. Accreditation of the UH Nursing Program and Licensure Issues The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) has been notified (July 2014) that the UHV nursing program is being transferred to UH. We have received verbal assurances that the accreditation of the nursing program will be maintained during the transfer to UH. However, a substantive change proposal must be submitted to CCNE in May 2015. The Texas Board of Nursing has also been notified about the transition of the nursing program to UH (July 2014). 15. Faculty Governance Guidelines outlining how the UHV nursing faculty will be integrated into the UH faculty governance system have been developed. Amendments to the UH Faculty Handbook and to the Constitution of the Faculty Senate that will accommodate the School of Nursing will be proposed for consideration in May 2015. The proposed School bylaws and the proposed student handbook for the School of Nursing will be submitted to the UH Provost for consideration in August 2015. 16. UHV Alumni and Student Issues During the FY15 academic year, UHV nursing alumni will be informed of the transfer of the nursing program to UH and invited to become members of the UH Alumni Association. In August 2015, the Nursing Honor Society at UHV will be closed; current Page 5

6 members of the honor society will be given emeritus status, and a new chapter of the Nursing Honor Society will be established at UH. Representatives of the UHV nursing program have been invited to participate in discussions concerning potential changes in the graduation ceremonies at UH. Impact on UH In terms of human resources the transition of the nursing program has short- and longterm consequences. It is difficult to estimate the total number of staff hours that will eventually be devoted to the development and execution of the action plans required to transfer the nursing program to UH. However, to date a substantial number of faculty and staff at both UH and UHV have spent much time working on the logistics of the transfer. However, thus far these activities have been accomplished by re-directing the work efforts of faculty and staff from their normal duties to the transition effort. In the long-term, the nursing program transfer will require UH to invest substantial human resources in the School of Nursing. One of the key reasons for transferring the nursing program was to support the expansion of the program to meet current and growing workforce demands and to develop new doctoral level degree programs (e.g., DNP, Doctor of Nursing Practice, PhD in Nursing Science). It is anticipated that following the transition to UH the nursing program will need an additional 10 tenure track faculty lines over the following five years. As detailed in the SACS proforma, increases in student enrollment in existing degree programs will support four to five new faculty lines. However, until nursing enrollment goals are attained, UH will be required to provide supplemental support during this growth period. An additional five to six faculty will be required to develop the anticipated doctoral degree programs and a Tier 1 research program. It is anticipated that these new faculty lines will eventually be supported by the new professional and research related doctoral programs. But again, UH will be required to provide supplemental funding to the SON during this developmental period. The total estimated supplement funding required to support just the existing degree programs for the first five years of operation is approximately $2.2M. New support personnel will also be required by the transfer of the nursing program to UH. For instance, it is expected that the School of Nursing will need to hire a school business administrator to manage the expanded budgetary and financial issues that will occur as a result of the transfer from UHV (approximately $100K annually). In several cases, needed new personnel will also be utilized by other UH programs that will eventually be housed at UHSL. For example, the influx of UH programs to the Sugar Land campus will necessitate an increase in IT staff (the costs for the SON is estimated to be $120K annually). In addition, UH must establish student health services and counseling and psychological services at UHSL. Both of these services will be utilized by all UH programs taught at UHSL and in the case of the health and wellness services potentially by students attending Wharton County Junior College programs at UHSL. The Work Group is currently exploring potential ways to reduce the costs of providing these services at UHSL. In particular, it may be possible to partner with a private health care provider to establish a student health center on the Sugar Land campus. Page 6

7 Alternatively, the nursing program could establish a health service staffed by nurse practitioners. In addition to potential cost savings, a UH staffed facility could provide new educational opportunities for nursing students. Regardless, it is expected that the costs for additional student services will largely be offset by student fees. The expansion of library and learning resources required to support the addition of the School of Nursing to UH will result in recurring annual costs of approximately $120,000 per year. These costs will be mitigated in part by student fees charged to UH nursing students. However, the fact that students who transfer to UH from UHV will be paying tuition and fees equivalent to those of UHV students will require UH to provide supplemental funds until the transferring nursing students have graduated. There will also be facility costs with the transition of the nursing program to UH. In addition to the loss of fees paid by UHV for the use of the UHSL facilities, UH will begin paying the costs for leasing space in UHV and the Woodlands. The details of the lease arrangements with UHV are not known. Following the transition, the human resource costs associated with adding the nursing faculty and staff to the UH payroll is not expected to be significant. Similarly adding several hundred nursing students to the total UH enrollment is not likely to require expanding enrollment services personnel in a substantial manner. Attachments 1. UHS Sugar Land Task Force Report 2. UHS BOR minutes 3. UH Work Group roster 4. Work Group meeting minutes (5/16/14) 5. Work Group meeting minutes (7/11/14) 6. Subgroup Assignments 7. Work Group meeting minutes (9/26/14) 8. Master Calendar Page 7

Attachment: E-1 8 Final Report of the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force February 21, 2014 Overview In fall 2013, UH System Chancellor and University of Houston President Renu Khator announced plans to implement a major change in the delivery of off-campus instruction: to make the University of Houston the sole UHS institution delivering programs at the Sugar Land campus. To that end, the university is planning to expand or launch 22 programs in Sugar Land and relocate a large segment of its College of Technology to the campus (see Appendix I. New and Expanded University of Houston Degree Programs). As a first step in this process, the Chancellor/President appointed the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force to examine the issues involved in such a major undertaking, in order to ensure that the best interests of students, the community, and the UH System were being served. Chaired by Welcome Wilson, Sr., former Chair of the UH System Board of Regents, the UH Sugar Land Task Force included leaders from the University of Houston System, Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, and Victoria communities (see Appendix II. University of Houston-Sugar Land Task Force Members). Over the past two months, the Task Force has developed the following recommendations to guide the planning and implementation of this initiative. Recommendations: In fall 2014, the UH System should begin implementing a multi-year plan (2-5 years) through which the University of Houston will become the exclusive provider of baccalaureate and graduate programs at the Sugar Land campus, consistent with the UHS Board of Regents decision to transfer campus administration to UH. In the implementation of this change, it is of great importance that no current student be left stranded, that no existing faculty contract be violated, and that the University of Houston-Victoria be furnished with adequate funds to carry out its important mission to become a destination university in the city of Victoria. Over the course of the implementation period, as the University of Houston expands program delivery in Sugar Land, UH-Victoria and UH-Clear Lake will incrementally cease program delivery at the campus and will have the opportunity to shift some of their programs to another UH System teaching center or deliver them fully online. The success of the UHV nursing program is highly dependent upon its facilities in Sugar Land. It is important that the nursing program at Sugar Land be expanded to include master s and doctoral degrees. It is also important that these programs continue to be conducted in metropolitan Houston near the Texas Medical Center. For these reasons, and consistent with the Sugar Land Task Force Nursing Subcommittee s recommendation, this Task Force recommends that the existing nursing program at Sugar Land be transferred to the University of Houston and made part of its newly organized UH Health Science Center. This does not preclude UHV continuing with certain nursing programs in Victoria or elsewhere. In addition to degree programs, the University of Houston should deliver select certificate programs at the Sugar Land campus to meet local workforce needs.

9 Suggestions for the Implementation Plan The changes envisioned in the recommendations above will require careful planning to ensure that student access, degree completion, enrollment and revenue are maintained and that the end result of this initiative constitutes an improvement in services for the students, universities, and communities involved. To achieve these ends, the UH Sugar Land Task Force recommends that the UH System include the following components in its Sugar Land implementation plan: 1. Transition Plan: The expansion of UH programs in Sugar Land and a corresponding transfer of some UH-Victoria and UH-Clear Lake programs to other locations or delivery modes must be timed and orchestrated in a way that provides continuity in course and program availability, faculty and staff resources, enrollment, and revenue. The transition plan should specify how and in what time-frame this will be accomplished. 2. Location/Delivery Mode Plan: The planned transition will require some level of renovation at the Sugar Land campus to accommodate incoming UH programs and faculty, as will the shift of some UHV programs to another location or mode of delivery (e.g., fully online). The location/delivery mode plan should identify and evaluate delivery options for UHV, as well as renovation needs at the Sugar Land campus. Board of Regents With the submission of this report, the work of this UH Sugar Land Task Force is complete. When approved or modified by the Board of Regents at its meeting on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, it is recommended that the work on a detailed implementation plan should begin immediately by the University of Houston System staff.

10 Appendix I. New and Expanded University of Houston Degree Programs Bauer College of Business Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Master of Business Administration (MBA) College of Education Instructional Technology, M.S. EC-6 Instruction, B.S. Elementary Education, M.Ed. Teach to Lead (Curriculum & Instruction Masters) Administration and Supervision (K-12 Leadership), M.Ed. Higher Education (Online), M.Ed. Professional Leadership, Ed.D. Health, B.S. HDFS, B.S. Masters in Counseling Special Education, M.Ed. Educational Diagnostician Certification College of Technology Digital Media Communications, B.S. Computer Engineering Technology, B.S. Computer Information Systems, B.S. Construction Management, B.S. Consumer Science and Merchandising, B.S. Organizational Leadership and Supervision, B.S. Logistics and Supply Chain Management Technology, B.S. Executive Program in Human Resource Development, M.S.

11 Appendix II. University of Houston-Sugar Land Task Force Members Welcome Wilson, Sr., Task Force Chair and Former Chair, UH System Board of Regents Robert Hebert, Fort Bend County Judge Janet Leatherwood, UH-Victoria President s Regional Advisory Board Member and Vice President/CNO Sugar Land Methodist Hospital Kristen Lindley, Former UH System Student Regent/UH-Victoria alum Omar Rachid, UH-Victoria President s Regional Advisory Board Chair Paula Short, UH System Senior Vice Chancellor/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost James Thompson, Mayor, City of Sugar Land Roger Welder, UH System Regent

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Attachment: E-3 35 Attachment 3: UH Work Group Members University of Houston Earl Smith, Interim Chief Health Officer, Work Group Chair Dana Green, Administrative Assistant, Health Sciences Center Craig Ness, Associate Provost, Finance and Administration Joan Nelson, Assistant Vice Provost, Human Resources Scott Sawyer, Director Enrollment Services, Integration Gayle King, Director Enrollment Management Production Marilyn Myers, Associate Librarian Dick Philips, Associate Vice Chancellor for Systems Initiatives John McKee, Manager, UH System Ctr Technical Services Mark Roskey, IT Systems Analyst University of Houston Victoria Jeffery Cass, Provost Wayne Beran, Vice President, Finance and Administration Kathryn Tart, Dean School of Nursing Kathleen Reeve, Faculty School of Nursing Lisette Barton, Faculty School of Nursing Sandra McNeely, Faculty School of Nursing Terry Kirk, Faculty School of Nursing Pattie Schrader, Faculty School of Nursing Blanche De Leon, Alumna School of Nursing Debra Bayliss, Student School of Nursing Robert Tonsul, IT Support, School of Nursing, Blackboard Joan Bauman, Administrative Assistant School of Nursing Tammy Whatley, Manager, Student Recruitment and Marketing, Nursing Nikki Wilmoth, Senior Administrative Assistant Significant Consultants Chris Stanich, UH Associate Provost, Institutional Analysis and Planning Miguel Ramos, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Assessment & Accreditation María-Elena Soliño, President, UH Faculty Senate

36 Attachment: E 4 Attachment 4 UH Work Group Meeting Minutes May 16, 2014 University of Houston Sugar Land, 14000 University Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479 Brazos Hall Room: 301A Members Present: Earl Smith, Kathryn Tart, Dana Rooks, Dick Philips, Jeffrey Cass, Wayne Beran, Terry Kirk, Pattie Schrader, Marilyn Myers, Joan Nelson, Scott Sawyer, Mark Roskey, Debra Bayliss, Kay Reeve, Tammy Whatley, Blanche De Leon, Joan Bauman Item Discussion Action Call to Order Meeting called to order by Dr. Smith at 10:31 AM Introductions Everyone introduced themselves Committee Charge 1. Develop the logistics of transferring the nursing program from UHV to UH. 2. Identifying those individuals who will be impacted by the change and working to ensure a smooth transition to avoid any negative impact to Faculty, Students and Staff. Review Committee Directions General directions sent out earlier. Deliberations are confidential. Any communications are to go through Richie Hunter, Dana Rooks, or Paula Short. Review of handouts -Agenda, Issues, Individuals on Team and UH Sugar Land Transition Team Diagram reviewed. The decision has been made the nursing program will be transferred in its entirety to UH. Students in program will be UH with UH financial aid. UH Nursing will maintain a presence in Victoria including both the RN-BSN and the Master s programs. UH will work with Victoria on the use of facilities. Administrative issues must be identified quickly. Nursing program will be transferred to UH for Fall semester with a September 1 st payroll. The president has asked for a report by October 15th. Our target is to have the transition completed prior to the start of the Fall 2014 semester when Faculty, Students and Staff will all be part of UH. 1

37 Develop Timetable Issues to be addressed: Human Resources Library Victoria would like a 4 year nursing program and possibly on online program. How does UHV get to be a destination university? These are items best addressed in C. Alcorn s committee they fall outside the purview of this group. These issues should be part of the comprehensive recommendations in the end. How Victoria exits Sugar Land is very complex and we have to be sure the students in the programs here are not harmed. Identify student services issues, recruitment, enrollment, registration, financial aid. Folks moving from Victoria to Sugar Land, those who are not moving these positions will require review and payroll issues including Faculty, Staff and Students. Marilyn is here to assist with the library. UHV has costs associated with some resources in Victoria library. Have to drill down on each contact to determine what the costs are. Key titles have been identified Identify Contracts, budgets and grants that will have to be rerouted. Responsible: Beran, Tart, Cass, Nelson, Laura Smith Review Job descriptions This should be complete by the end of June. Library Resources Responsible: Myers, Tart, Beran, Short, Ness and costs need to be determined. Health Studies degree Will remain in Victoria for downward expansion and freshmen. Assign to another School at UHV Responsible: Cass Grants Grants for Nursing Line item for $1 Million in the LAR Responsible: Smith, Beran, Ness. Submitted in July and October by UH Central Communications Student Enrollment Services Email addresses and access to everyone must be put in the UH system. Phones, Computers, would all be moved to UH. The phones are local phones billed to UHV; however in the next two months UHS will be moving to a new phone system. Need to identify all the hardware all the software licenses and all the communications issues that are billed through UHV. If the hardware is purchased by UHV we ll need to look at those components. There will still be a UHV presence in Sugar Land for the near future. PeopleSoft has each institution separate. Will require student permission to transfer from UHV to UH, and authorize release of information to UH for financial aid assistance, too. It will be tight, but we want a process and communications sooner rather than later. May Responsible: Beran, McKee, Wilmoth Responsible: Sawyer, Ness, Whatley Students will be identified. 2

38 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board be able to do in one communication. Steve Soutullo, AVP of enrollment services, may be able to assist us in the next two weeks. This would be a June activity. Need to work with institutional research and supporting, because we have to set up the framework. We must develop something to go out to student applicants and for matriculated students. UHV uses Nursing CAS for applications, they go through our selection process and then we open the ATA for a period of time for the student to apply to UHV. Opening and closing the program through the THECB is the mechanism of transfer for the SON. Transfer necessitates moving all students to UH. No change in scope and operation of the program. Students will not see a thing aside from a banner change. In the Woodland we have RN-BSN gram. In Cinco Rand RN-BSN and Masters. Second degree program, RN-BSN and Masters programs in Sugar Land. In Victoria we have RN-BSN and Masters. We are admitting a summer cohort in Victoria and The Woodlands. We partner with community colleges. If there are employees in Victoria who will be migrating to SL we need to identify and help them. Joan will work with Laura Smith regarding people whose positions no longer exist in Victoria to transition folks. HR will look at positions themselves and then grade. UH can work with other organizations to upload their information to PeopleSoft; however, that will most likely not be an option for Fall 2014. The UH system would provide the admitted pool as well as those declined. Need to look at the data file from Nursing CAS and work on it. There may be some manual entry the first year. Students currently enrolled in program will have a UH degree. Responsible: Short, Cass Submit required paperwork to THECB Responsible: Sawyer, Whatley will work to identify students and academic structure and financial aid. Nursing to keep the modeling what we have now with faculty and the students. The School of Nursing to keep students, programs and curriculum where they are at all sites Victoria, Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, The Woodlands. Responsible: Nelson, Laura Smith. Budgetary switches can be done the following payroll cycle once she gets names. If we have identified by June or 3

39 Recruiting/Marketing: UHV facilities UHSL Space Contracts The majority of positions will be new at UH. Should UHV be switching the recruiting and marketing to UH? We will want to look at prospects, maybe not for fall but later semesters. Admissions, Financial Aid and recruiting are all involved and testing will be very important. UH Marketing may want to become involved at this time. UHV uses the Board of Nursing mailing list for RN-BSN and Masters marketing. There will not be any difficulty with the continued use of the UHV facilities in Victoria for the RN-BSN and Masters programs. There is a foundation donor with the simulation lab and everyone is on board with allowing the continued use of the lab. UHV not concerned about facilities costs at this time. Perhaps this might need to go on a list of items. There has been no discussion on the re-allocation of space. Nursing is the pioneer. There are 22 programs from UH to move to UHSL. Both Nursing and UH Faculty will require more space. Nursing needs ITV capabilities to offer programs. No additional classrooms will be converted to office space. Wharton County is also out of space. WCJC has a 20 year lease with 2 ten year renewals for 66% of this building. UHV allocations for this building have already been done for Fall of 2014. This may need to be revised on percentage of credit hours offered. This transition group will impact other departments. UH-Clear Lake may be moving some programs to Pearland prior to Victoria vacating. Library and IT resources will need to be improved. Clinical sites, grants, payroll. One contract that will impact immediately is the Woodlands, which has not been signed. It is nineteen thousand dollars for Tuesday and Thursday lease. If we are thinking of bring other programs out to the Woodlands it should be reviewed with Kurt Czupryn. That may allow an MBA option. The Woodlands is expanding and Lone Star would like additional partnerships. Business Services has approx. 105 clinical affiliation agreements for nursing clinical sites. This process should start soon along with the 2 plus 2 agreements and the agreements with the community colleges. Dr. Reeve to continue to move forward with clinical sites, but clinical July then September 1st is workable. Responsible: Sawyer, Tart, Cobler, Whatley, UH Marketing Responsible: Beran Responsible: Beran, Cass, Phillips, Smith, Tart, Kirk, McKee, Ness UHS needs exit plan from Victoria. Sugar Land will have to work with Victoria to see how quickly other departments can vacate. Sugar Land needs to justify any new buildings and we will not know the need until Victoria vacates. Responsible: Beran, Short Complete list will be ready in early June. 4

40 Catalog for Fall Grants/Contracts Accreditation/Texas Board of Nursing Student impact Structure Faculty affiliates should be informed of the transition. Online catalog is managed by IT along with Provost Office. UHV would have to modify the RN-BSN program to be under UH in the Victoria catalog. Grants through the coordinating board and other grants. Houston Endowment would be under Beran s office. Research grants are through Angela Hartman (faculty researcher, APIN). ATI and ExamSoft contracts need review. Nursing has applied to two HRSA grants: Faculty nurse loan repayment and AENT for advance training. Jennifer Butlin, in Washington, DC, said they would assist with the transfer, even though we have yet to receive our report back. UHV is a proven nursing program for students and UH does not have a history/reputation. For most students it will be a banner change, although some may have loyalty ties to Victoria. There is an issue of the tuition costs since UH is higher. The Provost office is looking at that at time. Craig Ness is looking at options including allowing the current students to continue at the same tuition. Those admitted in Fall will be at UH rates. Must be transparent to the students. The School of Nursing will be a college of its own. This is important to compete on grants. The curriculum will not change for any of the programs. The SON structure will remain the same. The Nursing program requirements are high and will remain the same. At UH each college sets their own admissions standards. UH undergraduate counsel has meet for the last time; however, we ll want to make all the appropriate governance pieces start coming together. Tenure expected to carry on. Faculty will receive a letter of appointment that will outline individually where faculty are. The provost should give credit for service. You would go through the College and then the University. Process similar to UHV. Nursing has one person coming up for promotion and tenure, another for third year review. Responsible: Sawyer, Whatley and Registrar for UH and UHV Responsible: Beran, Cass will review with Hartman. Responsible: Tart Submit required paperwork for CCNE and TBON Responsible: Smith, Ness Classification as College of Nursing Responsible: Smith to contact Terry Longacher or Dimetre for Grad/Undergrad respectively. Responsible: Smith to review with UH Senate President. 5

41 Fall Enrollment Clinical Readiness Health Services Faculty would like three representatives on the Faculty Senate. UH Representatives are proportional with a minimum of two for smaller colleges. Faculty would like a representative on promotion and tenure. Does structure include clinical tract. Clinical tract are handled within the College. Those would be determined by College. All clinical track promotions and appointments are approved through via the Provost. This information should be in the by-laws of the School. All students including RN-BSN students registering this summer will be moved to UH in the Fall. The tuition will be reviewed. Nursing students require clinical readiness, drug screens, titers. Students would be eligible to utilize services of the health center. However, immunizations beyond meningitis would have to be worked out. Making sure the students have the required immunizations would typically be done within the college. HR just signed agreement for background checks for all staff and faculty. We could use that company as a resource for students in nursing. UHV has a company for random drug screen. We may want to combine the contracts. Registration holds can be applied to the students for clinical readiness. (Certified Background Check had been in the running with UH however, the contract was finalized with a different company.) UHV has psych services in the Houston area under student affairs. UH does not have UTEAP due to costs. Health Services has full time employees with psych services for services on the UH Campus. Responsible: Smith, Sawyer, Reeve, Whatley admissions and recruitment. Responsible: Sawyer, Barton, Nelson Work with UH Health Center Responsible: Sawyer, Barton, Nelson Work with UH Health Center 6

42 SACS SACS notification and process. Responsible: Chris Stanish Submit required paperwork to SACS Reports We should have most of the information generated with status reports, updates and anything that we missed. If you think of something additional that is not on the list send it to Dr. Smith or Dr. Tart. Next Meeting July 11, 2104 10:30am 2:00pm UHSL Brazos Hall 301A (lunch provided) Send reports to Drs. Smith and Tart with copy to Dana. Move on the action items, we need to be pushing forward. July 11 th is a progress report to be sure there are no gaps. Adjourned: 1:20 PM Respectfully submitted: J. Bauman Approved by: Tart, Smith, Rooks 7

43 Attachment: E-5 Attachment 5 UH Work Group Meeting Minutes DATE: July 11, 2014 LOCATION: SL Brazos Hall 361 Members Present: Earl Smith, Dick Philips, Dana Rooks, Terry Kirk, Pattie Schrader, Marilyn Myers, Joan Nelson, Wayne Beran, Scott Sawyer, Craig Ness, Gayle King, John McKee, Mark Roskey, Robert Tonsul, Debra Bayliss, Kay Reeve, Tammy Whatley, Kathryn Tart, Nikki Wilmoth, Joan Bauman, Dana Green Item Discussion Action Call to Order Meeting called to order by Dr. Smith at 10:35 AM Introductions Everyone introduced themselves Review implications of SACS approval process SACS deemed simple notification was not appropriate and the transition was deemed a substantive change, therefore requiring prior approval. Mid-June, 2014, an appeal was made to the SACS office of Substantive Change. The appeal was denied. Dept. Director decided substantive change was necessary. UH pursued further appeals, including a planned visit to SACS. However, UH was not able to obtain an appeal meeting date prior to our 7/11/14 scheduled committee meeting, with the earliest date for the appeal being end of JULY, 2014. To make the 9/1/14 transition date goal, the transition processes had to be implement immediately. Given that SACS approval of an appeal was not a guaranteed, proceeding with the 9/1/14 transition goal date was considered unwise and potentially a significant waste of resources (ie HR time, funds, etc.). Following SACS substantive change approval process, there would be a 6-month DELAY at BEST for the transition, placing the earliest transition date possible to January, 2015. This date would not be optimal for several reasons (e.g. student financial aid). LOIs (letters of intent) will be submitted from UH and from UHV to The nursing program transition will be delayed until Fall semester 2015 with a September 1, 2015 transition for payroll. 1

44 SACs to get us on the DECEMBER 2014 Docket. A prospectus will be sent from UH to SACS by September 15, 2014. UHV will also submit a teach-out plan to SACS by September 15.SACS will then evaluate the proposals and we anticipate approval (not guaranteed). There will then be a site visit and the final approval and transition process. Our Committee Report will be due on October 15, 2014 to the President. Therefore, our Committee will continue to move forward developing the transition plan. Status Reports and discussion Appears that nursing program enrollment will be down. We do not want rumors to harm program. UHV should re-institute marketing efforts. Distribution of marketing funds and who is paying for what will need to be reviewed by Ness/Beran. We know there are issues but we will not have clear picture until possibly a year past the transition. UH would start to work with students in January for Fall 2015 for financial aid, etc. Saying September 1, 2014 was a bit misleading since students would not officially take five days of classes at UHV and then the balance of the semester at UH. We ll refer to this as a Fall transition and faculty and staff it will be a September 1 payroll issue. Clean for Marketing and tuition setting and allow time for the Dean to go in front of the nursing students to explain what is occurring and why. The delay will solve some problems that we may have encountered. SON has three faculty searches and are not receiving a good response. It s very difficult because people know the transition is out there. Consider a letter of information for candidates. Any positions this year are the responsibility of UHV. SON faculty information has been forwarded to the Provost. A research leadership position for 2015 should be coming out of UH. Review marketing funds distribution Ness/Beran Re-institute marketing efforts: Cass, Beran, Tart Cost centers to be established to allow HR transition of faculty/staff on 9/1/15 The current UHV faculty searches will remain open. 2

45 Facilities at SL Marketing The UH position should be posted at a date that will allow the position to be filled by the Fall 2015 start date. Consider a letter of information for candidates. Nursing transition is a high priority. Nursing is out of office space and the long-term plan is for nursing to eventually occupy the 367 office suite. Nursing desires 9 spaces at this time. The School of Nursing will continue to use the free space in Victoria with the new transition date. The fact that the curriculum of the nursing program will not change this year needs to be communicated to students and potential applicants. A rumor is out there that the UHV nursing program is closing and we have to counteract the rumor quickly. Graduate program is not seeing the number of applicants and expects enrollment issues; at this time there are no applicants for student positions in Victoria. We need to outline a plan to boost graduate recruitment. Dr. Kirk will meet with CNOs in hospitals about our program and the transition. In Victoria, media reports of the transition may have been hurtful. Perhaps we can get out weekly letters and information to Nursing Voice. We need to come up with a three sentence explanation to define what is coming. SON admits students every semester and we need to provide students with as much information as possible. We are free to talk to the community about concepts that are coming up. We need to double our efforts to get the word out about the Fall 2015 transition date using all methods. Student recruitment for Fall 2015 will begin in January 2015. We will need to work with Drs. Longacher and Litvinov to shape the message. We have a large population of nurses taking health related courses at Main Campus. There are also RNs on the main UH campus taking graduate degrees in other majors. UH will post the research leadership position and other available positions prior to the transition. Earl Smith to contact Jeffery Cass regarding utilizing the offices in 367-369 Tart to forward office requirements to Phillips Wayne Beran advised the money for marketing is there and will be funded through UHV. Kirk to work to increase graduate population. Smith will get with Marketing to get approval for a transition statement as quickly as possible. Marketing efforts at UHV must be continued and UH Marketing needs to start in January. Marketing funds for Fall to be opened by Beran. Ness will open funds for Marketing starting January 2015. 3

46 IT and Blackboard Formal Report UH has the another collaborative nursing program with UT downtown, which poses a small conflict that we ll want to address in the future. IT and Blackboard will have no problem with pushing out the transition date and some items may be resolved by that date that could have posed complications. The current operational IT model for the SON is different from that at UH. UH has a centralized IT group and each College has its own support group. We need an idea of what IT will look like on the Sugar Land campus following the transition. We need a model to work with before we start to plug in people. We will need to determine where things will be located and who will be responsible for them. A longer time frame will allow for many of the IT issues on the Sugar Land campus to be defined (they are not defined at this time.) File storage will also need to be defined. Blackboard transition would be easier in Fall 2015 along with course creation. Tonsul has a POI account. Accounts are created through HR; HR will create cougar net accounts for everyone in advance of the transition. Once POI is completed faculty/staff could have both accounts. Everything in BlackBoard links to what IT does. Formal report due October 15 th to Presidents Office. Goal to have draft in the early part of Sept. and review in mid-september. That will give Dana an opportunity to compile everything. Subcommittee reports should document the steps to be taken, who is responsible for executing each step, and when do these steps need to be completed. A summary calendar of key dates should also be included. The next committee meeting will be Friday, September 26 th starting at 10:30 AM until 2 PM. We should be able to get a document put together by then. Final edits to be made at this meeting and forwarded to Rooks. McKee will contact Decision Maker/Fouty to review the IT model for the Sugar Land campus. McKee will coordinate the changes based upon the decisions made by UH. HR to establish cougar accounts for faculty and staff in summer 2015 for course creation Subcommittee reports (assignments will be circulated shortly) are due to Smith/Green by September 6 th. A draft of the committee report will be circulated to all member prior to our next meeting (Sept 26). Submit report to President s office by October 15. Create a calendar of key events 4

47 Minutes Library HR Accepted from last meeting Delay will minimize expenses. Library would like titles of e-books and changes needed with new hires, particularly the new research positions. Materials are provided directly into Blackboard on UH campus. UHV has link and provides passcode to students to provide access to protect copyright issues. What reference materials are required for Research support. There are some items that look different, but are the same because they are from different vendors. We need to determine if there are vendor specific items that are critical for nursing faculty. The transitions requires a statement concerning library support for accreditation purposes. What UHV has used in the past has been satisfactory. Will need cost centers and information on how we will transition and to what cost centers. We have identified the faculty and staff who will be moving. Some positions are unfilled. Will need to check to make sure the credentials of potential hires are in compliance with UH standards. Wilmoth and Sandoval will stay in Victoria. Laura Smith advised there are sufficient potential positions for these individuals in Victoria. UH must assign a DBA for Nursing. The DBA will complete the epars for UH and other required transition paperwork. Various faculty positions are grant funded and others are partially grant funded and upcoming positions will be grant funded. Once the funds are depleted, SON will need to be assured funding will continue and that donor wishes are honored. Currently one full time faculty person is required to be in Victoria. We want to be sure that foundations understand that the basic nature of the nursing program is not changing. Provost will provide UH appointment letters for UHV faculty. Current positions/ranks will be maintained. Dr. Varghese will be coming up Dr. Kirk and Dr. Barton will work on these issues with Myers. Tart needs to review future HR growth with Joan Nelson Open position for DBA 3-6 months out. DRAFT position descriptions have been generated and awaiting on approval from Craig. Tart will ensure that grant funding is maintained. 5

48 Scholarships/Grants Student Enrollment Student Health Issues/Clinical Readiness for tenure review under UHV guidelines. Starting in 2015, all tenure and promotion reviews will be following UH guidelines. Fall funding for scholarships is in place and we ll need to follow through for Fall 2015. In the past Foundations have been receptive to continuing funding of nursing scholarships. Scholarship apportionment will following UH policies. Scholarship decisions are made in December and funds are awarded for the next Spring, Summer and Fall semesters. We have to develop a system to fund scholarships through UHV for Spring and Summer of 2015 and through UH for Fall 2015 (especially for annual scholarships funded by the George Foundation). Development, awarding, and processing of scholarships needs to be looked at. At present UH can only see that scholarship awards exist. There are political/donor issues to be considered and we do not have a financial aid person in Sugar Land. Normally the SON provides scholarships to about 120 people annually. We need to be sure that nursing courses are included in the Fall UHV catalog. There should also be a clear statement that everyone can register for these courses now. A needs assessment is currently being conducted for the Sugar Land campus by UH. Clinical readiness monitoring needs to be in place before students enroll, in advance of registration. Need a thorough plan of the Nursing requirements for clinical readiness for both faculty and students. Faculty and student drug screens are required. If it is possible, it would be preferable to have the clinical vendor transfer new student information from UHV to UH. Tart to continue seeking grant funding and will ensure that the wishes of donors are honored. Phillips to review agreement with George Foundation Transactional apportionment of scholarships will be through Financial Aid. Assignment of funds would be through Drs. Longacher and Litvinov. Scholarships sub group (Sawyer, Tart, Phillips, Whatley) will investigate how the transition will affect the award process. Beran/Ness will work to assure funding availability. Ness cost center creation for Scholarships Smith will try to get word to Richie Hunter to be sure everyone is onboard. UH is doing Health Needs assessment. It is important to include local counseling services in SL. Whatley to send Sawyer list of the clinical readiness requirements. Sawyer to review timeline for immunization requirements. 6

49 Student Handbook Funding Orientation Graduate/Pinning Immunization tracking is now monitored by Certified Profile. Students can upload documents and receive notice reminders. We need to look at the relevant portion of the UHV student handbook and see how that fits in with UH student handbook. The School of Nursing will need some contingency funding during the transition period for unanticipated expenses. For example, UHV has stopped payments for AACN Membership, but these things need to be paid to move forward. In addition the SON needs computers for faculty and staff. It was discussed that at UH many of these expenses were covered at the College level. Orientation for new students is mandatory prior to registration. All UHV nursing students would be qualified for advising for transfer students, a day-long event. The schedule is being built now for Fall of 2015. It would be best to have orientation programs at the SL campus and to have UH elements participate in SL. In particular, for the January orientation, the School of Nursing would like someone from UH Financial Aid to participate. Normally the SON orientation is program specific in the morning and more general university issues are covered in the afternoon. SON will be conducting pinning ceremonies in Fall 2014 at the Merrill Center. Nursing will require a new location for Fall 2015. Review how the clinical readiness requirements will be transitioned. Include transfer of student/faculty immunizations vendor contract if possible Whatley to send UHV student and UHV Nursing school handbooks to Sawyer with cc to Smith and Rooks Beran to open marketing and some other funds for Fall 2014. Tart to examine items that are in the normal business cycle (funded or not) Then look at additional costs associated with transition. Ness will review for funding/proration. Need a master calendar of dates associated with the costs. Sawyer will establish a single point of contact in his office for orientations beginning in January. Whatley to work with assigned contact for Fall 2015 orientation. Whatley to review with Theresa Singletary in the President s Office 7

50 PeopleSoft Health Sciences Reasoning Test Textbooks Texas Higher Education Co-coordinating Board UH is evolving to a universal graduation ceremony. At UH there are currently individual ceremonies for many Colleges. It has been suggested that a single ceremony will take place in the new stadium. If so, the SON could conduct pinning ceremonies right after the graduation ceremony. PeopleSoft, DPRs, advising modules will be rebuilt on the UH side. Advising will require a change of institution code. UH starts class scheduling in mid-january. All the courses would have to be created new for Fall 2015. It is centralized process at UH. UH will work closely with the registrar s office to train a class scheduler/maintainer in the SON. Caroline Fritz currently does the instructor and course scheduling for SON at UHV. SON requires the HSRT for admission to the graduate program; it is currently offered on a monthly basis. The UH testing center has multiple ways of providing testing services and should be able to accommodate HSRT testing. In the future textbooks requests will follow the UH schedule. UH is working to get a contract with the bookstore on the Sugar Land campus. UH can provide books at multiple locations to meet the needs of Victoria students. Program descriptions for RN-BSN, Admin, FNP and 2 nd degree with codes and courses that go along will be completed by the end of the week. Whatley to continue her maintenance of PeopleSoft issues at this time. SON will need to appoint a staff person who will be responsible for course scheduling. Tart to provide a list of courses so these may be set up in the UH system. Sawyer will organize HSRT access through the testing center. Require a timeline from Fall of 2015 going backward to move everyone successfully and to transfer scores of transfer students Sawyer to confirm completion of contract Tart to review with Cindy in Provost office about when our request for transfer should be submitted to TXHECB for Fall 2015. Ness to get the time line for the TX HECB. CCNE (nursing CCNE advised SON to limit their explanation of substantive change to Tart - 90 day notice to CCNE about 8

51 accreditation) 5 pages and to include as many attachments as necessary. how we are communicating with students and moving them forward and to inform CCNE that the transfer date will be Fall 2015. Texas Board of Nursing SACS Tuition Handbook Revision Course Catalog College/Faculty Senate Texas Board of Nursing needs to know transition dates to have the licensing exam under the appropriate title. SACS requires letter of intent from both UH and UHV. Wayne Beran has the verbiage used in the past for UHV. We need to establish a timeline for the approval process via SACS. Students currently in the program or entering in Spring and Summer of 2014 will continue to pay UHV tuition rates. There will be a cap on the length of time (to be determined) that transfer students will be eligible for UHV rates. Those students entering in Fall 2015 will pay UH tuition and fee rates. The UH tuition and fees have yet to be determined. At UH, tuition/fee rates are on Graduate level courses are determined at the College level and the three tiers of undergraduate rates are set by the university. The SON faculty handbook has been passed on to Rick Olenchak who is looking at the by-laws for compatibility with UH. UH is trying to make the college by-laws more uniform. Due to change in transition date School of Nursing courses will be reposted in the UHV course catalog. Nursing will be a College in Fall of 2015. In the future it is likely there will be reorganization within the UH Health Sciences and what that organization will look like has yet to be determined. Faculty Senate membership is based upon Colleges per procedures and formulas that determine representation on Graduate and Tart to contact TXBON regarding the change to a Fall 2015 transition date. Letter of intent to be drafted by Smith/Stanich for UH, Wayne Beran for UHV. Smith to determine next meeting date for SACS and timeline. Tart to be involved in the tuition rate discussions over the next years. Smith/Ness will draft a policy statement for tuition and fees during the transition draft. Beran and Ness will review any issues. Olenchak to review Faculty handbook and by-laws for compatibility. Beran will return nursing to catalog. Smith will be communicating with the President of the UH Faculty Senate 9

52 Alumni Assn Nursing Honor Society Study Abroad Program Website Undergraduate councils. Nursing will a full participant in faculty governance process. How will current SON Alumni Assn be affected? We do not want to lose contact so we need to figure out how to include current UHV SON alumni in UH organizations and activities. Nursing Honor Society is a separate non-profit organization requiring affiliation with an accredited School of Nursing. The International society indicated that they want to retire the current UHV society right before the transition and then make all UHV members alumni members. We need approval with letters of support from UH administration to establish the honor society at UH. We would need to align the SON study abroad program with UH processes. UH has an office of International Studies under their Global Studies program. There is a process to enter study abroad programs into UH system. The SON program takes place in August, so we d want to start the UH process late Winter, 2014. College websites at UH fall under academic affairs. The move to UH will require a transition website in the interim. Each college has their own site and the SON website should be operational by January 2015. Bramblett already has Cougar Account access. It should be started now. concerning SON representation. Issue to be addressed at later date. Tart to work with development and UH alumni association. McNeely/Tart to provide sample letters of support to get those started. Create a time frame to allow for induction of new members in November 2015. Kirk to work with UH to be ensure course availability for Fall 2015. Craig will list this as an action item on the Academic Affairs meeting Sawyer will take back to web developer in Provost office Record review Advising/Recruiting Review of UHV records for Whatley may have FERPA issues. UH does not use Laser fiche. The records of students graduating from UHV belong to Victoria; following the transition, student records will be controlled by UH. Students will have to request that UHV transcripts be forwarded to UH. Nursing recruits many new students from hospital settings. How SON based recruiting efforts will interface with overall UH efforts needs to be determined. Advising will be done at the College level. Tart will communicate to students the need to transfer their transcripts to UH. UH Recruiter interested in talking with Tammy about recruiting efforts for 2015. 10

53 Dr. Longacher s office needs to get involved in developing advising within the UH SON. Next Meeting September 26 10:30 to 2 PM Location TBD Adjourned: 1:58 PM Respectfully submitted: J. Bauman Approved by: Kathryn Tart 11

Attachment: E-6 54 Attachment 6: UH Work Group: Nursing Transition Subgroup Assignments All.. Below is the list of subgroups assignments, which I compiled from the minutes of our previous committee meetings. For a given area/assignment, the subgroup should develop an action plan that clearly identifies 1) what needs to be done to ensure a smooth transition of the nursing program from UHV to UH, 2) who is responsible for completing the necessary actions, and 3) the timeline and sequence in which these actions should be completed. A summary calendar of key dates should also be included. The first person listed in the parentheses following each topic/assignment will serve as the subgroup leader. It is very likely that expertise beyond the folks listed for each topic will be required to complete each assignment. The subgroup leader should call on other committee members as needed. The completed action plans should be submitted to Dana Green by September 1 st so that I can compile the full committee report, draft the executive summary, and redistribute the report to the committee prior to our next scheduled meeting on September 26 th. Our goal is to finalize the report during our meeting on the 26 th and submit the report to Dana Rooks the next week. However, in some cases, the subgroups will need to initiate actions prior to submitting their action plans. Those actions should be document in your reports. It is likely that there are issues that we have not as yet identified. As new issues surface, please inform me so that I can coordinate between subgroups and ensure that any critical issue is addressed in the final committee report. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. All the best..earl 1. Human Resources (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Ness, Smith) A) Identification of Individuals (names and people soft IDs) directly affected by the transition. For example: faculty and staff currently paid via UHV who will, following the transition, be paid by UH. faculty or staff who are currently involved in the nursing program who will no longer be involved in the program following the transition. new staff (i.e., new staff positions) at Sugar Land required to directly support the nursing program.

55 nursing students who will be starting or continuing in the nursing program during 2014-15 academic year and who will subsequently transfer with the program to UH. B) Estimate the impact on UH HR. Are any additional resources required? C) Continue and support ongoing UHV faculty searches. D) Hire a DBA for nursing. E) Establish cost centers for new UH faculty. F) Letters of appointment for faculty. G) Plans to maintain grant funds that support faculty. 2. UHV Space Requirements (Tart, Beran, Kirk, Ness) A) Identify space and resources (simulation lab, IT, etc.) at UHV that will continue to be utilized by the nursing program following the transition.also any associated costs that UH will have to assume. 3. UHSL Space Reallocation (Phillips, Smith, Cass, Tart) A) Identify spaces that will be occupied by the nursing program. B) Identify space for support services (e.g., IT, student health services). C) Develop the timetable for space reallocation on the Sugar Land campus. We specifically need to know when offices that are currently used by UHV will be available for nursing faculty/staff. 4) Student Services to Be Assumed By UHSL (Tart, Beran, Reeve, Sawyer, Whatley) A) Identify student services currently handled by UHV that will be assumed by UH (e.g., for example, student recruitment, academic advising, admissions, financial aid, student health services, behavioral health counseling services, etc.). B) Develop strategies and timetables for implementing new services at UHSL in alignment with UH policies/procedures. C) Estimate impact on UH student services. Are any additional resources required? 5) Student Enrollment Services at UH (Sawyer, Whatley, Ness, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep) A) Strategies to obtain permission from students to transfer transcripts, financial aid information, and other critical transfer documents from UHV to UH and to implement enrollment at UH B) Ingrate Nursing CAS with UH s admissions process. C) Establish nursing courses and class schedules in the UH catalog. D) Develop a plan for continuation of financial aid for transfer students. E) Develop an orientation program for nursing students in Sugar Land. F) Develop a registration plan for transfer students.

56 G) Develop strategies to ensure that students meet clinical readiness standards (e.g. immunizations, drug screens, etc.). H) Develop a UH Student Handbook for nursing students. I) Arrange for HSRT administration to nursing students via the UH Testing Center. J) Integrate the nursing Study Abroad Program into UH. 6. Contracts, Legal Issues, and Clinical Affiliations (Beran, Tart, Ness, Schrader) A) Identify contracts, clinical affiliations, and other legal agreements that are now associated with UHV that need to be transferred to UH. B) Develop plans and a time table to work with contract/affiliation partners to ensure uninterrupted services. 7. Library Resources (Myers, Tart, Schrader, Dahlstrom) A) Identify changes in library resources required by the transition and work with book reps to ensure students and faculty have access to all appropriate materials. B) Evaluate the need for access to the TMC library. C) Determine the needs associated with new research faculty. D) Provide documentation of library support for accreditation purposes. 8. Bookstore Contract (Sawyer) A) Establish UH contract with the bookstore at Sugar Land and establish locations to serve students not attending classes in UHSL. B) Develop guidelines and timelines for book orders. 9. Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding (Beran, Tart, Ness, Smith) A) Identify any grants, nursing specific scholarships, and supporting endowments that should be transferred from UHV to UH. Include plans for working with donors regarding the transfer and to ensure future funding. B) Include a request for special line item funding for the nursing program in UH s Legislative Appropriations Request for the next biennium. C) Develop continuation plans to ensure that scholarships that are awarded in Spring 2015 are maintained by students enrolled at UH in Fall 2016. 10) Information Technology and Electronic Communications (McKee (Roskey), Tart, Richie, McNeely, Wilmoth) A) Develop plans to identify and integrate user account authentication processes. B) Identify and migrate content from current UHV files, websites, and lecture capture, as well as current software assets. C) Develop transition plans for current telecommunication services (i.e., e-mail, telephony, etc.).

57 D) Develop plans to identify and integrate current application processes with PeopleSoft. 11. Accreditation of Nursing Program and Licensure (Tart, Smith) A) Work with CCNE to ensure that accreditation of the nursing program is maintained during the transfer to UH. What documentation/notification is required? B) Notify TxBON of transition to UH. 12. Tuition/Fees (Smith, Ness, Tart) A) Develop a policy statement on tuition and fees so that nursing student who transfer from UHV are not subjected to higher tuition/fee costs. B) Establish tuition and fees for the nursing program at UH and obtain approval via UH BOR. 13. Faculty Governance (Smith, Tart, Barton, Olenchak) A) Develop guidelines that outline how nursing faculty will be included in the UH faculty governance processes. B) Explore necessary changes in the UH Faculty Handbook and the UH Faculty Senate Bylaws necessitated by the addition of the College of Nursing. C) Establish UH Faculty Bylaws for the College of Nursing. 14. Marketing, Nursing Website, etc (Ness, Sawyer, Beran, Tart, Hunter, Whatley) A) Re-institute marketing efforts to ensure appropriate enrollment in UHV nursing program for FY15. B) Develop marketing plans for UH nursing program to be implemented for January 2015. C) Develop UH website for the College of Nursing. 15. UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) A) Develop a strategy to maintain contact with UHV nursing alumni and to include UHV alumni in UH organizations and activities once the nursing program is established at UH. B) Develop plans to close the current Nursing Honor Society at UHV and to establish it at UH. C) Determine how graduation and pinning ceremonies for nursing students will fit into the overall graduation plans for UH. 16. SACS Approval (Ness, Stanich, Tart, Smith, Cass)

58 A) Develop an action plan to obtain approval from SACS for the transfer of the nursing program from UHV to UH. B) Draft letters of intent, the required documents supporting the transfer, and arrange for any necessary site visits. 17. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval (Smith, Ness, Tart, Cass) A) Establish communication with the THECB staff and establish the process required to close the UHV nursing program and open the UH program for all three nursing programs. B) Draft notification letters to the THECB, area notification announcements for surrounding public institutions, and necessary Board materials. C) Establish the optimal time line for THECB consideration.

59 Attachment: E-7 Nursing Transition Team DATE: September 26, 2014 LOCATION: SL George Building 106 Members Present: Earl Smith, Dick Philips, Dana Rooks, Terry Kirk, Pattie Schrader, Marilyn Myers, Joan Nelson, Wayne Beran, Scott Sawyer, Gayle King, John McKee, Mark Roskey, Robert Tonsul, Debra Bayliss, Kay Reeve, Tammy Whatley, Kathryn Tart, Nikki Wilmoth, Joan Bauman. Members Absent: Sabrina Hassumani Item Discussion Action Call to Order Meeting called to order by Dr. Smith at 10:36 AM Introductions Sabrina Hassumani has taken over Craig Ness position. Introductions skipped to allow Sabrina to meet everyone. Review of Work Group Report Executive Summary Earl Smith reviewed the Committee s charge. Committee members agreed page 1 was fine. Page 2 in Sub Plans, the SACS is requesting a third document from UHV, the teach out plan. Dr. Cass will draft and submit as quickly as possible to be sure everything is complete for the December meeting. We have an agreement vs. a plan for SACS. Earl Smith will get with Stacy at THECB to be sure they have what they need. Comments and objections are to be submitted 30 days in advance. All communication goes to Dr. Smith. Page 3 Tuition UHV tuition will continue as long as students maintain their enrollment status for 4 years or they graduate. The clock starts 9/1/15. Nurse Practitioners and Graduate students may be longer than 1-2 years. UH mandatory fees will be blocked to allow continuing students to complete their registration. New students to pay UH tuition and fees. 2015 fees for nursing will be required for the website by October 15, 2014. We could consider a scholarship differential for students continuously enrolled. It would not require Board approval and would allow one tuition fee. UH mandatory fees to be blocked to allow UHV students to complete their registration. Long semester to long semester will define continuous enrollment.

60 Page 3 #4 The website will be developed in Academic Affairs at UH with College of Nursing responsible for their own website work. Page 3#6 Student Health and counseling will include WCJC students and needs to be addressed. It needs to be determined if these services will be contracted out or performed by FNPs. The deal will include remote sites in the Northwest and Woodlands. Marketing and Admissions to work with Dr. Tart. Scott Sawyer to manage the PR contact. Student Affairs to define how the Student services will be managed. Sabrina to define the impact to UH across programs. Dr. Smith to contact Dan Maxwell to determine status to avoid overlap. Page 3 #7 Nursing to stay in one place - Brazos Hall 367-369 by Fall 2015. UHV advised this would create accreditation and faculty issues with the Counseling program and the biology labs. Cinco Ranch does not have sufficient office space and would not meet accreditation needs for Business. UHV requested the verbiage be changed to Fall 2016 or earlier. UH has other programs coming Fall 2015. It will be a minimum of 2-3 years before another building is on this campus. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Class scheduling could be reviewed. Need to coordinate with all programs. Page 4 #8 Two staff in Victoria will not be transitioning. Options: UHV create new positions, move to existing positions that become available, staff are riffed. Appointment letters will come from the Provost office in late Spring for faculty. Page 4 #9 Contracts are available on website and need to include any warranties available. A list of contracts is required as some contracted entities may want changes. Page 4 #10 Some Victoria funders do not want to fund UH. Options Dr. Cass asked to be flexible and creative with space. Language to be changed to Fall 2016 or earlier. Cass to define number of offices available in Cinco Ranch and determine alternatives. HCC will work for Education. UH and UHV rental agreement to be worked out. Dr. Tart to provide Dr. Cass nursing s minimum space needs. June Nelson is working with Laura Smith to ensure that employees not transferring to UH will have opportunities to interview for positions at UHV. N. Wilmoth will identify warranties Dr. Tart to go back to Donors for modification

61 1. Inter-local agreement 2. UH bill UHV for student scholarship. Ledger 9 holds money for someone else. Endowments are UH system Endowments. Page 4 #11 Library Services will be all online. Victoria students will receive a Tech share Card to check out materials. Will have electronic access to UH Page 5 #12 The Barnes and Noble in Sugar Land is covered under the vendor agreement. Sugar Land location will need the class schedule to order books. We will try to establish emergency book loans of $400 at UH Sugar Land. Page 5 #13 IT issue to be determined with the expansion of UH to Sugar Land. There will be a net increase of 2 people for nursing. Page 5 #14 Substantive change to CCNE due in May 2015. Texas Board of Nursing will be notified and will put on Board Meeting. of funds in UH System. Dr. Kirk to confirm the video list especially for Victoria students. Barnes and Noble will require course schedule to order books. Sawyer to explore with Barnes and Noble the timeline for Spring 2015 to establish the emergency loan program. Sabrina to work with McKee to evaluate costs. Dr. Tart to send electronic copy of request 90 days prior to transition. Will be accepted up to 90 after transition. Dr. Tart to determine if we will need someone to be at TX BON meeting. Page 5 #16 Recommendation made to leave b out of Executive Summary and include in the Sub-Group Report. Smith to move to Sub-Group Report Summary: It will cost several million dollars to support the nursing program during the transition period. Library costs will be paid on an annual basis Sabrina Hassumani to review the impact on UH Traditional BSN Program would impact the Math and Science

62 Departments with more students. Catalog is owned by Academic Affairs and displayed by Sawyers group. Dr. Tart to work with Terry Longachre the Undergraduate Dean to look at long range impact and look at Core. Under graduate/graduate Committee Agenda. Sub Group Reports The manner in which UH accepts transfer students is different. UHV policy excludes prior attempts on courses. UH considers all attempts and after two attempts the student is out. Transfer student GPA issue will require review and discussion with Provost. Also to be considered is the fact students graduating in December 2015 will not have the required number of hours in their major for a degree from UH. We will need to define how we calculate the cumulative GPA. It will have to be special for transfer nursing students. Is it the combined GPA so as not to harm students. UH rules will have to be reconciled.. 30 hour residency rule for transfers- Teach-out plan should cover the THECB credits rule so UH/UHV nursing students are not in violation. Any reference to Craig Ness going forward will need to be changed to Sabrina Hassumani. Add Robert Tonsul to the IT group in the calendar Dr. Tart to review with Drs. Longachre and Dimetri GPA issue to be reviewed with Provost Dr. Smith to confirm with THECB. This is to be covered in the teach out plan by Dr. Cass. Issue to be addressed with Academic Affairs. Item to be added to sub group action plan. Enrollment Admission Services Dana Green to modify. Dana Green to modify.

63 Schedule for the report Meeting Adjourned at 1:00 PM Any changes in the Sub-Group or Executive Summary are due by September 29. Submit as track changes in the documents and forward to both Earl Smith and Dana Green. Draft with changes will be compiled by October 6 th for the final report with electronic items on the web and the calendar updated. Dana Rooks will receive a copy by October 10 th for incorporation in the Final October 15 th report. Dana Rooks to send her overview report to Dr. Short by October 15 th. Each group was tasked with numerous issues and Dana Rooks thanked everyone for their work. No future meeting was scheduled at this time. Smith and Green/Rooks Subgroup members are to inform Smith/Rooks via email when tasks are completed according to the timeline.

Attachment: E-8 July 01, 2014 Tuesday 64 All Day SACS Approval - Notification letters submitted -- (Ness, Stanich, Tart, Smith, Cass) Notification letter submitted July 2014 All Day Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval - Letter of intent submitted -- (Smith, Ness, Tart, Cass) Letter of intent submitted July 2014 All Day Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval-Notification of other public institutions -- (Smith, Ness, Tart, Cass) Notification of other public institutions July 2014 Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:17 PM

August 01, 2014 Friday All Day Accreditation of Nursing Program and Licensure - CCNE has been notified of the transfer -- (Tart, Smith) CCNE has been notified of the transfer August 2014 65 All Day Accreditation of Nursing Program and Licensure - The Texas Board of Nursing has been notified fo the transfer -- (Tart, Smith) The Texas Board of Nursing has been notified of the transfer August 2014 All Day Bookstore Contract - Follow UH Fall 2015 bookstore submission timeline -- (Sawyer) Follow UH Fall 2015 bookstore submission timeline All Day Human Resources - Involved faculty/staff identified -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Ness, Smith) Involved faculty/staff identified August 2014 All Day Tuition/Fees - Indentify apropriate programming for assignment of tuition and fee rates to cohorts -- (Smith, Ness, Tart) Identify appropriate programming for assignment of tuition and fee rates to cohorts Fall 2014 (Sawyer) August 21, 2014 Thursday All Day UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies - All alumni weree sent "The Pulse" electronic newsletter with the announcment of the transfer - August 21, 2014 -- (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) All alumni were sent The Pulse electronic newsletter with the announcement of the transfer August 21, 2014 Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:18 PM

September 01, 2014 Monday 66 All Day Action Plan Deadline All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships, Special Funding - UHV to file financial reports for expired grants - Fall 2015 or as required by grant. -- (Beran, Tart, Ness, Smith) UHV to file financial reports for expired grants Fall 2015 or as required by grant. All Day Human Resources - Organization Chart Submitted -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Ness, Smith) Organizational chart submitted: September 2014 All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Initial Clinical Readiness implementation meeting -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Ness, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep) Initial Clinical Readiness implementation meeting September 2014 All Day Student Related Issues and Services - Ensure that Advisor Coordinator Position filled -- (Tart, Beran, Reeve, Sawyer, Whatley) Ensure that Advisor Coordinator Position filled September 2014 All Day Student Services to Be Assumed By UHSL - Notify all students of transfer and obtain students' permissions to transfer information to UH (Completed January 2015) -- (Tart, Beran, Reeve, Sawyer, Whatley) Notify all students of transfer and obtain student s permissions to transfer information to UH Start September 2014 ; Completed by January 2015 All Day Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval - Submission of UH's new program request forms -- (Smith, Ness, Tart, Cass) Submission of UH s new program request forms September 2014 All Day Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval - Submission of UHV's teach-out plan -- (Smith, Ness, Tart, Cass) Submission of UHV s teach out plan September 2014 September 11, 2014 Thursday All Day Marketing, Nursing Website, etc - Intitial meeting with SON ad Admissions -- (Ness, Sawyer, Beran, Tart, Hunter, Whatley) Initial meeting with SON and Admissions September 11, 2014 All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Initial Orientation Meeting -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Ness, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep) Initial Orientation Meeting September 11, 2014 All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Met with undergraduate admissions - September 11, 2014 -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Ness, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep) Met with undergraduate admissions September 11, 2014. Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:19 PM

September 15, 2014 Monday All Day SACS Approval - Prospectus with the teach-out plan submitted -- (Ness, Stanich, Tart, Smith, Cass) Prospectus with the teach out plan submitted September 15, 2014 67 September 26, 2014 Friday 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Copy: Transition Committee Meeting -- UH Sugar Land George Buildling room 106 George Building is the first building you see when you arrive on the Sugar Land campus. Parking is available on both the left or right side. September 30, 2014 Tuesday All Day Information Technology and Electronic Communications - Designate project manager to coordinate transition of I.T. services -- (McKee (Roskey), Tart, Richie, McNeely, Wilmoth, Tonsul) Designate project manager to coordinate transition of I.T. services. September 30, 2014. October 01, 2014 Wednesday All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Initial Student Handbook Meeting (Published July 2015) -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K.Reeve) Initial Student Handbook Meeting October 2014 ; Published 2015 All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Initiate HSRT (Publish January 2015) -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K. Reeve) Initiate HSRT October 2014, publish January 2015 All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Schedule graduate admissions meeting - October 2014. -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K. Reeve) Schedule graduate admissions meeting October 2014. Green, Dana M 2 10/3/2014 3:19 PM

November 01, 2014 Saturday All Day Human Resources - Start search for research director -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Hassumani, Smith) Start search for research director: November 2014 68 All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Determine how GPAs are to be calculated -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K. Reeve) Determine how GPAs are to be calculated. All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Establish policy on SCHS at UH required to graduate. -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K. Reeve) Establish policy on SCHs at UH required to graduate. All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Meet with Graduate and Professional Studies Committee for MSN programs (November 2014) -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K. Reeve) Meet with Graduate and Professional Studies Committee for MSN programs (November 2014) All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Meet with Undergraduate Studies Committee regarding RN-BSN and Second Degree BSN tracks (November 2014) -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep, K. Reeve) Meet with Undergraduate Studies Committee regarding RN BSN and Second Degree BSN tracks (November 2014) November 05, 2014 Wednesday All Day Tuition/Fees - Inform stakeholderes of new UH tuition and fee rates -- (Smith, Hassumani, Tart) Inform stakeholders of new UH tuition and fee rates November 5, 2014 November 27, 2014 Thursday 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UH Thanksgiving Holiday November 28, 2014 Friday 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UH Thanksgiving Holiday Please See Above Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:20 PM

December 01, 2014 Monday All Day Information Technology and Electronic Communications - Information gathering completed regarding authenitication systems, content migrations, commuications services, application processes, and software. -- (McKee (Roskey), Tart, Richie, McNeely, Wilmoth, Tonsul) Information gathering completed regarding authentication systems, content migrations, communication services, application processes, and software. December 2014 69 December 24, 2014 Wednesday 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UH Holiday - Winter Break December 25, 2014 Thursday All Day December 26, 2014 Friday All Day December 27, 2014 Saturday All Day December 28, 2014 Sunday All Day December 29, 2014 Monday All Day December 30, 2014 Tuesday All Day December 31, 2014 Wednesday All Day UH Holiday - Winter Break UH Holiday - Winter Break UH Holiday - Winter Break UH Holiday - Winter Break UH Holiday - Winter Break UH Holiday - Winter Break UH Holiday - Winter Break Please See Above Please See Above Please See Above Please See Above Please See Above Please See Above Please See Above Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:21 PM

January 01, 2015 Thursday 70 All Day UH Holiday - Winter Break Please See Above All Day Bookstore Contract - Emergency book loan program - Spring 2015 -- (Sawyer) Emergency book loan program Spring 2015 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - Income receiving cost centers will be created during FY16 budge cycle - early Spring 2015 -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) Income receiving cost centers will be created during FY16 budget cycle early Spring 2015 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - UH DOR to schedule training for SON faculty - Early Spring 2015, and begin transmittal of proposals -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) UH DOR to schedule training for SON faculty Early Spring 2015, and begin transmittal of proposals. All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - UH scholarship cost centers to be created and budgeted during FY16 budget cycle - early Spring 2015 -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) UH scholarship cost centers to be created and budgeted during FY16 budget cycle early Spring 2015 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - UHV and UH sponsored program areas will coordinate transfer of grants - Spring 2015 -- (Beran, Tart, Ness, Smith) UHV and UH sponsored program areas will coordinate transfer of grants Spring 2015 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships, Special Funding - UH Research of Research to schedule training for SON faculty - early Spring 2015, and begin transmittal of proposals. -- (Beran, Tart, Ness, Smith) UH Division of Research to schedule training for SON faculty early Spring 2015, and begin transmittal of proposals. All Day Marketing, Nursing Website, etc - SON website published or coincide with UH marketing campaign -- (Ness, Sawyer, Beran, Tart, Hunter, Whatley) SON website publish January 2015 or to coincide with UH marketing campaign All Day Student Services to Be Assumed By UHSL - UH to assume responsibility for Financial Aid -- (Tart, Beran, Reeve, Sawyer, Whatley) UH to assume responsibility for Financial Aid January 2015 All Day Tuition/Fees - Notify Scholarships and Finacial Aid of rates to establish cost of attendance for each group -- (Smith, Ness, Tart) Notify Scholarships and Financial Aid of rates to establish cost of attendance for each group Spring 2015 (Sawyer) All Day Tuition/Fees Test programming prior to registration for Fall 2015 -- (Smith, Ness, Tart) Test programming prior to registration for Fall 2015 Spring 2015 (Sawyer) January 02, 2015 Friday 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM UH Holiday - Winter Break Please See Above Green, Dana M 2 10/3/2014 3:21 PM

February 01, 2015 Sunday All Day Information Technology and Electronic Communications - Transition plans finalized for authentication systems, content migrations, communication services, application processes, and software. -- (McKee (Roskey), Tart, Richie, McNeely, Wilmoth, Tonsul) Transition plans finalized for authentication systems, content migrations, communication services, application processes, and software. Designation of specific critical service transitions for authentication systems and application processes. February 2015 71 All Day Library Resources - Order desired library resources -- (Myers, Tart, Schrader, Dahlstrom) Order desired library resources February 2015 March 01, 2015 Sunday All Day Human Resources - UH to Post New SON CBA Position (hired by June 2015) -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Hassumani, Smith) UH to post new SON CBA position March 2015 (hire by June 2015) Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:22 PM

April 01, 2015 Wednesday All Day Human Resources - Updated faculty CV's to Provost -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Hassumani, Smith) Updated faculty CV s to Provost: April 2015 72 All Day Information Technology and Electronic Communications - Critical service transition completed for application processes. -- (McKee (Roskey), Tart, Richie, McNeely, Wilmoth, Tonsul) Critical service transition completion for application process April 2015 All Day Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval - Scheduled THECB meeting to consider nursing proposals -- (Smith, Hassumani, Tart, Cass) Scheduled THECB meeting to consider nursing proposals April 2015 May 01, 2015 Friday All Day Accreditation of Nursing Program and Licensure - CCNE requires a substantive change request -- (Tart, Smith) CCNE requires a substantive change request October 31, 2014 All Day Faculty Governance - Proposed ammendments to bylaws and constitution-following THECB and preliminary SACS board approvals -- (Smith, Tart, Barton, Olenchak) Proposed amendments to bylaws and constitution Following THECB and preliminary SACS board approvals May 2015 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - Continuing students to be identified - Early Summer 2015 -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) Continuing students to be identified Early Summer 2015 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - Scholarship awards memos prepared - Summer 2015 -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) Scholarship awards memos prepared Summer 2015 All Day Human Resources - Letters of Appointment to Faculty/Staff -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Hassumani, Smith) Letters of appointment to faculty/staff May 2015 All Day UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies - Sigma Tau International has been contacted and the are expecting a leter of invitation for UH in the Summer 2015. -- (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) Sigma Tau International has been contacted and the ae expecting a letter of invitation from UH in the Summer 2015. Current honor society members will be invited to become emeritus members of the new UH honor society chapter. All Day UHV Space Requirements - Contract for use of educational space at UHV -- (Tart, Beran, Kirk, Ness) Contract for use of educational space at UHV May 2015 Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:23 PM

June 01, 2015 Monday All Day Information Technology and Electronic Communications - All migrations completed for contemt migrations, communications services and software. Critical service transition completed for authentication systems. -- (McKee (Roskey), Tart, Richie, McNeely, Wilmoth, Tonsul) All migration completed for content migrations, communications services and software. Critical service transition completed for authentication systems. June 2015 73 All Day Tuition/Fees - Confirm tuition and fee schedules for nursing transfer students -- Tuition/Fees (Smith, Hassumani, Tart) Confirm tuition and fee schedules for nursing transfer students June 2015 (Hassumani) All Day UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies - Establish graduation dates and locations -- (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) Establish graduation dates and locations June 2015 All Day UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies - Order new pins for Pinning Ceremony -- (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) Order new pins for pinning ceremony June 2015 All Day UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies - Schedule Pinning location -- (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) Schedule Pinning location June 2015 All Day UHV Space Requirements - UH assumes UHV contract for educational space at The Woodlands -- (Tart, Beran, Kirk, Ness) UH assumes UHV contracts for educational space at The Woodlands June 2015 July 01, 2015 Wednesday All Day Human Resources - Establish PeopleSoft accounts for New UH Faculty/Staff -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Hassumani, Smith) Establish PeopleSoft accounts for new UH faculty/staff July 2015 All Day Student Services to Be Assumed By UHSL - Establish student health services and CAPS at UHSL -- (Tart, Beran, Reeve, Sawyer, Whatley,Smith, Floyd Robinson, UH student affairs) Establish student health services and CAPS at UHSL July 2015 All Day Student Services to Be Assumed By UHSL - Scholarship cost centers moved to UH -- (Tart, Beran, Reeve, Sawyer, Whatley) Scholarship cost centers moved to UH July 2015 Green, Dana M 1 10/10/2014 3:20 PM

August 01, 2015 Saturday All Day Faculty Governance - Approval of School of Nursing bylaws by faculty (Fall 2015) -- (Smith, Tart, Barton, Olenchak) Approval of School of Nursing bylaws by faculty (Fall 2015) 74 All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - UHV to file final financial reports for expired grants - Fall 2015 or as required by grant -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) UHV to file final financial reports for expired grants Fall 2015 or as required by grant. All Day UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies - A meeting with alumni will be held this Fall semester at UHSL. -- (Tart, Reeve, Schrader) A meeting will alumni will be held this Fall semester at UHSL. All Day UHV Space Requirements - Establish student health service at UHSL -- (Tart, Beran, Kirk, Hassumani) Establish student health service at UHSL August 2015 Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:24 PM

September 01, 2015 Tuesday All Day Human Resources - Activate Employment at UH (transfers) and UHV (retained) -- (Tart, Beran, Cass, Nelson, Hassumani, Smith) Activate employment at UH (transfers) and UHV (retained) September 1, 2015 75 All Day SACS Approval - Schedule site visit and complete change template -- (Hassumai, Stanich, Tart, Smith, Cass) Schedule site visit and complete template Fall 2015 October 01, 2015 Thursday All Day Initial SON and Learning Abroad Office -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep) All Day Student Enrollment Services at UH - Initial SON and Learning Abroad Office -- (Sawyer, Whatley, Hassumani, Barton, Nelson, Student Rep) Initial SON and Learning Abroad Office October 2015 Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:25 PM

October 15, 2015 Thursday All Day Tuition/Fees for Nursing Students - Submit proposed UH nursing tuition and fees for BOR consideration (Tart and Hassumani). -- (Smith, Hassumani, Tart) Submit proposed UH nursing transition and fees for BOR consideration (Tart and Hassumani) 76 November 01, 2015 Sunday All Day Grants, Endowments, Scholarships and Special Funding - UHV balances to be transferred to UH - clos of FY 15 (November) -- (Beran, Tart, Hassumani, Smith) UHV balances to be transferred to UH close of FY 15 (November) Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:26 PM

September 01, 2016 Thursday All Day UHV Space Requirements - Full occupancey of office suite at UHSL Brazos Hall -- (Tart, Beran, Kirk, Hassumani) Full occupancy of office suite at UHSL Brazos Hall September 2016 77 Green, Dana M 1 10/3/2014 3:27 PM

SUB-GROUP ACTION PLANS

Section: 1 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval

78 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 1. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Approval The transfer of a teaching program between public universities requires approval of the THECB. According to the THECB s policies, transfers are implemented by first closing the program at the first institution and opening a new program at the second institution. On July 23, 2014, Ness, Cass and Smith participated in a telephone conference with staff of the THECB (the meeting was organized by Dr. Stacie Silverman, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Universities and Health Related Institutions). The primary goal of the teleconference was to determine the steps required to comply with coordinating board policy and the appropriate sequence and timeline for executing these steps. The specific steps required to transfer the nursing program from UHV to UH, the schedule of events necessary to support a smooth transition, and the individuals responsible for each step are summarized below. Actions: 1. UHV (Cass) submits a letter of intent to the coordinating board indicating that UHV is closing their nursing program effective Fall 2015; UH (Ness) notifies the coordinating board that it plans to open a nursing program in Fall 2015. 2. UH notifies other public institutions within 50 miles that it intends to open a nursing school and invites comments (Ness). Note that no responses were received within the 30 day response period. 3. UH responds to any objections the THECB receives from neighboring institutions (Ness). 4. UHV (Cass) submits a teach-out plan to THECB, which is centered on a written agreement between UHV and UH (Cass and Ness) that stipulates that UH will accept continuing UHV nursing students as transfer students, that course credits from the UHV nursing program would be accepted by the UH nursing program, and that UH would provide opportunities for these students to complete their degree programs. 5. UH submits New Program Request Forms for each of the degree programs that are going to be transferred to UH (Tart, Ness, Smith). 6. Board materials will be develop by THECB staff (Silverman et al) 7. THECB meeting to consider UHV and UH proposals (Smith) Critical Dates: 1. Letter of intent submitted - July 2014 2. Notification of other public institutions July 2014 3. Submission of UHV s teach-out plan September 2014 4. Submission of UH s new program request forms September 2014 5. Scheduled THECB meeting to consider nursing proposals April 2015 Page 1

79 Note: The new nursing program at UH can be marketed and courses may be included in the UH catalog prior to the April 2015 board meeting as long as UH clearly indicates that the THECB s approval of the new nursing program is pending. Attachments 1. Letter of Intent THECB 2. Notice of Intent neighboring institutions 3. Teach-out Agreement 4. Degree Program Request Form RN-BSN 5. Degree Program Request Form Second Degree BSN 6. Degree Program Request Form MSN Education 7. Degree Program Request Form MSN Administration 8. Degree Program Request Form MSN Family Nursing Practitioner Page 2

Attachment: 1-1 80 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON RENU KHATOR August 28, 2014 Chancellor and President Raymund A. Paredes, Ph.D. Commissioner of Higher Education Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 1200 East Anderson Lane Austin, Texas 78752 Dear Commissioner Paredes: In February 2014, the University of Houston System Board of Regents approved plans to make the University of Houston the sole UH System institution delivering programs at the UH Sugar Land Campus. Included in this plan is the transfer of UH-Victoria s School of Nursing and its programs to the University of Houston. Given that the School of Nursing s students, facilities, and clinical partnerships with health care providers are primarily centered in Sugar Land, and since the school enjoys enormous support from the Sugar Land community, its current location is key to its success. Additionally, as part of the University of Houston, the School of Nursing would have the authority to deliver doctoral degrees to meet the growing needs of the profession. As a next step in this transition, and upon the recommendation of THECB staff, the University of Houston and the UH-Victoria will seek approval from the Coordinating Board to close the five UHV programs identified below and open them at UH for the fall 2015 semester. We anticipate a seamless transition, since delivery of the program in terms of faculty, staff and locations will all remain the same. In addition, students admitted to the School of Nursing as UH-Victoria students will continue to pay UHV s tuition and fee rates once the transition occurs. We appreciate your support in this process. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we may offer any further information regarding this initiative. UH-Victoria School of Nursing Programs: kc Second Degree BSN (CIP- 51.3801.00) RN-BSN (CIP- 51.3801.00) MSN- Administration (CIP- 51.3802.00) MSN - Education (CIP- 51.3817.00) MSN- Family Nurse Practitioner (CIP- 51.3805.00) With warm regards, Renu Khator Raym d Victor Morgan, Jr. Chancellor, University of Houston System Interim President President, University of Houston University of Houston-Victoria 212 E Cullen Building Houston,Texas 77204-2018 (713) 743-8820 Fax: (713) 743-8837 e-mail: rkhator@uh.edu

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Attachment: 1-3 82 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON RENU KHAT0R Chancellor and President Teach-Out Agreement Between the University of Houston and the University of Houston-Victoria Closure of Nursing Programs at the University of Houston-Victoria And the Simultaneous Opening of Nursing Programs at the University of Houston Closure and Opening Date: August 24, 2015 The University of Houston and the University of Houston-Victoria, both institutions of higher learning accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) have concluded a teach-out agreement. This agreement ensures the equitable treatment of students and a reasonable opportunity for students to complete their program of study. Under this agreement, students currently enrolled in any of the undergraduate or graduate nursing programs at the University of Houston-Victoria would be allowed to complete their degrees under the same terms and conditions with the University of Houston, which will be opening the same five programs on its current sites. The following terms and conditions also apply: 1. This agreement will become effective only after SACSCOC has expressed its approval of all terms of the agreement. 2. The obligations pursuant to this agreement for a teach-out shall terminate when all UHV students accepted by the University of Houston pursuant to this agreement have graduated from the University of Houston, have failed to be continuously enrolled at the University of Houston, or four years from the date of this agreement, whichever comes first. 3. All student records held at UH-Victoria will be transferred to the University of Houston by August 24, 2015. The University of Houston will accept all earned credits (inclusive of those credits earned that students have earned at the University of Houston-Victoria based on UHV s completed evaluation of applicable credit). The University of Houston will accept only students who are in good social and academic standing as of August 24, 2015. 212 E Cullen Building HoustonTexas 77204-2018 (713) 743-8820 Fax: (713) 743-8837 e-mail: rkhator@uh.edu

83 4. The tuition and fees that students expected to pay for their enrollment at the University of Houston-Victoria will be honored at the University of Houston. Students will be held harmless from all other costs associated with the administrative changes to the University of Houston, as long as they maintain continuous enrollment within their nursing program. The University of Houston waives admission applications fees for students presently enrolled atuhv. 5. Students who enroll by the summer of 2015 will be covered by this agreement, but nursing students who are admitted and enroll at the University of Houston beginning Fall 2015 will not be subject to the conditions of this teach-out agreement. 6. The curriculum for each of the new nursing UH programs will mirror exactly the programs currently in the approved inventory of the University of Houston-Victoria. These include the RN to BSN, the second-degree BSN, and the Master of Science in Nursing, which has three concentrations (Nurse Administration, Nurse Educator, and Family Nurse Practitioner). 7. The University of Houston will continue to support nursing programs at the current teaching sites Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, Victoria, and The Woodlands. The primary address for the new School of Nursing will be at the University of Houston. 8. The faculty and staff within the UHV School of Nursing will transfer as employees to the University of Houston. UHV nursing faculty members with tenure will automatically have tenure with the University of Houston. The University of Houston will issue continuing contracts for all staff and faculty in the new School of Nursing beginning September 1, 2015 or for FY 2016. cl Renu Khator Chancellor, University of Houston System President, University of Houston Raymond Victor Morgan, Jr. Interim President, University of Houston-Victoria

Attachment: 1-4 84 Attachment 4 New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees Directions: An institution shall use this form to propose a new bachelor s or master s degree program that is in the field of engineering or has costs exceeding $2 million for the first five years of operation. In completing the form, the institution should refer to the document Standards for Bachelor s and Master s Programs, which prescribes specific requirements for new degree programs. Note: This form requires signatures of (1) the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Academic Officer, certifying adequacy of funding for the new program and the notification of other institutions; (2) a member of the Board of Regents (or designee), certifying Board approval. NOTE: Preliminary notification is required for all engineering programs. Prior to submission of an engineering program proposal, the institution should notify the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research of its intent to request such a program. For more information: Contact the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research at 512/427-6200. 1. Institution: University of Houston Administrative Information 2. Program Name: Bachelors of Science in Nursing 3. Proposed CIP Code: 51.3801.00 RN-BSN 4. Number of Required Semester Credit Hours (SCHs): 120 5. Brief Program Description: The primary educational objective of the RN to BSN-completion program is to increase the career and educational opportunities available to registered nurses in the university s service region. The RN to BSN program will provide an efficient bridge for diploma and ADN-prepared nurses who wish to develop stronger clinical reasoning and analytical skills to advance their careers. The RN to BSN program will build on initial nursing preparation with course work to enhance professional development, prepare graduates for a broader scope of practice, and provide graduates with a better understanding of the cultural, political, economic, and social issues that affect patients and influence care delivery. Graduates of the program will have a broader understanding of the nursing profession and will bring that understanding to the practice of nursing in their places of employment. Graduates will be prepared to assume some leadership and management roles. Graduates will: 1. Synthesize knowledge from the biological sciences, social sciences, behavioral sciences, humanities and nursing to provide appropriate culturally sensitive care to individuals, families and communities. 2. Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication, collaboration with other professionals, and leadership and management skills. 3. Critically analyze and apply research findings to nursing practice related to disease prevention, health promotion, illness care and restoration of health. 4. Utilize critical thinking skills to evaluate the outcomes of nursing care. 5. Serve as client advocates by providing health education and in monitoring and promoting access WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters Updated 4/2014

85 to cost-effective care. 6. Encourage lifelong learning and create a foundation for graduate study. 7. Integrate professional values and ethical, moral and legal aspects of nursing into practice in a variety of structured and unstructured settings. 6. Administrative Unit: School of Nursing 7. Proposed Implementation Date: August 24, 2015 8. Contact Person: Name: Kathryn Tart, RN, MSN, EdD Title: Dean and Professor E-mail: tartk@uhv.edu Phone: 281-275-3060 Program Information Background On February 26, 2014, the University of Houston System (UHS) Regents approved recommendations from the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force that will make the University of Houston the sole UHS institution delivering degree programs at the UH Sugar Land campus. As part of this move, the Task Force recommended that management of the UH Victoria (UH-V) nursing program, which is highly dependent on the UH-Sugar Land facilities, be transferred to the University of Houston (UH). There were several reasons for this shift. In particular, there is a recognized shortage of nursing professionals in the region. This shortage demands investment in nursing education to address workforce needs. The University of Houston, as the UHS s flagship research institution, is in the best position to support the growth and expansion of the UH-V nursing program. Moreover, health is already a strategic focus on the UH campus, which already supports a College of Pharmacy, a College of Optometry and degree programs in clinical psychology, speech language pathology, and social work. Degrees are also offered in health and human performance and health education and administration. Overall, the university enrolls students in 97 health-related degree programs. To support program development, coordination and partnerships in this area, a Health Science Center was created at UH by the UHS Board of Regents in January 2013. In addition, the University of Houston is an affiliate of the Texas Medical Center, the world s largest medical complex. These institutional characteristics create a natural fit for the UH-V nursing program within the framework of the UH mission and goals. The acquisition of the UH-Victoria nursing program will involve the wholesale transfer of administrative personnel, faculty, staff, and infrastructure to the University of Houston. The primary administrative location for the UH School of Nursing will be the UH Sugar Land campus, which currently enrolls the largest proportion of nursing students in the UH-V School of Nursing and houses the majority of their current faculty. However, the UH School of Nursing will also continue to maintain and deliver nursing courses at UH Victoria, UH Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), and Lone Star College s University Center in the Woodlands. I. Need A. Job Market Need WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 2

86 The demand for nurses is evidenced by the current documented nursing shortage, the number of qualified students not admitted into nursing programs (documented in the next section), and the growth of the health care needs in the community (due to increases in local and statewide populations, increases in the prevalence of chronic diseases, the ageing of the population, and the increased access to health care anticipated with the Affordable Care Act). The conclusions from a number of independent studies emphasize the need to graduate more nurses and, in particular, nurses with BSN degrees. For example, the 2012 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey (HNSS) reported that the vacancy rate in Texas hospitals was 8.1% for nurses with a median turnover rate of 21.4%. The vacancy rate for nurses in the Gulf Coast region was 4.5% and 7.5% in the Southern region. In June 2011, Wanted Analytics reported that employers and staffing agencies posted more than 121,000 new job ads for nurses in May, up 46% from May 2010. About 10% of that growth, or 12,700, were ads placed for positions at general and surgical hospitals, where annual turnover rates for nurses average 14% according to a recent KPMG career survey. Nationwide, the Bureau of Health Professions predicts a shortage of over 1 million nurses by the year 2020 (BHPR, 2010). In agreement with that forecast, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2012-2022 listed nursing among the top occupations in terms of job growth through 2022 with an expected growth of 526,800 or 19%. The Bureau also projects the need for 525,000 replacements nurses in the workforce bringing the total number of job openings for nurses due to growth and replacements to 1.05 million by 2022. According to the United States Registered Nurse Workforce Report Card and Shortage Forecast published in the January 2012 issue of the American Journal of Medical Quality, the shortage of registered nurses between 2009 and 2030 is projected to be most intense in the South and the West. In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine released its landmark report on The Future of Nursing, which called specifically for increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80%. The current nursing workforce falls far short of these recommendations with only 55% of registered nurses prepared at the baccalaureate or graduate degree level. The local demand for nurses is being driven by expected increases in the delivery of health care services, particularly primary care services. In this respect, Sugar Land, which currently has a population of 83,860 (U.S. Census), and the surrounding area, which has an estimated population of 400,000, represent one of the fastest growing communities in Texas. Fort Bend County now has 400 inpatient hospital beds. With the current number of beds, the community is already experiencing a shortage of qualified nurses. However, this workforce shortage will increase because the bed capacity in Sugar Land is expanding substantially with the recent ground breaking of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land and Houston Methodist Sugar Land hospitals. A similar expansion of major hospital facilities is taking place in the Katy area along the Interstate 10 corridor. B. Student Demand For Fall 2014 semester, the UHV nursing program has 87 students enrolled in the RN- BSN program, which emphasizes the short term demand for the program. The demand for the RN-BSN program should remain high because the BSN degree is growing in importance since many professional practice settings, including magnet hospitals and academic health centers, now require or prefer individuals with the baccalaureate degree for specific nursing roles. Hospitals in Texas, particularly in the greater Houston area, WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 3

require or prefer the baccalaureate prepared nurse and many local RNs are returning to school to earn BSN degrees in order to keep their current jobs or to obtain entry nursing positions. The importance of the RN-BSN program to employers is highlighted by the fact that many health care facilities offer tuition reimbursement to their RN employees who enroll in RN-BSN programs. 87 The significance of the BSN programs in today s health care arena is also reinforced by the fact that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has supported Academic Progression in Nursing with a continuation grant to the Texas Nurses Foundation for RN to BSN progression in the state. This grant has supported, in part, the Consortium for Advancing Baccalaureate Nursing Education in Texas (CABNET). These agreements are signed between community colleges and universities to provide educational pathways for nurses with the Associate s degrees to earn the Bachelor s degree in nursing. UHV has thirteen CABNET agreements with community colleges from across the state, which will be transferred to UH further ensuring a substantial supply of applicants for the RN-BSN program. The student demand for the RN-BSN should remain high because nurses with BSN degrees command attractive salaries (mean annual wage = $67,860). Specifically the demand for the UH program should remain strong because the historic graduations rates in the RN-BSN program are high (90% completion rate) and the Texas Board of Nursing reported that the first time NCLEX-RN pass rate for graduates of this program was 97.35% (October, 2013), the highest of any nursing program in the State, and graduates of this program are readily employed. In particular, the Texas Higher Coordinating Board data show that 88% to 98% of UHV BSN graduates are employed within one year from graduation. C. Enrollment Projections YEAR 1 2015-2016 2 2016-2017 3 2017-2018 4 2018-2019 5 2019-2020 RN-BSN 90 95 100 105 110 FTSE 85 90 95 100 105 II. Quality A. Degree Requirements Category General Education Core Curriculum (bachelor s degree only) Semester Credit Hours Clock Hours 54 810 Required Courses 28 510 Prescribed Electives 2 30 Free Electives 0 0 Other Advanced Placement - Students earn 36 semester hours of credit for successful completion of ADN nursing 36 540 WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 4

courses and subsequent RN licensure. 88 TOTAL 120 1,890 B. Curriculum Note: All of the courses required for the RN-BSN program listed below satisfy the UH Core Curriculum*. All nursing courses are currently approved and being offered by the UHV School of Nursing and are required by the transition of the nursing program to UH. Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH Lower-Level Prerequisite Courses English Composition 6 *ENGL1303/ *ENGL 1304 *HIST 1377/ U.S. History 6 *HIST 1378 *POLS 1336/ Political Science (Federal and State) 6 *POLS 1337 * Language, Philosophy or Culture 3 *ENGL 2330 Writing in the Discipline of English 3 *MATH 1310 Algebra 3 *PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology 3 *BIOL 1309 Human Genetics and Society 3 * Creative Arts 3 *MATH 2311 *CHEM 1301 BIOL 1334/ 1134 (lab) BIOL 1344/ 1144 (lab) BIOL 1353/ 1153 (lab) Advanced Placement or PSYC 2317 Statistics can be used to satisfy the Statistics requirement for the BSN degree. Statistics is required for the BSN degree. Chemistry or Physical Science course (may be 3 with/without a lab) (Chemistry preferred) Human Anatomy and Physiology 8 Microbiology 4 Students earn 36 semester hours of credit for successful completion of ADN nursing courses and subsequent RN licensure. Total Prerequisite Courses 90 Upper-Level Degree Requirements NURS 3310 Professional Role Development and Practice Issues 3 NURS 3311 Health Assessment Across the Lifespan 3 NURS 3315 Pathophysiology 3 3 36 WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 5

NURS 4312 Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing 3 Practice NURS 4314 Nursing Research 3 NURS 4322 Policy, Politics, and Ethics in Professional Nursing 3 Practice NURS 4520 Concept Integration in Patient Care Management 5 NURS 4521 Community Health Nursing 5 NURS 4200 Nursing Elective 2 Total Upper-Level Degree Requirements 30 Total Degree Requirements 120 89 C. Faculty The UH nursing program will have an appropriate and adequate number of full-time faculty to support the nursing curriculum. All of the current full-time UHV nursing faculty will move to UH. The faculty to student ratios in the clinical settings will be 1:10 for the Second Degree BSN, 1:24 for the RN-BSN, and 1:6 for the MSN program. The overall student to teacher ratio for the School of Nursing is expected to be 1:16 (total student head count/fte). Name of Core Faculty and Faculty Rank e.g.: Robertson, David Asst. Professor Vivian Nowazek Assist. Clinical Professor Terry Kirk Associate Clinical Professor Eugenia Blomstrom Assist. Clinical Professor Judith Hafner Assist. Clinical Professor Rickie Jo Bonner Assist. Clinical Professor Sandra McNeely Assist. Clinical Professor Lee Anne Lightfoot Assist. Clinical Professor Shainy Varghese Assist. Professor New Faculty in Year Highest Degree and Awarding Institution PhD. in Molecular Genetics Univ. of Texas at Dallas PhD, Epidemiology, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston EdD, Higher Education Healthcare, Nova Southeastern Univ. PhD, Nursing, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston MS, Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program MG200, MG285 MG824 (Lab Only) 50% 4520 24% 3310 24% 4322 24% 3315, 3311, 4520 50% DNP, Nursing, Regis University 3311, 4520, 4521 75% MSN, Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston MS, Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University PhD, Nursing, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston 4521,4322 50% 4312, 3311 50% 4314 24% WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 6

New Faculty in Year 90 Name of Support Faculty and Faculty Rank Lorainne Cull Adjunct Rhonda Gatti Adjunct Highest Degree and Awarding Institution MSN, Nursing Education, University of Houston Victoria MSN, Nursing Education, University of Houston Victoria Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program 4200 100% 3311, 4520 50% D. Students Recruitment: As documented in the teach-out plan submitted by UH Victoria, with the closure of the UHV School of Nursing, UH will assume responsibility for all students who are currently enrolled in the nursing program. Course credits obtained at UHV will be transferred to UH and UH will ensure that all transfer students have an opportunity to complete their nursing degrees. Plans are in place to ensure that financial aid is not interrupted and that tuition and fees for these transfer students are maintained at levels equivalent to those paid by UHV students. In addition, UH is committed to maintaining the current number and level of student scholarships for nursing students. Thus, we expect the RN-BSN program to have full enrollment beginning the first year of operation. Plans are in place to assume the marketing of the nursing programs in January 2015 and UH will begin accepting applications and financial aid documentation for AY2015-16 in January 2015. The majority of RN-BSN students has historically been recruited as graduates from community colleges and local health care institutions. UH School of Nursing faculty, advisors, and current students will continue to recruit potential students at career days at community colleges and RN associate degree programs and at student nursing organization meetings throughout the UHS service area. The nursing faculty and staff will conduct information sessions with UH advisors on the main UH campus and on the UH Sugar Land and UH Cinco Ranch campuses. In addition, ads will be typically placed in the UH Daily Cougar, UH Alumni magazine, UH graduation brochure, and Houston Chronicle. Google Ads have been another effective recruiting tool for RN-BSN students and will continue to be used by the UH nursing program. The School of Nursing will have a dedicated website that hosts updated and accurate information; plans are currently underway to make sure that this site is active in January 2015. The website will include links for Student Voices and Our SON Channel and will provide information to students on admission requirements and student experiences in the RN-BSN program. Interactive e-flyers will be sent to all contacts for the RN-BSN program. The School of Nursing staff will work with the UH Marketing Department to develop these materials and to ensure that all marketing pieces reflect the diversity of the nursing program and are targeted to diverse potential applicant pools. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 7

91 The UH School of Nursing will continue to participate in the Nursing Centralized Application System (CAS), which is a national application platform sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This platform has proven to be an excellent recruiting tool for students. Admission Requirements: 1. Applicants must complete an online application through NursingCAS at https://portal.nursingcas.org/ 2. Applicants must submit official transcript(s) from EACH college or university attended, sent directly from each institution to NursingCAS. 3. Applicants to the RN-BSN program must have graduated from an institution accredited by one of the six recognized regional accrediting associations, with an associate degree or completion of an accredited diploma program. Applicants who have completed an international nursing diploma program that is not affiliated with a university may not satisfy the Associate Degree requirements for admission to the UH RN-BSN program. International students may contact advisors in the UH School of Nursing to review specific prerequisites. 4. Applicants to the RN-BSN program must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 and a GPA of 2.5 in natural, physical and behavioral sciences. 5. Applicants to the RN-BSN program must have completed all prerequisite course work prior to enrolling in the program. 6. Applicants to the RN-BSN program must have evidence of a current Texas unencumbered Registered Nurse license. 7. All clinical readiness requirements including criminal background check, drug screen, immunization requirements and CPR for Professional Rescuers must be met prior to the RN to BSN mandatory orientation. Only American Heart Association (AHA) and American Red Cross (ARC) Health Care Provider CPR verification will be accepted. Student Retention The graduation rate (90%) for the UHV RN-BSN program has been excellent since the first graduates of the program in 2007. UH will continue to employ the strategies that UHV has used successfully to retain and graduate students in the RN-BSN program. Specifically, orientation sessions will be held by the School of Nursing and the University of Houston at the beginning of the spring, summer and fall semesters. Rn-BSN students will develop and sign a degree plan during the first semester of the program with their advisor and lead faculty. The degree plan will clearly outline program expectations, the timing and sequence of the curriculum, and requirements for completing the BSN degree. Students who are identified as potentially at risk during the admission process will meet with a retention specialist who will provide information on elective courses to eliminate potential weaknesses. At mid-term each semester, students will be informed by faculty if they are in jeopardy of not being successful in a course or a practicum experience. A remediation plan will be developed by the faculty member and the student that will document what the student must do to successfully complete the course in question. Student service personnel will be available to assist students in their pursuit of internal and external scholarships. The University of Houston serves one of most diverse student populations in the country. In this respect, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Division of Administration and Finance work closely to enhance the academic and social environment for students by developing and implementing an array of services and programs aimed at supporting and facilitating student success. In particular, established WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 8

92 university services such academic support (e.g., university testing services; the center for students with disabilities) and health and wellness services (counseling and psychological services; the student health center) will be extended to the students in the School of Nursing on the UH Sugar Land campus. These programs and services will be regularly assessed to ensure they remain relevant and useful to the student population of UH School of Nursing. E. Library. The library resources necessary for the Nursing Program will be provided and sustained. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection, as enumerated in the list developed by the Nursing faculty and the UHV Library, will be in place at UH for Fall Semester 2015 classes. These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University. In addition, nursing faculty and graduate students will also have access to the Texas Medical Center Library. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Additional library resources will include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support. Instructional support will take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard, and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions will cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills Research support services will include: Citation management tools Data management and management program resources Electronic theses and dissertations information The University of Houston Libraries will offer a variety of services to distance, off-campus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and limited off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs and questions will be primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and the Woodlands) will be able to obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the off-site teaching centers to the main campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition to the University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria library and staff. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 9

93 F. Facilities and Equipment Physical Resources - The UH School of Nursing will continue to be housed primarily on the UH Sugar Land campus and will continue to provide instruction at UH Sugar Land. Additional space for the School of Nursing will become available on the UH main campus in AY2016-2017. As indicated above, the transition of the nursing program from UH-V to UH is primarily a shift in management. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. UH-Sugar Land The UH-Sugar Land campus is located on 250 acres in Sugar Land and has three buildings: the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the University Branch Library. Wharton County Junior College also maintains a presence at the site. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus provides adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a modern nursing-focused simulation lab and classroom teaching space for the School of Nursing to utilize. The simulations labs on the Sugar Land campus have bed side computers with Laerdal SimMan simulation equipment. This 27 bed competency lab was completed in May 2009. The George Building is a 57,000 square-foot facility. It has a front office located on the first floor that is the main intake area for students, faculty, and staff requiring information or assistance. The George Building has 25 classrooms. Two of the classrooms are instructional computer labs; five are ITV classrooms with video conferencing capabilities. One of the ITV classrooms is a computer lab with video conferencing capabilities. Five of the classrooms are dedicated labs for specific programs. An open computer lab is located on the 3 rd floor for use by students. The University Branch Library provides library services to UH and WCJC students on site as well as the general community. There are two UH Academic Liaisons to assist faculty and students; however, all the librarians are cross-trained to provide assistance. There are student study areas in various locations in the George Building, Brazos Hall and the Library. WiFi is available throughout the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the Library. Parking is free and available in four parking lots. UHS-Cinco Ranch The University of Houston System location at Cinco Ranch is a 1 story, 50,000 sq. ft., multi-institution teaching center that is located in the master planned community of Cinco Ranch. The facility offers 18 classrooms for instruction, 4 of which are Instructional Television (ITV) classrooms for distance education use and 1 Lecture Computer Lab. The Cinco Ranch location offers a mobile assessment lab for its assessment course in the RN-BSN program. In addition to these classrooms, the facility provides students and faculty a Virtual Library, 1 open Computer Lab, a student & faculty lounge, a faculty suite with office space, a large event room and a conference room which can be utilized for instruction. Parking is free in a large parking lot located on the west side of the building. Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery UHV has an agreement with Lone Star Community College in The Woodlands to lease classroom and office space for the RN-BSN Program, which allows students to attend WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 10

94 this nursing program in The Woodlands area. The University of Houston will continue this arrangement. University of Houston Victoria A renovation of the Victoria Nursing Suite in the UHV Center building was completed in 2011, which now provides adequate faculty and staff offices, a conference room, simulation lab, and teaching space for the RN-BSN program. In particular, the Victoria campus has a four bed competency lab with a SimMan 3G that was newly constructed in 2012. The Victoria campus has fully interactive ITV capability in the newly remodeled conference room. These resources will continue to be utilized by the UH School of Nursing program. UH main campus A second Health and Biomedical Sciences Building (250,000 sq ft) is currently being designed with construction scheduled to start in November 2014 and completed in November 2016. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility and a behavioral health clinic that will serve the community and support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. G. Accreditation. The existing UHV undergraduate and graduate nursing programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The UHV program hosted a site visit in March 2014 and the final outcome of the accreditation decision from the Board of Commissioners will be forthcoming in October 2014. The CCNE staff are aware of the transfer and are supportive of the move from UHV to UH. The Texas Board of Nursing is also aware and supportive of the transfer of the School of Nursing from UHV to UH. The transfer notification form has been submitted to the Texas Board of Nursing documenting the transfer of administrative control of the professional nursing education program from UHV to UH, as required by the Texas Board of Nursing 3.1.3.a. Education Guideline. H. Evaluation. University of Houston Institutional Effectiveness practices reflect a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. Each academic program at UH submits a program effectiveness report to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The purpose of each report is to document assessment and continuous improvement activities across the UH campus. These reports must describe program assessment activities including: 1. the academic program mission; 2. student learning & program outcomes; 3. assessment measures; 4. performance standards; 5. assessment results; 6. results-based program improvements Personnel from the University of Houston s Institutional Effectiveness Office as well as school-level assessment officers monitor and review the content of these program effectiveness reports and provide guidance and feedback as appropriate. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 11

95 The School of Nursing will be folded into this continuous improvement documentation process. In addition, the School will continue to employ established assessment procedures to monitor School specific elements as outlined below. In particular, the UH School of Nursing will continue to use the Systematic Plan of Evaluation (SPE), which provides the structure for collecting and analyzing information related to program and student outcomes. The faculty revised the plan based on the current Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education standards in August 2013. The evaluation process includes 3 key elements. The first component includes who is responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, the methods by which the data is gathered, and where the outcomes are documented. The second component, time frame, identifies the frequency for review. In the last component, benchmark(s), the faculty establishes the desired level of performance to meet the School s mission and goals. The SPE is reviewed annually and was last updated by the faculty in fall 2013. The School of Nursing will also employ the EBI Benchmarking INC survey to collect data from recent graduates. This primary survey will be given each year; a broader alumni survey will be administered every three years. An employer evaluation component will be administered in 2015 and will be re-administered every three years. In addition, the School of Nursing will host a Messaging Meeting each semester to determine the desires of the community. Qualitative data will be gathered at this time to determine program outcomes as related to the local community. III. Costs and Funding 1 Estimated costs for implementation of this program will be minimal as indicated below. The existing faculty in the UHV School of Nursing will be transferring to UH and will continue to teach the BSN courses in this program. Adjunct faculty will be hired to assist in practicum supervision as needed. The library and physical facilities are fully operational; no funds are required for Facilities and Equipment. The Reallocated Funds represents formula funding generated by UH Victoria for the first two years of operation. These funds will be transferred from UHV to UH within the UH System. The Anticipate New Formula Funding represents formula funds generated at UH during the third through fifth years of operation. The Other funds represent UH specific tuition and fees generated during the third to fifth years of operation. Five-Year Costs Five-Year Funding Personnel 1 $2,934,076 Reallocated Funds $525,998 Facilities and Equipment $0 Anticipated New Formula Funding 3 $816,844 Library, Supplies, and Materials $521,022 Special Item Funding $0 Other 2 $0 Other 4 $4,930,073 1 Please use the Program Funding Estimation Tool found on the CB website to correctly estimate state funding. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 12

Total Costs $3,455,098 Total Funding $6,273,069 96 1. Report costs for new faculty hires, graduate assistants, and technical support personnel. For new faculty, prorate individual salaries as a percentage of the time assigned to the program. If existing faculty will contribute to program, include costs necessary to maintain existing programs (e.g., cost of adjunct to cover courses previously taught by faculty who would teach in new program). 2. Specify other costs here (e.g., administrative costs, travel). 3. Indicate formula funding for students new to the institution because of the program; formula funding should be included only for years three through five of the program and should reflect enrollment projections for years three through five. 4. Report other sources of funding here. In-hand grants, likely future grants, and designated tuition and fees can be included. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 13

97 Signature Page 1. Adequacy of Funding and Notification of Other Institutions The chief executive or chief academic officer shall sign the following statements: I certify that the institution has adequate funds to cover the costs of the new program. Furthermore, the new program will not reduce the effectiveness or quality of existing programs at the institution. I certify that my institution has notified all public institutions within 50 miles of the teaching site of our intention to offer the program at least 30 days prior to submitting this request. I also certify that if any objections were received, those objections were resolved prior to the submission of this request. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Academic Officer Date 2. Board of Regents or Designee Approval A member of the Board of Regents or designee shall sign the following statement: On behalf of the Board of Regents, I approve the program. Board of Regents (Designee) Date of Approval WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 14

Attachment: 1-5 98 Attachment 5 New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees Directions: An institution shall use this form to propose a new bachelor s or master s degree program that is in the field of engineering or has costs exceeding $2 million for the first five years of operation. In completing the form, the institution should refer to the document Standards for Bachelor s and Master s Programs, which prescribes specific requirements for new degree programs. Note: This form requires signatures of (1) the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Academic Officer, certifying adequacy of funding for the new program and the notification of other institutions; (2) a member of the Board of Regents (or designee), certifying Board approval. NOTE: Preliminary notification is required for all engineering programs. Prior to submission of an engineering program proposal, the institution should notify the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research of its intent to request such a program. For more information: Contact the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research at 512/427-6200. 1. Institution: University of Houston Administrative Information 2. Program: Bachelors of Science in Nursing 3. Proposed CIP Code: 51.3801.00 Second Degree BSN 4. Number of Required Semester Credit Hours (SCHs): 120 5. Brief Program Description: The objective of the Second Degree BSN program is to produce graduates for professional nursing practice who can draw upon knowledge from the biological sciences, social sciences, humanities and nursing to critically analyze human responses to actual and potential health problems and provide appropriate nursing interventions. The Second Degree bachelors program is a twelve-month, intensive full-time program for people holding bachelors or master s degrees in other fields who want to become registered nurses (RNs). This program is designed to facilitate a career change for the more mature and experienced student. Graduates will: 1. Synthesize knowledge from the biological sciences, social sciences, behavioral sciences, humanities and nursing to provide appropriate culturally sensitive care to individuals, families and communities. 2. Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication, collaboration with other professionals and leadership and management skills. 3. Critically analyze and apply research findings to nursing practice related to disease prevention, health promotion, illness care and restoration of health. 4. Utilize critical thinking skills to evaluate the outcomes of nursing care. 5. Serve as client advocates by providing health education and in monitoring and promoting access to cost-effective care. 6. Encourage lifelong learning and create a foundation for graduate study. 7. Integrate professional values and ethical, moral and legal aspects of nursing into practice in a variety of structured and unstructured settings. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters Updated 4/2014

99 Graduates of the Second Degree BSN program are eligible to take the examination for licensure as registered nurses. 6. Administrative Unit: School of Nursing 7. Proposed Implementation Date: August 24, 2015 8. Contact Person: Name: Kathryn Tart, RN, MSN, EdD Title: Dean and Professor E-mail: tartk@uhv.edu Phone: 281-275-3060 Program Information Background On February 26, 2014, the University of Houston System (UHS) Regents approved recommendations from the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force that will make the University of Houston the sole UHS institution delivering degree programs at the UH Sugar Land campus. As part of this move, the Task Force recommended that management of the UH Victoria (UH-V) nursing program, which is highly dependent on the UH-Sugar Land facilities, be transferred to the University of Houston (UH). There were several reasons for this shift. In particular, there is a recognized shortage of nursing professionals in the region. This shortage demands investment in nursing education to address workforce needs. The University of Houston, as the UHS s flagship research institution, is in the best position to support the growth and expansion of the UH-V nursing program. Moreover, health is already a strategic focus on the UH campus, which supports a College of Pharmacy, a College of Optometry and degree programs in clinical psychology, speech language pathology, and social work. Degrees are also offered in health and human performance and health education and administration. Overall, the university enrolls students in 97 health-related degree programs. To support program development, coordination and partnerships in this area, a Health Science Center at UH was created by the UHS Board of Regents in January 2013. In addition, the University of Houston is an affiliate of the Texas Medical Center, the world s largest medical complex. These institutional characteristics create a natural fit for the UH-V nursing program within the framework of the UH mission and goals. The acquisition of the UH-Victoria nursing program will involve the wholesale transfer of administrative personnel, faculty, staff, and infrastructure to the University of Houston. The primary administrative location for the UH School of Nursing will be the UH Sugar Land campus, which currently enrolls the largest proportion of nursing students in the UH-V School of Nursing and houses the majority of faculty. However, the UH School of Nursing will also continue to maintain and deliver nursing courses at UH Victoria, UH Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), and Lone Star College s University Center in the Woodlands. 1. Need A. Job Market Need WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 2

100 The demand for nurses is evidenced by the nursing shortage, the number of qualified students not admitted into nursing programs (documented in the next section), and the growth of the health care needs in the community (due to increases in local and statewide populations, increases in the prevalence of chronic diseases, the ageing of the population, and the increased access to health care anticipated with the Affordable Care Act). The conclusions from a number of independent studies emphasize the need to graduate more nurses and, in particular, nurses with BSN degrees. For example, the 2012 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey (HNSS) reported that the vacancy rate in Texas hospitals was 8.1% for nurses with a median turnover rate of 21.4%. The vacancy rate for nurses in the Gulf Coast region was 4.5% and 7.5% in the Southern region. In June 2011, Wanted Analytics reported that employers and staffing agencies posted more than 121,000 new job ads for nurses in May, up 46% from May 2010. About 10% of that growth, or 12,700, were ads placed for positions at general and surgical hospitals, where annual turnover rates for nurses average 14% according to a recent KPMG career survey. Nationwide, the Bureau of Health Professions predicts a shortage of over 1 million nurses by the year 2020 (BHPR, 2010). In agreement with that forecast, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2012-2022 listed nursing among the top occupations in terms of job growth through 2022 with an expected growth of 526,800 or 19%. The Bureau also projects the need for 525,000 replacements nurses in the workforce bringing the total number of job openings for nurses due to growth and replacements to 1.05 million by 2022. According to the United States Registered Nurse Workforce Report Card and Shortage Forecast published in the January 2012 issue of the American Journal of Medical Quality, the shortage of registered nurses between 2009 and 2030 is projected to be most intense in the South and the West. In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine released its landmark report on The Future of Nursing, which called specifically for increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80%. The current nursing workforce falls far short of these recommendations with only 55% of registered nurses prepared at the baccalaureate or graduate degree level. The local demand for nurses is being driven by expected increases in the delivery of health care services, particularly primary care services. In this respect, Sugar Land, which currently has a population of 83,860 (U.S. Census), and the surrounding area, which has an estimated population of 400,000, represents one of the fastest growing communities in Texas. Fort Bend County now has 400 inpatient hospital beds. With the current number of beds, the community is already experiencing a shortage of qualified nurses. However, this workforce shortage will increase because the bed capacity in Sugar Land is expanding substantially with the recent ground breaking of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land and Houston Methodist Sugar Land hospitals. A similar expansion of major hospital facilities is taking place in the Katy area along the Interstate 10 corridor. B. Student Demand As of Spring 2014, there were 60 students enrolled in the Second Degree BSN Nursing program, which emphasizes the short-term demand for the program. The demand is anticipated to remain high because the Second Degree BSN program provides an attractive career path into nursing. The Second Degree BSN program is a 12-month, intensive, full-time program that facilitates career changes for more mature, experienced professionals who come to nursing from other disciplines. The program serves a growing WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 3

101 population of students who have completed a first bachelor s degree in another field and then complete the second bachelor s degree in nursing. The student demand is high because nurses with BSN degrees command attractive salaries (mean annual wage = $67,860). Specifically the demand for the UH program should remain because the Texas Board of Nursing reported that first time NCLEX-RN pass rate for graduates of this program was 97.35% (October, 2013), the highest of any nursing program in the State, and graduates of this program are readily employed. In particular, the Texas Higher Coordinating Board data show that 88% to 98% of the BSN graduates are employed within one year after graduation. Statewide, there is a high student demand for nursing careers. According to the 2013 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (TCNWS) in collaboration with the Texas Board of Nursing s (BON) Nursing Education Program Information Survey (NEPIS), there are 113 pre-licensure nursing programs in Texas. Although enrollment capacity increased by 4.5% from AY 2011-2012 and AY 2012-2013, 41% of qualified applicants were not offered admission. C. Enrollment Projections Use this table to show the estimated cumulative headcount and full-time student equivalent (FTSE) enrollment for the first five years of the program. (Include majors only and consider attrition and graduation.) YEAR Second Degree BSN 1 2015-2016 2 2016-2017 3 2017-2018 4 2018-2019 5 2019-2020 50 55 60 65 70 FTSE 45 50 55 60 65 II. Quality A. Degree Requirements Use this table to show the degree requirements of the program. (Modify the table as needed; if necessary, replicate the table for more than one option.) Category General Education Core Curriculum (bachelor s degree only) Semester Credit Hours Clock Hours 60 900 Required Courses 58 2,946 Prescribed Electives 2 30 Free Electives 0 Other (Specify, e.g., internships, clinical work) (if not included above) TOTAL 120 3,876 B. Curriculum. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 4

102 Note: All of the courses required for the Second Degree BSN program listed below satisfy the UH Core Curriculum*. All nursing courses are currently approved and being offered by the UHV School of Nursing and are required by the transition of the nursing program to UH. Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH Lower-Level Prerequisite Courses English Composition 6 *ENGL1303/ *ENGL 1304 *HIST 1377/ U.S. History 6 *HIST 1378 *POLS 1336/ Political Science (Federal and State) 6 *POLS 1337 * Language, Philosophy or Culture course 3 *ENGL 2330 Writing in the Discipline of English 3 *MATH 1310 Algebra 3 *PSYC 2301 Introduction to Psychology 3 *SOC 1300 Introduction to Sociology 3 COSC 1300 Introduction to Computing 3 *BIOL 1309 Human Genetics and Society 3 * Creative Arts Course 3 *MATH 2311 *CHEM 1301 BIOL 1334/ 1134 (lab) BIOL 1344/ 1144 (lab) BIOL 1353/ 1153 (lab) or *PSYC 2317 Statistics can be used to satisfy the Statistics requirement for the BSN degree. Statistics is required for the BSN degree. Chemistry or Physical Science course (may be 3 with/without a lab) (Chemistry preferred) Human Anatomy and Physiology 8 Microbiology 4 Total Prerequisite Courses 60 Upper-Level Degree Requirements NURS 3230 Nursing Professional Role I 2 NURS 3247 Pharmacology for Collaborative Nursing Practice 2 NURS 3331 Nursing Professional Role II 3 NURS 3332 Nursing Professional Role III 3 NURS 3337 Reading and Interpreting Scientific Literature 3 NURS 3440 Introduction to Evidence-Based Nursing Practice 4 NURS 3631 Nursing Process for Symptom Management 6 NURS 3633 Clinical Nursing Practice I 6 NURS 3634 Clinical Nursing Practice II 6 NURS 3636 Nursing Process for Collaborative Practice I 6 NURS 3735 Clinical Nursing Practice III 7 NURS 3737 Nursing Process for Collaborative Practice II 7 NURS 4200 Nursing Elective 2 NURS 4314 Nursing Research 3 Total Upper-Level Degree Requirements 60 Total Degree Requirements 120 3 WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 5

C. Faculty. The UH nursing program will have an appropriate and adequate number of full-time faculty to support the nursing curriculum. All of the current full-time UHV nursing faculty will move to UH. The faculty to student ratios in the clinical settings will be 1:10 for the Second Degree BSN, 1:24 for the RN-BSN, and 1:6 for the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program. The overall student to teacher ratio for the School of Nursing is expected to be 1:16 (total student head count/fte). 103 Name of Core Faculty and Faculty Rank e.g.: Robertson, David Asst. Professor Patricia Schrader Assist. Clinical Professor Kilian Williams Assist. Clinical Professor Eugenia Blomstrom Assist. Clinical Professor Judith Hafner Assist. Clinical Professor Rickie Jo Bonner Assist. Clinical Professor Sandra McNeely Assist. Clinical Professor Lee Anne Lightfoot Assist. Clinical Professor Shainy Varghese Assist. Professor Lisette Barton Assist. Professor Danielle Quintana Lecturer New Faculty in Year _2015_ New Faculty in Year Highest Degree and Awarding Institution PhD. in Molecular Genetics Univ. of Texas at Dallas MSN, Nursing Education, Prairie View A & M University, Houston PhD, Nursing, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston MS, Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University, Houston Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program MG200, MG285 MG824 (Lab Only) 50% 3737, 3737, 3332, 3633, 3631, 3634, 3636 100% 3735, 3634 25% 4314, 3633, 3631 25% 3735, 3440, 3633, 3634 50% DNP, Nursing, Regis University 3634, 4314 25% MSN, Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston MS, Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University, Houston PhD, Nursing, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston PhD, Nursing, Texas Woman s University, Houston MSN, Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, New Jersey 3735, 3737, 3337, 4200 50% 3735, 3230, 3440, 3633, 3634 3737, 3735, 3633, 3631, 3636 60% 50% 3247 12% 3735, 3633, 3634, 4200, 3230 50% PhD, Nursing 3634, 3636, 3230, 3247 65% Name of Support Faculty and Faculty Rank Rhonda Gatti Adjunct Highest Degree and Awarding Institution MSN, Nursing Education, University of Houston Victoria Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program 3311, 4520 50% WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 6

Faye Obey Adjunct Wilhelmina Rich Adjunct Anderson O Ogunbor Adjunct Esmy Anna Samuel Adjunct Kelle Huong Phan Adjunct Sophia John Adjunct MS, Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University, Houston MSN, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA MSN, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston MSN, University of Houston Victoria MSN, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama MSN, University of Texas College of Nursing, Houston 104 3633, 4200 100% 3633 100% 3633 100% 3440 100% 3633 100% 3634 100% D. Students. Recruitment: As documented in the teach-out plan submitted by UH Victoria, with the closure of the UHV School of Nursing, UH will assume responsibility for all students who are currently enrolled in the nursing program. Course credits obtained at UHV will be transferred to UH and UH will ensure that all transfer students have an opportunity to complete their nursing degrees. Plans are in place to ensure that financial aid is not interrupted and that tuition and fees for these transfer students are maintained at levels equivalent to those paid by UHV students. In addition, UH is committed to maintaining the current number and level of student scholarships for nursing students. Thus, we expect the Second Degree to BSN program, which runs from January to December, to have full enrollment beginning the first year of operation. Plans are also in place to assume the marketing of the nursing programs in January 2015 and UH will begin accepting applications and financial aid documentation for AY2015-16 in January 2015. The majority of students for the Second Degree BSN program have traditionally been recruited as post-baccalaureate students from the University of Houston System. This has been done through interactions at UH Health Professions career day, meetings with UH advisors, and attending UH information sessions on the UH Sugar Land and UH Cinco Ranch campuses. In addition, advertisements are typically placed in the UH Daily Cougar, UH Alumni magazine, UH graduation brochure, and Houston Chronicle and faculty and administrators actively recruit potential students at community and special events. Google Ads have been another effective recruiting tool for post-baccalaureate students. We will continue these activities when the nursing program opens at UH. Interactive e-flyers will be sent to all contacts for the Second Degree BSN program. The School of Nursing staff will work with the UH Marketing Department to develop these materials and to ensure that all marketing pieces reflect the diversity of the nursing program and are targeted to diverse potential applicant pools. The School of Nursing will have a dedicated website that hosts updated and accurate information; plans are currently underway to make sure that this site is active in January 2015. The website will include links for Student Voices and Our SON Channel and will provide information to students on admission requirements and student experiences in the Second Degree BSN program. The UH School of Nursing will continue to participate in the Nursing Centralized Application System (CAS), which is a national application platform sponsored by the WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 7

105 American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This platform has proven to be an excellent recruiting tool for students. Admission Requirements: 1. Applicants must complete an online application through NursingCAS at https://portal.nursingcas.org/ 2. Applicants must submit official transcript(s) from EACH college or university attended, sent directly from each institution to NursingCAS. 3. Applicants to the second degree BSN program must have graduated from an accredited baccalaureate degree program. The baccalaureate degree must have been completed prior to the application deadline. 4. Applicants to the second degree BSN program must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and a GPA of 3.0 in natural and behavioral sciences. (Science courses taken more than five years ago will be evaluated on an individual basis and may have to be repeated). 5. Applicants to the second degree BSN program must have completed all prerequisite course work prior to the application deadline. No in-progress courses will be accepted. 6. Applicants to the second degree BSN program must pass the school approved preadmission test. The UH School of Nursing is accepting Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS V) as the school approved pre-admission test. 7. Applicants to the second degree BSN must complete a release of social security number form to the UH School of Nursing office. 8. Qualified applicants to the second degree BSN program must have completed and have a current CPR healthcare provider or professional health care provider course completion card for entrance into the program. Only American Heart Association (AHA) and American Red Cross (ARC) Health Care Provider CPR verification will be accepted. 9. Qualified applicants to the second degree BSN program must have proof of passing a criminal background check in accordance with Texas Board of Nursing requirements for entrance into the program. 10. Qualified applicants to the second degree BSN program must be able to provide evidence of completion of Texas minimum state vaccine immunization requirements for entrance into the program. 11. Qualified applicants to the second degree BSN program must have proof of a negative drug screen from a School approved agency for entrance into the program. 12. Qualified applicants who have been accepted to the second degree BSN program must attend a mandatory orientation session. 13. All clinical readiness requirements including criminal background check, drug screen, immunization requirements and CPR for Professional Rescuers must be met prior to the Second Degree BSN mandatory orientation. Upon successful completion of the program the graduate is to apply to write the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Satisfactory achievement on the examination will qualify the graduate for licensure as a Registered Nurse. Student Retention The historic graduation rate for the UHV Second Degree BSN program is 70%. High graduation rates will be maintained by ensuring consistent communication between the students and the UH School of Nursing. Orientation sessions will be held for the School of Nursing and the University of Houston at the beginning of the spring semester (i.e, the WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 8

106 starting time for the Second Degree BSN program). Second Degree BSN students will develop and sign a degree plan during the first semester of the program with their advisor and lead faculty. The degree plan will clearly outline program expectations, the timing and sequence of the curriculum, and requirements for completing the BSN degree. Students who are identified as potentially at risk during the admission process will meet with a retention specialist who will provide information on elective courses to eliminate potential weaknesses. At mid-term each semester, students will be informed by faculty if they are in jeopardy of not being successful in a course or a practicum experience. A remediation plan will be developed by the faculty member and the student that will document what the student must do to successfully complete the course in question. Student service personnel will be available to assist students in their pursuit of internal and external scholarships. The University of Houston serves one of most diverse student populations in the country. In this respect, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Division of Administration and Finance work closely to enhance the academic and social environment for students by developing and implementing an array of services and programs aimed at supporting and facilitating student success. In particular, established university services such academic support (e.g., university testing services; the center for students with disabilities) and health and wellness services (counseling and psychological services; the student health center) will be extended to the students in the School of Nursing on the UH Sugar Land campus. These programs and services will be regularly assessed to ensure they remain relevant and useful to the student population of UH School of Nursing. E. Library. The library resources necessary for the Nursing Program will be provided and sustained. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection, as enumerated in the list developed by the Nursing faculty and the UHV Library, will be in place for Fall Semester 2015 classes. These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University. In addition, nursing faculty and graduate students will also have access to the Texas Medical Center Library. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Additional library resources will include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support. Instructional support can take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard, and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions can cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills Research support services will include: Citation management tools Data management and management program resources WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 9

Electronic theses and dissertations information 107 The University of Houston Libraries will offer a variety of services to distance, off-campus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and limited off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs and questions will be primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and the Woodlands) will be able to obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the off-site teaching centers to the main campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition to the University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria library and staff. F. Facilities and Equipment. Physical Resources - The UH School of Nursing will continue to be housed primarily on the UH Sugar Land campus and will continue to provide instruction at UH Sugar Land. Additional space for the School of Nursing will become available on the UH main campus in AY2016-2017. As indicated above, the transition of the nursing program from UH-V to UH is primarily a shift in management. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. UH-Sugar Land The UH-Sugar Land campus is located on 250 acres in Sugar Land and has three buildings: the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the University Branch Library. Wharton County Junior College also maintains a presence at the site. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus provides adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a modern nursing-focused simulation lab and classroom teaching space for the School of Nursing to utilize. The simulations labs on the Sugar Land campus have bed side computers with Laerdal SimMan simulation equipment. This 27 bed competency lab was completed in May 2009. The George Building is a 57,000 square-foot facility. It has a front office located on the first floor that is the main intake area for students, faculty, and staff requiring information or assistance. The George Building has 25 classrooms. Two of the classrooms are instructional computer labs; five are ITV classrooms with video conferencing capabilities. One of the ITV classrooms is a computer lab with video conferencing capabilities. Five of the classrooms are dedicated labs for specific programs. An open computer lab is located on the 3 rd floor for use by students. The University Branch Library provides library services to UH and WCJC students on site as well as the general community. There are two Academic Liaisons to assist faculty and students; however, all the librarians are cross-trained to provide assistance. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 10

108 There are student study areas in various locations in the George Building, Brazos Hall and the Library. WiFi is available throughout the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the Library. Parking is free and available in four parking lots. UH main campus A second Health and Biomedical Sciences Building (250,000 sq ft) is currently being designed with construction scheduled to start in November 2014 and completed in November 2016. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility and a behavioral health clinic that will serve the community and support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. G. Accreditation. The existing UHV undergraduate and graduate nursing programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The UHV program hosted a site visit in March 2014 and the final outcome of the accreditation decision from the Board of Commissioners will be forthcoming in October 2014. The CCNE staff are aware of the transfer and are supportive of the move from UHV to UH. The Texas Board of Nursing is also aware and supportive of the transfer of the School of Nursing from UHV to UH. The transfer notification form has been submitted to the Texas Board of Nursing documenting the transfer of administrative control of the professional nursing education program from UHV to UH, as required by the Texas Board of Nursing 3.1.3.a. Education Guideline. H. Evaluation. University of Houston Institutional Effectiveness practices reflect a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. Each academic program at UH submits a program effectiveness report to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The purpose of each report is to document assessment and continuous improvement activities across the UH campus. These reports must describe program assessment activities including: 1. the academic program mission; 2. student learning & program outcomes; 3. assessment measures; 4. performance standards; 5. assessment results; 6. results-based program improvements Personnel from the University of Houston s Institutional Effectiveness Office as well as school-level assessment officers monitor and review the content of these program effectiveness reports and provide guidance and feedback as appropriate. The School of Nursing will be folded into this continuous improvement documentation process. In addition, the School will continue to employ established assessment procedures to monitor School specific elements as outlined below. In particular, the UH School of Nursing will continue to use the Systematic Plan of Evaluation (SPE), which provides the structure for collecting and analyzing information related to program and student outcomes. The faculty revised the plan based on the current Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education standards in August 2013. The evaluation process includes 3 key elements. The first component includes who is WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 11

109 responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, the methods by which the data is gathered, and where the outcomes are documented. The second component, time frame, identifies the frequency for review. In the last component, benchmark(s), the faculty establishes the desired level of performance to meet the School s mission and goals. The SPE is reviewed annually and was last updated by the faculty in fall 2013. The School of Nursing will also employ the EBI Benchmarking INC survey to collect data from recent graduates. This primary survey will be given each year; a broader alumni survey will be administered every three years. An employer evaluation component will be administered in 2015 and will be re-administered every three years. In addition, the School of Nursing will host a Messaging Meeting each semester to determine the desires of the community. Qualitative data will be gathered at this time to determine program outcomes as related to the local community. III. Costs and Funding 1 Estimated costs for implementation of this program will be minimal as indicated below. The existing faculty in the UHV School of Nursing will be transferring to UH and will continue to teach the BSN courses in this program. Adjunct faculty will be hired to assist in practicum supervision as needed. The library and physical facilities are fully operational; no funds are required for Facilities and Equipment. The Reallocated Funds represents formula funding generated by UH Victoria for the first two years of operation. These funds will be transferred from UHV to UH within the UH System. The Anticipate New Formula Funding represents formula funds generated at UH during the third through fifth years of operation. The Other funds represent UH specific tuition and fees generated during the third to fifth years of operation. Five-Year Costs Five-Year Funding Personnel 1 $3,763,747 Reallocated Funds $303,222 Facilities and Equipment $0 Anticipated New Formula Funding 3 $482,680 Library, Supplies, and Materials $611,635 Special Item Funding $0 Other 2 $0 Other 4 $2,981,889 Total Costs $4,375,382 Total Funding $3,767,791 1. Report costs for new faculty hires, graduate assistants, and technical support personnel. For new faculty, prorate individual salaries as a percentage of the time assigned to the program. If existing faculty will contribute to program, include costs necessary to maintain existing programs (e.g., cost of adjunct to cover courses previously taught by faculty who would teach in new program). 2. Specify other costs here (e.g., administrative costs, travel). 3. Indicate formula funding for students new to the institution because of the program; formula funding should be included only for years three through five of the program and should reflect enrollment projections for years three through five. 4. Report other sources of funding here. In-hand grants, likely future grants, and designated tuition and fees can be included. 1 Please use the Program Funding Estimation Tool found on the CB website to correctly estimate state funding. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 12

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111 Signature Page 1. Adequacy of Funding and Notification of Other Institutions The chief executive or chief academic officer shall sign the following statements: I certify that the institution has adequate funds to cover the costs of the new program. Furthermore, the new program will not reduce the effectiveness or quality of existing programs at the institution. I certify that my institution has notified all public institutions within 50 miles of the teaching site of our intention to offer the program at least 30 days prior to submitting this request. I also certify that if any objections were received, those objections were resolved prior to the submission of this request. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Academic Officer Date 2. Board of Regents or Designee Approval A member of the Board of Regents or designee shall sign the following statement: On behalf of the Board of Regents, I approve the program. Board of Regents (Designee) Date of Approval WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 14

Attachment: 1-6 112 Attachment 6 New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees Directions: An institution shall use this form to propose a new bachelor s or master s degree program that is in the field of engineering or has costs exceeding $2 million for the first five years of operation. In completing the form, the institution should refer to the document Standards for Bachelor s and Master s Programs, which prescribes specific requirements for new degree programs. Note: This form requires signatures of (1) the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Academic Officer, certifying adequacy of funding for the new program and the notification of other institutions; (2) a member of the Board of Regents (or designee), certifying Board approval. NOTE: Preliminary notification is required for all engineering programs. Prior to submission of an engineering program proposal, the institution should notify the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research of its intent to request such a program. For more information: Contact the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research at 512/427-6200. 1. Institution: University of Houston Administrative Information 2. Program Name: Masters of Science in Nursing Education 3. Proposed CIP Code: 51.3817.00 4. Number of Required Semester Credit Hours (SCHs): 42 5. Brief Program Description: The Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus on Nursing Education is a program of graduate study for the nurse seeking preparation as a nurse educator with a clinical specialty. The MSN nursing education degree program is designed to prepare nurses to educate students in nursing programs, to translate research into practice, and to assume leadership roles in advanced nursing practice. The MSN degree is the required degree for nurse educators. The recently released report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends at least 10 percent of all baccalaureate graduates matriculate into a graduate program within 5 years of graduation (IOM, 2010). Consistent with IOM recommendations and the national healthcare initiative, the MSN program will prepare nurse educators who are educated at the master s level to address the shortage of nursing educators and leaders. A post-master s certificate will be available for nurses with a master s degree in nursing in another specialty. Graduates will be able to: Assume advanced leadership roles in a variety of health care settings. Exemplify ethical, legal, and professional standards for advanced nursing practice. Integrate advanced knowledge of nursing and related disciplines in the roles of educator, administrator, or clinician. Participate in research and other scholarly activities to expand nursing knowledge. Work effectively in interdisciplinary relationships or partnerships to promote, maintain WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters Updated 4/2014

113 and restore the health of clients; improve health care delivery systems; shape health policy; and influence professional education. 6. Administrative Unit: School of Nursing 7. Proposed Implementation Date: August 24, 2015 8. Contact Person Name: Kathryn Tart, RN, MSN, EdD Title: Dean and Professor E-mail: tartk@uhv.edu Phone: 281-275-3060 Program Information Background On February 26, 2014, the University of Houston System (UHS) Regents approved recommendations from the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force that will make the University of Houston the sole UHS institution delivering degree programs at UH Sugar Land. As part of this move, the Task Force recommended that management of the UH Victoria (UH-V) nursing program, which is highly dependent on the UH-Sugar Land facilities, be transferred to the University of Houston (UH). There were several reasons for this shift. In particular, there is a recognized shortage of nursing professionals in the region. This shortage demands investment in nursing education to address workforce needs. The University of Houston, as the UHS s flagship research institution, is in the best position to support the growth and expansion of the UH-V nursing program. Moreover, health is already a strategic focus on the UH campus, which supports a College of Pharmacy, a College of Optometry and degree programs in clinical psychology, speech language pathology, and social work. Degrees are also offered in health and human performance and health education and administration. Overall, the university enrolls students in 97 health-related degree programs. To support program development, coordination and partnerships in this area, a Health Science Center was created at UH by the UHS Board of Regents in January 2013. In addition, the University of Houston is an affiliate of the Texas Medical Center, the world s largest medical complex. These institutional characteristics create a natural fit for the UH-V nursing program within the framework of the UH mission and goals. The acquisition of the UH-Victoria nursing program will involve the wholesale transfer of administrative personnel, faculty, staff, and infrastructure to the University of Houston. The primary administrative location for the UH School of Nursing will be the UH Sugar Land campus, which currently enrolls the largest proportion of nursing students in the UH-V School of Nursing and houses the majority of their faculty. However, the UH School of Nursing will also continue to maintain and deliver nursing courses at UH Victoria, UH Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), and Lone Star College s University Center in the Woodlands. I. Need A. Job Market Need WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 2

114 The job market need for nurse educators is evidenced by the nursing shortage, the number of qualified students not admitted into nursing programs, the growth of the community with health care needs, and the age and shortage of current faculty. According to the 2013 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (TCNWS) in collaboration with the Texas Board of Nursing s (BON) Nursing Education Program Information Survey (NEPIS), there were 113 pre-licensure registered nursing (RN) programs in Texas. Enrollment capacity increased by 4.5% from AY 2011-2012 to AY 2012-2013. However, 41% of qualified applicants were not offered admission. Forty-one programs (36.3%) reported a lack of budgeted faculty positions as an important or very important reason why qualified applicants were not accepted and 38 programs (33.6%) reported a lack of qualified faculty applicants for budgeted positions as an important or very important reason. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (April, 2014) reported that a shortage of nursing school faculty is restricting nursing program enrollments. According to AACN s report on 2012-2013 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing, U.S. nursing schools turned away 79,659 qualified applicants from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in 2012 due to insufficient numbers of faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors, and budget constraints. Almost two-thirds of the nursing schools responding to the survey pointed to faculty shortages as a reason for not accepting all qualified applicants into their programs. According to a Special Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions released by AACN in October 2013, a total of 1,358 faculty vacancies were identified in a survey of 680 nursing schools with baccalaureate and/or graduate programs across the country (79.7% response rate). Besides the vacancies, schools cited the need to create an additional 98 faculty positions to accommodate student demand. The data show a national nurse faculty vacancy rate of 8.3%. The top reasons cited by schools having difficulty finding faculty were a limited pool of adequately prepared faculty (31.0%) and noncompetitive salaries compared to positions in the practice arena (28.4%). According to a study released by the Southern Regional Board of Education (SREB) in February 2002, a serious shortage of nursing faculty was documented in 16 SREB states and the District of Columbia. Survey findings show that the combination of faculty vacancies (432) and newly budgeted positions (350) resulted in a 12% shortfall in the number of nurse educators. It was concluded that unfilled faculty positions, resignations, projected retirements, and the shortage of students being prepared for faculty roles posed a threat to the nursing education workforce over the next five years. This situation is also critical in the UH service region with reports from the Coordinating Board and the Board of Nurse Examiners indicating that within a 50 mile radius of the Sugar Land and Victoria campuses there were a total of 30 nursing faculty vacancies in the summer of 2014. The 2013 TCNWS survey revealed that the mean and median ages of faculty were 52 and 54 years, respectively. Forty-eight percent (48%) of faculty were 55 years of age or older, and will be eligible for retirement within the next 12 years. The aging of the existing cohort of nurse educators shows that it is critical to increase the number of incoming nurse educators. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 3

115 The local demand for nurses is being driven by expected increases in the delivery of health care services, particularly primary care services. In this respect, Sugar Land, which currently has a population of 83,860 (U.S. Census), and the surrounding area, which has an estimated population of 400,000, represent one of the fastest growing communities in Texas. Fort Bend County now has 400 inpatient hospital beds. With the current number of beds, the community is already experiencing a shortage of qualified nurses. However, this workforce shortage will increase because the bed capacity in Sugar Land is expanding substantially with the recent ground breaking of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land and Houston Methodist Sugar Land hospitals. A similar expansion of major hospital facilities is taking place in the Katy area along the Interstate 10 corridor. In this respect, more nurse educators will be needed to produce the required number of nurse practitioners. B. Student Demand Six students are currently enrolled in the UHV MSN Nursing Education. There is continuing demand for education track positions; the program received 5 new applications for the nursing education program track in the Fall 2014 semester. The nursing shortage is directly connected with the shortage of nursing faculty. More students could be admitted to nursing programs if there were more faculty. Demand for positions in the MSN nurse educator program is high for many reasons. In particular, a recent review revealed 23 postings for nurse educator positions in the greater Houston area in community colleges and universities. The US Bureau of Statistics reported that there are 3,700 nurse educators in Texas (2013) representing 0.80 per 1,000 persons, which is well below the national average. A career as a nurse educator has a mean annual wage of $63,480 for a nine month contract. The student demand is highlighted by the numbers of graduate alumni teaching at Houston Baptist University, Texas Woman s University, Lone Star Community College System, Wharton County Junior Community College, and Victoria College as examples of the local demand that students are filling for this program. The long-term demand will be supported by a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Faculty Nurse Loan Payment grant that was recently secured (beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year) to assist MSN nursing education students in pursuing nursing education. This federal program will provide up to 85% loan forgiveness after the student has graduated and teaches full-time in a professional nursing program for 4 years. C. Enrollment Projections YEAR MSN (education) 1 2015-2016 2 2016-2017 3 2017-2018 4 2018-2019 5 2019-2020 10 15 19 24 27 FTSE 5 10 14.5 17.5 20 II. Quality The MS program in the UHV nursing school was ranked among the top 300 graduate nursing programs in the US by US News and World Report in 2011 (the most recent such rankings for graduate nursing degrees), a significant accomplishment for a small school serving a largely rural community. One-hundred percent of master s level nursing graduates have found employment. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 4

A. Degree Requirements The masters of science in nursing education will require 42 semester credit hours. Graduates may take the National League for Nursing Exam for Certified Nurse Educator (CNE). 116 Category General Education Core Curriculum (bachelor s degree only) Semester Credit Hours Clock Hours Required Courses 42 630 Prescribed Electives Free Electives Other (Specify, e.g., internships, clinical work) (if not included above) TOTAL 42 630 B. Curriculum Note: All of the courses listed below are required for the MSN in Education program. These courses are currently approved and being offered by the UHV School of Nursing and are required by the transition of the nursing program to UH. Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH NURS 6301 Advanced Nursing Research and Integrated 3 Evidence Based Practice NURS 6306 Policy, Role & Economics 3 NURS 6312 Measurement and Evaluation in Nursing Education 3 NURS 6313 Theories and Methods of Teaching and Learning in 3 Nursing NURS 6314 Development of Nursing Curriculum 3 NURS 6320 Healthcare Informatics 3 NURS 6330 Advanced Diagnostic Physical Examination 3 NURS 6331 Advanced Pharmacotherapy 3 NURS 6332 Biostatistics 3 NURS 6333 Population Health 3 NURS 6335 Management of Health Disorders in Adults 3 NURS 6336 Management of Health Disorders in Adults Clinical 3 NURS 6338 Advanced Pathophysiology 3 NURS 6351 Evidence-based Practice Project 3 Total Hours 42 Post-Master s Certificate in Nursing Education Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH NUR 6312 Measurement and Evaluation in Nursing Education 3 NUR 6313 Theories and Methods of Teaching and Learning in 3 WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 5

Nursing NUR 6314 Development of Nursing Curriculum 3 117 C. Faculty The UH nursing program will have an appropriate and adequate number of full-time faculty to support the nursing curriculum. All of the current full-time UHV nursing will move to UH. The faculty to student ratios in the clinical setting will be 1:10 for the Second Degree BSN, 1:24 for the RN-BSN, and 1:6 for the MSN program. The overall student to teacher ratio for the School of Nursing is expected to be 1:16 (total student head count/fte). Name of Core Faculty and Faculty Rank e.g.: Robertson, David Asst. Professor Vivian Nowazek Assist. Clinical Professor Kathleen Reeve Clinical Professor Eugenia Blomstrom Assist. Clinical Professor Lisette Barton Assist. Professor Rickie Jo Bonner Assist. Clinical Professor Kathryn Tart Dean/Professor New Faculty in Year Highest Degree and Awarding Institution PhD. in Molecular Genetics Univ. of Texas at Dallas PhD, Epidemiology, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston DrPH, Health Promotion/Health Education, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health PhD, Nursing, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston PhD, Nursing, Texas Woman s University Houston Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program MG200, MG285 MG824 (Lab Only) 50% 6306, 6332, 6333, 6338 50% 6335, 6336 24% 6301, 6351 24% 6313, 6314, 6330, 6331 50% DNP, Nursing, Regis University 6320 12% EdD, Administration and Supervision, University of Houston 6312 12% New Faculty in Year Name of Support Faculty and Faculty Rank Highest Degree and Awarding Institution Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 6

118 D. Students As documented in the teach-out plan submitted by UH Victoria, with the closure of the UHV School of Nursing, UH will assume responsibility for all students who are currently enrolled in the nursing program. Course credits obtained at UHV will be transferred to UH and UH will ensure that all transfer students have an opportunity to complete their nursing degrees. Plans are in place to ensure that financial aid is not interrupted, and that tuition and fees for these transfer students are maintained at levels equivalent to those paid by UHV students. In addition, UH is committed to maintaining the current number and level of student scholarships for nursing students. Thus, we expect the MSN ED program to have full enrollment beginning the first year of operation. Plans are also in place to assume the marketing of the nursing programs in January 2015 and UH will begin accepting applications and financial aid documentation for AY2015-16 in January 2015 Recruitment Efforts: The following strategies have been used successfully by the UH-V nursing program to recruit students. These practices will be continued at the UH School of Nursing. Direct mail registration pieces are mailed each semester to registered nurses in Texas who have a BSN, but are not prepared at the master s level. Letters from the associate dean and dean are sent to qualified alumni to invite them to apply to the MSN program. Regular ads are placed in the UH Daily Cougar, UH Alumni, UH graduation brochure, Houston Chronicle, and Google Ads to attract prospective students to our MSN program. In addition, ads are included in the Texas Nursing Association s Nursing Voice. This quarterly paper is mailed to every registered nurse in Texas. The School of Nursing faculty regularly attend informational sessions at UH Sugar Land and UH Cinco Ranch, and recruiting events at hospital health fairs, education fairs in rural, suburban, and medical center events. The advising/recruiting staff (staff, faculty and students) attend UH Health Professions career day, UH Degree Information sessions, and meet with UH advisors. The School of Nursing will continue its participation in Nursing Centralized Application System (NursingCAS) for the MSN program, which has proven to be an excellent recruiting tool for students. The School will host Coffee with the Dean events for students and alumni. The School s Spring Nursing Forums recruit nurses from Fort Bend, greater Houston, Victoria, and the surrounding counties. Information sessions on the nursing programs are posted on the School s website and typically attract 10 potential applicants per session. Interactive e-flyers are sent to all contacts for the MSN program. Our web developer maintains an attractive and informative internet presence, which includes Our Nursing Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/uhvson). The School s staff work with the UH marketing Department to develop marketing pieces banners, flyers, poster, e-flyers, brochures, publications, post cards. Post cards are mailed to all Nursing clinical affiliates and nursing contacts with Nursing News each year. The Pulse on-line nursing newsletter is mailed to all prospective nursing students and contacts. Each year the School will hold a Messaging statement is developed with Marketing, Development, SON dean and recruiting staff, and web developer. The information is used for all development, public relations and marketing. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 7

119 All marketing, web postings, and informational sessions include a diverse representation of students and faculty and target a diverse applicant pool. Admission Requirements: The faculty of the School of Nursing have established the criteria for admission to the MSN ED program. The purpose is to predict individual potential to succeed at the MSN level. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit all necessary documentation to NursingCAS by the published deadlines for admission. Categories of admission are determined by how well an applicant s credentials meet the established criteria and include (A) Full Admission Status or (B) Conditional Admission Status. Full Admission Status 1. Apply for graduate admission through NursingCAS (Centralized Application Service). (http://nursingcas.org/index.php) 2. Completion of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an institution accredited by one of the six recognized regional accrediting. 3. Evidence of current, unencumbered, valid licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Texas. 4. Official transcripts from each institution attended reflecting a grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 point scale on coursework completed, and the baccalaureate (or higher) degree conferred, sent directly from each institution to NursingCAS. 5. Applicants to the MSN program provide a one page writing sample. The personal statement includes information about individual s education and experience as a professional nurse, interest in graduate education, career goals for the next five (5) years, reason for selecting UH for graduate education, contributions applicant plans to make to mission at UH School of Nursing and to advanced nursing practice. 6. An interview is required as part of the application process. 7. Official score(s) for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Admission criteria for the GRE include a combined minimum score of 1000 on the Verbal and Quantitative sections and a minimum score of 3.0 on the written section for examinations taken prior to August 2011. A score of 153 on the Verbal section and a score of 144 on the Quantitative section are required if the GRE was taken after August 2011. An OR score of 18 or greater on the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) is required for admission. The HSRT can be taken no more than two (2) times, and scores may not be more than 5 years old. 8. Two letters of recommendation: one from a university faculty and one from an employer. 9. Professional work experience as defined by individual tracks. All FNP applicants are required to have a minimum of one (1) year of professional nursing practice (as a BSN prepared nurse preferred). 10. All clinical readiness requirements including criminal background check, drug screen, immunization requirements and CPR for Professional Rescuers met prior to enrollment. Conditional Admission Status Conditional admission may be granted. Students admitted with conditional admission status may convert to full admission status after maintaining at least a GPA of 3.0 during the first nine semester hours of the program. Students failing to meet this requirement will not be allowed to progress in the MSN program. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 8

120 Student Retention: Currently, the MSN Education track has 6 students enrolled. The completion rate for this track is 85%. The THECB data report that 100% of the MSN graduates are employed after graduation. Faculty implement a variety of strategies to help retain students. Orientation sessions are held for the School of Nursing and the University of Houston at the beginning of each semester. Graduate students sign their degree plan during orientation with their advisor and lead faculty member. The degree plan provides clear expectations, time frame, and accountability for completing the requirements of the degree. The School invites students to events such as Coffee with the Dean, honor society meetings, professional forums, and pinning ceremonies for networking opportunities and recognition of accomplishments. Students work with faculty for individual clinical practicum experiences. Students are informed by faculty at mid-term if they are in jeopardy of not being successful in the course. A remediation plan will be developed by the faculty member and the student that will document what the student must do to successfully complete the course in question. Student service personnel will be available to assist students in their pursuit of internal and external scholarships. The University of Houston serves one of most diverse student populations in the country. In this respect, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Division of Administration and Finance work closely to enhance the academic and social environment for students by developing and implementing an array of services and programs aimed at supporting and facilitating student success. In particular, established university services such academic support (e.g., university testing services; the center for students with disabilities) and health and wellness services (counseling and psychological services; the student health center) will be extended to the students in the School of Nursing on the UH Sugar Land campus. These programs and services will be regularly assessed to ensure they remain relevant and useful to the student population of UH School of Nursing. E. Library The library resources necessary for the Nursing Program will be provided and sustained. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection, as enumerated in the list developed by the Nursing faculty and the UHV Library, will be in place for Fall Semester 2015 classes. These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University. In addition, nursing faculty and graduate students will also have access to the Texas Medical Center Library. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Additional library resources will include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support. Instructional support will take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard, and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions will cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 9

121 Research support services will include: Citation management tools Data management and management programs resources Electronic theses and dissertations information The University of Houston Libraries will offer a variety of services to distance, off-campus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and limited off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs and questions will be primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and the Woodlands) will be able to obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the off-site teaching centers to the main campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition to the University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria library and staff. F. Facilities and Equipment Physical Resources. The School of Nursing will continue to be housed primarily on the UH Sugar Land campus and will continue to provide instruction at 3 additional regional outreach sites. Additional space for the School of Nursing will become available on the UH main campus in AY2016-2017. As indicated above, the transition of the nursing program from UH-V to UH is primarily a shift in management. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. UH-Sugar Land The UH-Sugar Land campus is located on 250 acres in Sugar Land and has three buildings: the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the University Branch Library. Wharton County Junior School also maintains a presence at the site. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus provides adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a 7,000 square foot modern nursing-focused simulation lab and classroom teaching space for the School of Nursing to utilize. The simulations labs on the Sugar Land campus have bed side computers with Laerdal SimMan simulation equipment. This 27 bed competency lab was completed in May 2009. The George Building is a 57,000 square-foot facility. It has a front office located on the first floor that is the main intake area for students, faculty, and staff requiring information or assistance. The George Building has 25 classrooms. Two of the classrooms are instructional computer labs; five are ITV classrooms with video conferencing capabilities. One of the ITV classrooms is a computer lab with video conferencing capabilities. Five of the classrooms are dedicated labs for specific programs. An open computer lab is located on the 3 rd floor for use by students. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 10

122 The University Branch Library provides library services to UH and WCJC students on site as well as the general community. There are two Academic Liaisons to assist faculty and students; however, all the librarians are cross-trained to provide assistance. There are student study areas in various locations in the George Building, Brazos Hall and the Library. WiFi is available throughout the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the Library. Parking is free and available in four parking lots. UHS-Cinco Ranch The University of Houston System location at Cinco Ranch is a 1 story, 50,000 sq. ft., multi-institution teaching center that is located in the master planned community of Cinco Ranch. The facility offers 18 classrooms for instruction, 4 of which are Instructional Television (ITV) classrooms for distance education use and 1 Lecture Computer Lab. The Cinco Ranch location offers a mobile assessment lab for its assessment course in the RN-BSN program. In addition to these classrooms, the facility provides students and faculty a Virtual Library, 1 open Computer Lab, a student & faculty lounge, a faculty suite with office space, a large event room and a conference room which can be utilized for instruction. Parking is free in a large parking lot located on the west side of the building. Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery UHV has an agreement with Lone Star Community College in The Woodlands to lease classroom and office space for the RN to BSN Program, which allows students to attend this nursing program in The Woodlands area. The University of Houston intends to continue this arrangement. University of Houston Victoria A renovation of the Victoria Nursing Suite in the UHV Center building was completed in 2011, which now provides adequate faculty and staff offices, a conference room, simulation lab, and teaching space. In particular, the Victoria campus has a four bed competency lab with a SimMan 3G that was newly constructed in 2012. The Victoria campus has fully interactive ITV capability in the newly constructed conference room in the newly remodeled School of Nursing office suite. These resources would continue to be utilized by the UH School of Nursing program. UH main campus A second Health and Biomedical Sciences Building (250,000 sq ft) is currently being designed with construction scheduled to start in November 2014 and completed in November 2016. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility and a behavioral health clinic that will serve the community and support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. G. Accreditation The undergraduate and graduate nursing program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The program hosted a site visit in March 2014 and the final outcome of the accreditation decision from the Board of Commissioners will be forthcoming in October 2014. The CCNE staff are aware of the transfer and are supportive. The transfer will consist of a Substantive change. The Texas Board of Nursing is also aware and supportive of the transfer of the School of Nursing from UHV to UH. The transfer notification form has been submitted to the Texas WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 11

123 Board of Nursing documenting the transfer of administrative control of the professional nursing education program from UHV to UH, as required by the Texas Board of Nursing 3.1.3.a. Education Guideline. H. Evaluation University of Houston Institutional Effectiveness practices reflect a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. Each academic program at UH submits a program effectiveness report to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The purpose of each report is to document assessment and continuous improvement activities across the UH campus. These reports must describe program assessment activities including: 1. the academic program mission; 2. student learning & program outcomes; 3. assessment measures; 4. performance standards; 5. assessment results; 6. results-based program improvements Personnel from the University of Houston s Institutional Effectiveness Office as well as school-level assessment officers monitor and review the content of these program effectiveness reports and provide guidance and feedback as appropriate. The School of Nursing will be folded into this continuous improvement documentation process. In addition, the School will continue to employ established assessment procedures to monitor School specific elements as outlined below. In particular, the UH School of Nursing will continue to use the Systematic Plan of Evaluation (SPE), which provides the structure for collecting and analyzing information related to program and student outcomes. The faculty revised the plan based on the current Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education standards in August 2013. The evaluation process includes 3 key elements. The first component includes who is responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, the methods by which the data is gathered, and where the outcomes are documented. The second component, time frame, identifies the frequency for review. In the last component, benchmark(s), the faculty establishes the desired level of performance to meet the School s mission and goals. The SPE is reviewed annually and was last updated by the faculty in fall 2013. The School of Nursing will also employ the EBI Benchmarking INC survey to collect data from recent graduates. This primary survey will be given each year; a broader alumni survey will be administered every three years. An employer evaluation component will be administered in 2015 and will be re-administered every three years. In addition, the School of Nursing will host a Messaging Meeting each semester to determine the desires of the community. Qualitative data will be gathered at this time to determine program outcomes as related to the local community. III. Costs and Funding 1 Estimated costs for implementation of this program will be minimal as indicated below. The existing faculty in the UHV School of Nursing will be transferring to UH and will continue to teach the educator courses in this program. Adjunct faculty will be hired to 1 Please use the Program Funding Estimation Tool found on the CB website to correctly estimate state funding. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 12

124 assist in practicum supervision as needed. Additionally, 18 of the 42 semester credit hours required for the degree are incorporated from the MSN core curriculum. The library and physical facilities are fully operational; no funds are required for Facilities and Equipment. The Reallocated Funds represents formula funding generated by UH Victoria for the first two years of operation. These funds will be transferred from UHV to UH within the UH System. The Anticipate New Formula Funding represents formula funds generated at UH during the third through fifth years of operation. The Other funds represent UH specific tuition and fees generated during the third to fifth years of operation. Five-Year Costs Five-Year Funding Personnel 1 $1,668,348 Reallocated Funds $81,106 Facilities and Equipment $0 Anticipated New Formula Funding 3 $147,728 Library, Supplies, and Materials $294,491 Special Item Funding $0 Other 2 $0 Other 4 $1,214,388 Total Costs $1,962,839 Total Funding $1,443,222 1. Report costs for new faculty hires, graduate assistants, and technical support personnel. For new faculty, prorate individual salaries as a percentage of the time assigned to the program. If existing faculty will contribute to program, include costs necessary to maintain existing programs (e.g., cost of adjunct to cover courses previously taught by faculty who would teach in new program). 2. Specify other costs here (e.g., administrative costs, travel). 3. Indicate formula funding for students new to the institution because of the program; formula funding should be included only for years three through five of the program and should reflect enrollment projections for years three through five. 4. Report other sources of funding here. In-hand grants, likely future grants, and designated tuition and fees can be included. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 13

125 Signature Page 1. Adequacy of Funding and Notification of Other Institutions The chief executive or chief academic officer shall sign the following statements: I certify that the institution has adequate funds to cover the costs of the new program. Furthermore, the new program will not reduce the effectiveness or quality of existing programs at the institution. I certify that my institution has notified all public institutions within 50 miles of the teaching site of our intention to offer the program at least 30 days prior to submitting this request. I also certify that if any objections were received, those objections were resolved prior to the submission of this request. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Academic Officer Date 2. Board of Regents or Designee Approval A member of the Board of Regents or designee shall sign the following statement: On behalf of the Board of Regents, I approve the program. Board of Regents (Designee) Date of Approval WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 14

Attachment: 1-7 126 Attachment 7 New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees Directions: An institution shall use this form to propose a new bachelor s or master s degree program that is in the field of engineering or has costs exceeding $2 million for the first five years of operation. In completing the form, the institution should refer to the document Standards for Bachelor s and Master s Programs, which prescribes specific requirements for new degree programs. Note: This form requires signatures of (1) the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Academic Officer, certifying adequacy of funding for the new program and the notification of other institutions; (2) a member of the Board of Regents (or designee), certifying Board approval. NOTE: Preliminary notification is required for all engineering programs. Prior to submission of an engineering program proposal, the institution should notify the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research of its intent to request such a program. For more information: Contact the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research at 512/427-6200. 1. Institution: University of Houston Administrative Information 2. Program Name: Masters of Science in Nursing Administration 3. Proposed CIP Code: 51.3802.00 4. Number of Required Semester Credit Hours (SCHs): 36 5. Brief Program Description: The Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus on Nursing Administration is a program of graduate study for the nurse seeking preparation as nurse administrators and leaders in healthcare. The MSN Nursing Administration degree program, with nursing leadership as the advanced specialty, is designed to prepare nurses to assume leadership roles in nursing and healthcare, to translate research into practice, and to educate future nurse leaders. The MSN degree is the preferred degree for nurse administrators and is required for professional certification. The recently released report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends at least 10 percent of all baccalaureate graduates matriculate into a graduate program within 5 years of graduation (IOM, 2010). Consistent with IOM recommendations and the national healthcare initiative, the MSN program will prepare nursing administrators, educated at the master s level to address the shortage of nurse leaders and educators. A post-master s certificate in nursing administration is available for nurses with a master s degree in another focus area. Graduates will: Assume advanced leadership roles in a range of health care settings. Exemplify ethical, legal, and professional standards for advanced nursing practice. Integrate advanced knowledge of nursing and related disciplines in their roles as educator, administrator, or clinician. Participate in research and other scholarly activities to expand nursing knowledge. Work effectively in interdisciplinary relationships or partnerships to promote, maintain and restore the health of clients; improve health care delivery systems; shape health policy; or WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters Updated 4/2014

influence professional education. 127 6. Administrative Unit: School of Nursing 7. Proposed Implementation Date: August 24, 2015 8. Contact Person: Name: Kathryn Tart, RN, MSN, EdD Title: Dean and Professor E-mail: tartk@uhv.edu Phone: 281-275-3060 Program Information Background On February 26, 2014, the University of Houston System (UHS) Regents approved recommendations from the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force that will make the University of Houston the sole UHS institution delivering degree programs at UH Sugar Land. As part of this move, the Task Force recommended that management of the UH Victoria (UH-V) nursing program, which is highly dependent on the UH-Sugar Land facilities, be transferred to the University of Houston (UH). There were several reasons for this shift. In particular, there is a recognized shortage of nursing professionals in the region. This shortage demands investment in nursing education to address workforce needs. The University of Houston, as the UHS s flagship research institution, is in the best position to support the growth and expansion of the UH-V nursing program. Moreover, health is already a strategic focus on the UH campus, which supports a College of Pharmacy, a College of Optometry and degree programs in clinical psychology, speech language pathology, and social work. Degrees are also offered in health and human performance and health education and administration. Overall, the university enrolls students in 97 health-related degree programs. To support program development, coordination and partnerships in this area, a Health Science Center at UH was approved by the UHS Board of Regents in January 2013. In addition, the University of Houston is an affiliate of the Texas Medical Center, the world s largest medical complex. These institutional characteristics create a natural fit for the UH-V nursing program within the framework of the UH mission and goals. The acquisition of the UH-Victoria nursing program will involve the wholesale transfer of administrative personnel, faculty, staff, and infrastructure to the University of Houston. The primary administrative location for the UH School of Nursing will be the UH Sugar Land, which currently enrolls the largest proportion of nursing students in the UH-V School of Nursing and houses the majority of faculty. However, the UH School of Nursing will also continue to maintain and deliver nursing courses at UH Victoria, UH Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), and Lone Star College s University Center in the Woodlands. I. Need A. Job Market Need The Sugar Land population is currently 83,860 (U.S. Census); the population in the surrounding area, which is one of the fastest growing communities in Texas, is estimated to be 400,000. Fort Bend County has 400 inpatient hospital beds. With the current WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 2

128 number of beds, the community is already experiencing a shortage of qualified nurses and nurse administrators. This workforce shortage will increase because the bed capacity in Sugar Land is expanding substantially with the recent ground breaking of Memorial Hermann Sugar Land and Houston Methodist Sugar Land hospitals. In addition, in the Katy area along the Interstate 10 corridor more new hospitals are being built. Given that every floor, in every hospital, has a head nurse and that the preference is that a head nurse should hold a MSN degree, preferably in nursing administration, the need for nursing leadership in the greater Sugar Land area will intensify. Moreover, the Texas Medical Center is home to 18 healthcare facilities, which creates a sustained demand for nursing leadership and administration in the Houston area. The 2013 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies reported that nursing administrators and supervisors were 9.8% of the nursing workforce in 2011 while only 8.7 percent of nurses had a Master s degree and 0.5 percent had a doctoral degree. Clearly the nursing administration workforce does not meet the level of graduate education for its leaders. The 2012 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey (HNSS) assessed 603 Texas Hospitals with a 61.9% response rate. Statewide this survey revealed that the vacancy rate for Registered Nurses was 8.1% and the median turnover rate was 21.4%. The vacancy rates for RNs in the Gulf Coast and Southern regions were 4.5% and 7.5%, respectively. According to the 2013 Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (TCNWS) in collaboration with the Texas Board of Nursing s (BON) Nursing Education Program Information Survey (NEPIS), there were 113 prelicensure registered nursing (RN) programs in Texas. Although statewide enrollment capacity increased by 4.5% in AY 2011-2012 and AY 2012-2013, 41% of qualified applicants were not offered admission. Fifty-six programs (49.6% of all programs) reported a lack of clinical space as an important or very important reason why qualified applicants were not accepted. Forty-one programs (36.3%) reported a lack of budgeted faculty positions as an important or very important reason why qualified applicants were not accepted and 38 programs (33.6%) reported a lack of qualified faculty for budgeted positions as an important or very important reason. These findings indicate that the demand for nursing education exceeds the capacity of nursing schools, and given that nurses with master s degree in nursing administration are also qualified to teach, there is substantial demand for nurses with graduate administrative skills. Several other factors emphasize the need for nurse administrators. For example, the 2013 TCNWS survey revealed that the mean and median ages of nursing faculty were 52 and 54 years, respectively, and that 48% of nursing faculty will be eligible for retirement within the next 12 years. Thus, Texas will be losing many nurse educators in the coming years. Demographic issues (e.g., the aging of the population, the increased prevalence of chronic disease, and potential increases in access associated with the Affordable Care Act) will exasperate the current shortage of nurses and nursing administrators/educators. Texas stakeholders and policymakers must strengthen the current nursing workforce and find ways to expand the long-term supply of nurses. This can be accomplished through improving nursing practice environments, addressing safety and quality issues, removing barriers to educational progression, and increasing the capacity of Texas nursing education programs (Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, Hospital Nurse Staffing Survey, 2013). WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 3

129 The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association in its 2014 Position Statement on the Educational Preparation of Nurse Leaders has an articulated position on the role and educational preparation of the nurse of the future and supports the ongoing educational advancement for all nurses. Nursing leadership, as an advanced specialty, has also become increasingly complex. As such, lifelong learning is critical to a leader s effectiveness. Nurse leaders must be knowledgeable, adequately prepared, and competent in order to provide essential contributions in shaping the future of health care. AONE s stated position is that master s degree level leadership education programs are necessary and should remain a priority, and be expanded in an era where many graduate nursing programs are transitioning to the doctorate level. B. Student Demand The near term demand for the MSN in Nursing Administration is high. In Fall 2013 the UHV nursing program had 29 students enrolled in the MSN Nursing Administrator track. For the Fall 2014 semester, 79 students have applied for admission to the MSN program at UHV; one fourth of these students listed nursing administration as their area of interest. The US Bureau of Statistics does not specifically report nursing administrators, however they do report hospital management for medical/surgical facilities as 18,510 healthcare managers in Texas (2013) representing 0.75 per 1,000 persons which is below the national average. A career in nursing administration has a mean annual wage of $96,620. There is substantial evidence for the long-term demand for the MSN in Nursing Administration. For example, within a 50 mile radius of the Sugar Land and Victoria campuses there are currently a total of 30 nursing leadership vacancies in local hospitals. In addition, the number of current faculty vacancies in surrounding areas is reflected in reports from the Coordinating Board and Texas Board of Nursing. C. Enrollment Projections YEAR MSN (Administration) 1 2015-2016 2 2016-2017 3 2017-2018 4 2018-2019 5 2019-2020 10 16 19 24 27 FTSE 5 14 14.5 17.5 20 II. Quality The MS program in the UHV nursing school was ranked among the top 300 graduate nursing programs in the US by US News and World Report in 2011 (the most recent such rankings for graduate nursing degrees), a significant accomplishment for a small school serving a largely rural community. One-hundred percent of master s level nursing graduates have found employment. A. Degree Requirements The masters of science in nursing administration will require 36 semester credit hours. Graduates may take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) exam for Nurse Executive or Nurse Executive, Advanced. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 4

Category General Education Core Curriculum (bachelor s degree only) Semester Credit Hours Clock Hours Required Courses 36 585 Prescribed Electives Free Electives Other (Specify, e.g., internships, clinical work) (if not included above) TOTAL 36 585 130 B. Curriculum Note: All of the courses listed below are required for the MSN in Administration program. These courses are currently approved and being offered by the UHV School of Nursing and are required by the transition of the nursing program to UH. Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH NURS 6301 Advanced Nursing Research & Integrated 3 Evidence Based Practice NURS 6306 Role, Policy and Economics 3 NURS 6309 Advanced Leadership and Management 3 NURS 6316 Healthcare Organizational Behavior 3 NURS 6317 Human Resource management in Healthcare 3 NURS 6318 Healthcare Delivery Systems and Organization 3 NURS 6319 Healthcare Policy, Finance, and Economics 3 NURS 6320 Healthcare Informatics 3 NURS 6321 Leadership Practicum 3 NURS 6332 Biostatistics 3 NURS 6333 Population Health 3 NURS 6351 Evidence-based Practice Project 3 Total Hours 36 Post-Master s Certificate in Nursing Administration Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH NURS 6309 Advanced Leadership and Management 3 NURS 6317 Human Resource management in Healthcare 3 NURS 6319 Healthcare Policy, Finance, and Economics 3 C. Faculty The UH nursing program will have an appropriate and adequate number of full-time faculty to support the nursing curriculum. All of the current full-time UHV nursing will move to UH. The faculty to student ratios in the clinical setting will be 1:10 for the Second Degree BSN, 1:24 for the RN-BSN, and 1:6 for the MSN program. The overall student to teacher ratio for the School of Nursing is expected to be 1:16 (total student head count/fte). Name of Core Faculty and Faculty Rank Highest Degree and Awarding Institution Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 5

e.g.: Robertson, David Asst. Professor Terry Kirk Associate Clinical Professor Vivian Nowazek Assist. Clinical Professor Eugenia Blomstrom Assist. Clinical Professor Rickie Jo Bonner Assist. Clinical Professor Kathryn Tart Dean/Professor New Faculty in Year PhD. in Molecular Genetics Univ. of Texas at Dallas EdD, Higher Education Healthcare, Nova Southeastern Univ. PhD, Epidemiology, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston, School of Public Health PhD, Nursing, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston 131 To Program MG200, MG285 MG824 (Lab Only) 50% 6316, 6317, 6318, 6319, 6321 90% 6306, 6332, 6333 50% 6301, 6351 24% DNP, Nursing, Regis University 6320 12% EdD, Administration and Supervision, University of Houston 6309 12% New Faculty in Year Name of Support Faculty and Faculty Rank Highest Degree and Awarding Institution Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program D. Students As documented in the teach-out plan submitted by UH Victoria, with the closure of the UHV School of Nursing, UH will assume responsibility for all students who are currently enrolled in the nursing program. Course credits obtained at UHV will be transferred to UH and UH will ensure that all transfer students have an opportunity to complete their nursing degrees. Plans are in place to ensure that financial aid is not interrupted and that tuition and fees for these transfer students are maintained at levels equivalent to those paid by UHV students. In addition, UH is committed to maintaining the current number and level of student scholarships for nursing students. Thus, we expect the MSN nursing administration program to have full enrollment beginning the first year of operation. Plans are also in place to assume the marketing of the nursing programs in January 2015 and UH will begin accepting applications and financial aid documentation for AY2015-16 in January 2015 Recruitment Efforts 1. All marketing, web postings, and informational sessions include diverse representation of students and faculty. 2. Direct Mail Registration Pieces are mailed each semester to registered nurses who have a bachelor s degree in selected zip code areas in the greater Houston and surrounding counties. The Nursing program purchases a mailing list from the Texas Board of Nursing each year. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 6

132 3. Letters from the associate dean and dean are sent to alumni inviting them to apply to the MSN program. 4. We regularly place ads in the UH Daily Cougar, UH Alumni, UH graduation brochure, Houston Chronicle, and Google Ads to attract prospective students to our MSN program. In addition, ads are included in the Texas Nursing Association Nursing Voice. This campaign targets all Texas Nursing Association members with a quarterly paper mailed to every registered nurse in the state of Texas. 5. School of Nursing faculty regularly attend informational sessions and recruiting events, such as UHSCR and UHSL & WCJC joint Open Houses, Cuero Community Hospital Health Fair, Methodist Hospital Education Fair, MD Anderson Education Fair, Memorial Hermann Education Fair, West Houston Hospital Education Fair, and Nursing information sessions. 6. The advising/recruitment team (students, staff and faculty) regularly attend UH Health Professions career day, all UH Degree Information sessions (12 at UHSL and 12 at UHSCR) and meet with UH Advisors for nursing. 7. The School of Nursing will continue its participation in the Nursing Centralized Application System (NursingCAS) for the MSN program. This platform has proven to be an excellent recruiting tool for students. 8. The School will host Coffee with the Dean events for students and alumni. 9. The School s Spring Nursing Forums recruit nurses from the Fort Bend, greater Houston, Victoria and surrounding counties. 10. Information sessions on the nursing programs are posted to the School s web site and typically attract 10 potential applicants per session. 11. Interactive e-flyers are sent to all contacts for the MSN programs. The School of Nursing staff will work with the UH Marketing Department to develop these materials and to ensure that all marketing pieces reflect the diversity of the nursing program and are targeted to diverse potential applicant pools. 12. The School develops a Messaging statement each year in collaboration with Development, Marketing, SON Recruiting, Dean, and Web developer. The information is used for all development, PR and marketing. 13. Post cards with links to the Nursing on-line Newsletter The Pulse and Epic News are mailed to all Nursing clinical affiliations and nursing contacts. 14. Our web developer maintains an attractive and informative internet presence, which includes Our Nursing Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/uhvson). Admission Requirements: Criteria have been established by the faculty against which each applicant is evaluated for admission. The purpose is to predict individual potential to succeed at the MSN level. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit all necessary documentation to NursingCAS by the published deadlines for admission consideration to the MSN program. Categories of admission are determined by the degree of criteria met and include (A) Full Admission Status or (B) Conditional Admission Status. Full Admission Status 1. Apply for graduate admission through NursingCAS (Centralized Application Service). (http://nursingcas.org/index.php) 2. Completion of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an institution accredited by one of the six recognized regional accrediting. 3. Evidence of current, unencumbered, valid licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Texas. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 7

133 4. Official transcripts from each institution attended reflecting a grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 point scale on coursework completed, and the baccalaureate (or higher) degree conferred, sent directly from each institution to NursingCAS. 5. Applicants to the MSN program must provide a one page writing sample. The personal statement should include information about an individual s education and experience as a professional nurse to date, interest in graduate education, career goals for the next five (5) years, reason for selecting UH for graduate education, what contributions the applicant plans to make to the mission of the UH School of Nursing and to advancement of nursing practice. 6. A face-to-face interview is required as part of the application process. 7. Official score(s) for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Admission criteria for the GRE include a combined minimum score of 1000 on the Verbal and Quantitative sections and a minimum score of 3.0 on the written section for examinations taken prior to August 2011. A score of 153 on the Verbal section and a score of 144 on the Quantitative section are required if the GRE was taken after August 2011, OR a score of 18 or greater on the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) is required for admission. The HSRT can be taken no more than two (2) times, and scores may not be more than 5 years old. 8. Two letters of recommendation: one from a university faculty and one from an employer. 9. Professional work experience as defined by individual tracks. All FNP applicants are required to have a minimum of one (1) year of professional nursing practice. (as a BSN prepared nurse preferred) 10. All clinical readiness requirements including criminal background check, drug screen, immunization requirements and CPR for Professional Rescuers met prior to enrollment as outlined in the student handbook. Conditional Admission Status Conditional admission may be granted in some cases for students who do not meet all the requirements for full admission. Students admitted with conditional admission status may convert to full admission status after maintaining at least a GPA of 3.0 during the first nine semester credit hours of the program. Students failing to meet this requirement will not be allowed to progress in the MSN program. Student Retention Retention in the Administrative track is at 75%. The THECB reports that 100% of the MSN graduates from the programs are employed after the first year of completion. The faculty utilize a variety of strategies to promote completion of the program. Orientation sessions are held for the School of Nursing and the University of Houston at the beginning of each semester. Graduate students sign the degree plan during orientation with their advisor and lead faculty. The degree plan provides clear expectations, time frame, and accountability for completing the requirements of the degree. Students are invited to School events such as Coffee with the Dean, honor society meetings, professional forums, and pinning ceremonies for networking and recognition of accomplishments. Students work with faculty for individual clinical practicum experiences. Students are informed by faculty at mid-term if they are in jeopardy of not being successful in the course. A remediation plan will be developed by the faculty member and the student that will document what the student must do to successfully complete the course in question. Student service personnel will be available to assist students in their pursuit of internal and external scholarships. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 8

134 The University of Houston serves one of most diverse student populations in the country. In this respect, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Division of Administration and Finance work closely to enhance the academic and social environment for students by developing and implementing an array of services and programs aimed at supporting and facilitating student success. In particular, established university services such academic support (e.g., university testing services; the center for students with disabilities) and health and wellness services (counseling and psychological services; the student health center) will be extended to the students in the School of Nursing on the UH Sugar Land campus. These programs and services will be regularly assessed to ensure they remain relevant and useful to the student population of UH School of Nursing. E. Library The library resources necessary for the Nursing Program will be provided and sustained. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection, as enumerated in the list developed by the Nursing faculty and the UHV Library, will be in place for Fall Semester 2015 classes. These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Additional library resources will include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support. Instructional support will take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard, and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions will cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills Research support services will include: Citation management tools Data management and management program resources Electronic theses and dissertations information The University of Houston Libraries will offer a variety of services to distance, off-campus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and limited off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs and questions will be primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and the Woodlands) will be able to obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the off-site teaching centers to the main WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 9

campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition the University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston- Victoria library and staff. 135 F. Facilities and Equipment Physical Resources: The School of Nursing will continue to be housed primarily on the UH Sugar Land campus and will continue to provide instruction at 3 additional regional outreach sites. Additional space for the School of Nursing will become available on the UH main campus in AY2016-2017. As indicated above, the transition of the nursing program from UH-V to UH is primarily a shift in management. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. UH-Sugar Land The UH-Sugar Land campus is located on 250 acres in Sugar Land and has three buildings: the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the University Branch Library. Wharton County Junior College also maintains a presence at the site. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus provides adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a modern nursing-focused simulation lab and classroom teaching space for the School of Nursing to utilize. The simulations labs on the Sugar Land campus have bed side computers with Laerdal SimMan simulation equipment. This 27 bed competency lab was completed in May 2009. The George Building is a 57,000 square-foot facility. It has a front office located on the first floor that is the main intake area for students, faculty, and staff requiring information or assistance. The George Building has 25 classrooms. Two of the classrooms are instructional computer labs; five are ITV classrooms with video conferencing capabilities. One of the ITV classrooms is a computer lab with video conferencing capabilities. Five of the classrooms are dedicated labs for specific programs. An open computer lab is located on the 3 rd floor for use by students. The University Branch Library provides library services to UH and WCJC students on site as well as the general community. There are two Academic Liaisons to assist faculty and students; however, all the librarians are cross-trained to provide assistance. There are student study areas in various locations in the George Building, Brazos Hall and the Library. WiFi is available throughout the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the Library. Parking is free and available in four parking lots. UHS-Cinco Ranch The University of Houston System location at Cinco Ranch is a 1 story, 50,000 sq. ft., multi-institution teaching center that is located in the master planned community of Cinco Ranch. The facility offers 18 classrooms for instruction, 4 of which are Instructional Television (ITV) classrooms for distance education use and 1 Lecture Computer Lab. The Cinco Ranch location offers a mobile assessment lab for its assessment course in the RN-BSN program. In addition to these classrooms, the facility provides students and faculty a Virtual Library, 1 open Computer Lab, a student & faculty lounge, a faculty suite WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 10

136 with office space, a large event room and a conference room which can be utilized for instruction. Parking is free in a large parking lot located on the west side of the building. Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery UHV has an agreement with Lone Star Community College in The Woodlands to lease classroom and office space for the RN to BSN Program, which allows students to attend this nursing program in The Woodlands area. The University of Houston intends to continue this arrangement. University of Houston Victoria A renovation of the Victoria Nursing Suite in the UHV Center building was completed in 2011, which now provides adequate faculty and staff offices, a conference room, simulation lab, and teaching space. In particular, the Victoria campus has a four bed competency lab with a SimMan 3G that was newly constructed in 2012. The Victoria campus has fully interactive ITV capability in the newly constructed conference room in the newly remodeled School of Nursing office suite. These resources would continue to be utilized by the UH School of Nursing program. UH Main Campus A second Health and Biomedical Sciences Building (250,000 sq ft) is currently being designed with construction scheduled to start in November 2014 and completed in November 2016. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility and a behavioral health clinic that will serve the community and support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. G. Accreditation The undergraduate and graduate nursing programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The UHV nursing program hosted a site visit in March 2014 and the final outcome of the accreditation decision from the Board of Commissioners will be forthcoming in October 2014. The CCNE staff are aware of the transfer and are supportive of the transition of the nursing program to UH. The Texas Board of Nursing is also aware and supportive of the transfer of the School of Nursing from UHV to UH. The transfer notification form has been submitted to the Texas Board of Nursing documenting the transfer of administrative control of the professional nursing education program from UHV to UH, as required by the Texas Board of Nursing 3.1.3.a. Education Guideline. H. Evaluation University of Houston Institutional Effectiveness practices reflect a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. Each academic program at UH submits a program effectiveness report to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The purpose of each report is to document assessment and continuous improvement activities across the UH campus. These reports must describe program assessment activities including: 1. the academic program mission; 2. student learning & program outcomes; 3. assessment measures; 4. performance standards; 5. assessment results; 6. results-based program improvements WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 11

Personnel from the University of Houston s Institutional Effectiveness Office as well as school-level assessment officers monitor and review the content of these program effectiveness reports and provide guidance and feedback as appropriate. The School of Nursing will be folded into this continuous improvement documentation process. In addition, the School will continue to employ established assessment procedures to monitor School specific elements as outlined below. In particular, the UH School of Nursing will continue to use the Systematic Plan of Evaluation (SPE), which provides the structure for collecting and analyzing information related to program and student outcomes. The faculty revised the plan based on the current Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education standards in August 2013. The evaluation process includes 3 key elements. The first component includes who is responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, the methods by which the data is gathered, and where the outcomes are documented. The second component, time frame, identifies the frequency for review. In the last component, benchmark(s), the faculty establishes the desired level of performance to meet the School s mission and goals. The SPE is reviewed annually and was last updated by the faculty in fall 2013. 137 The School of Nursing will also employ the EBI Benchmarking INC survey to collect data from recent graduates. This primary survey will be given each year; a broader alumni survey will be administered every three years. An employer evaluation component will be administered in 2015 and will be re-administered every three years. In addition, the School of Nursing will host a Messaging Meeting each semester to determine the desires of the community. Qualitative data will be gathered at this time to determine program outcomes as related to the local community. III. Costs and Funding 1 Five-Year Costs and Funding Estimated costs for implementation of this program will be minimal as indicated below. The existing faculty in the UHV School of Nursing will be transferring to UH and will continue to teach the administration courses in this program. Adjunct faculty will be hired to assist in practicum supervision as needed. Additionally, 18 of the 36 semester credit hours required for the degree are incorporated from the MSN education concentration for the core component of the MSN. The library and physical facilities are fully operational; no funds are required for Facilities and Equipment. The Reallocated Funds represents formula funding generated by UH Victoria for the first two years of operation. These funds will be transferred from UHV to UH within the UH System. The Anticipate New Formula Funding represents formula funds generated at UH during the third through fifth years of operation. The Other funds represent UH specific tuition and fees generated during the third to fifth years of operation. Five-Year Costs Five-Year Funding 1 Please use the Program Funding Estimation Tool found on the CB website to correctly estimate state funding. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 12

Personnel 1 $1,411,737 Reallocated Funds $129,768 Facilities and Equipment $0 Anticipated New Formula Funding 3 $206,818 Library, Supplies, and Materials $249,185 Special Item Funding $0 138 Other 2 $0 Other 4 $1,585,759 Total Costs $1,660,922 Total Funding $1,922,345 1. Report costs for new faculty hires, graduate assistants, and technical support personnel. For new faculty, prorate individual salaries as a percentage of the time assigned to the program. If existing faculty will contribute to program, include costs necessary to maintain existing programs (e.g., cost of adjunct to cover courses previously taught by faculty who would teach in new program). 2. Specify other costs here (e.g., administrative costs, travel). 3. Indicate formula funding for students new to the institution because of the program; formula funding should be included only for years three through five of the program and should reflect enrollment projections for years three through five. 4. Report other sources of funding here. In-hand grants, likely future grants, and designated tuition and fees can be included. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 13

139 Signature Page 1. Adequacy of Funding and Notification of Other Institutions The chief executive or chief academic officer shall sign the following statements: I certify that the institution has adequate funds to cover the costs of the new program. Furthermore, the new program will not reduce the effectiveness or quality of existing programs at the institution. I certify that my institution has notified all public institutions within 50 miles of the teaching site of our intention to offer the program at least 30 days prior to submitting this request. I also certify that if any objections were received, those objections were resolved prior to the submission of this request. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Academic Officer Date 2. Board of Regents or Designee Approval A member of the Board of Regents or designee shall sign the following statement: On behalf of the Board of Regents, I approve the program. Board of Regents (Designee) Date of Approval WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 14

Attachment: 1-8 140 Attachment 8 New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees Directions: An institution shall use this form to propose a new bachelor s or master s degree program that is in the field of engineering or has costs exceeding $2 million for the first five years of operation. In completing the form, the institution should refer to the document Standards for Bachelor s and Master s Programs, which prescribes specific requirements for new degree programs. Note: This form requires signatures of (1) the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Academic Officer, certifying adequacy of funding for the new program and the notification of other institutions; (2) a member of the Board of Regents (or designee), certifying Board approval. NOTE: Preliminary notification is required for all engineering programs. Prior to submission of an engineering program proposal, the institution should notify the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research of its intent to request such a program. For more information: Contact the Division of Workforce, Academic Affairs and Research at 512/427-6200. 1. Institution: University of Houston Administrative Information 2. Program Name: Master of Science in Nursing with a major in Family Nurse Practitioner 3. Proposed CIP Code: 51:3805.00 4. Number of Required Semester Credit Hours (SCHs): 47 5. Brief Program Description: The Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus on Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) is a program of graduate study for the nurse seeking preparation as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN). The MSN FNP degree program is designed to prepare nurses to practice as family nurse practitioners, to educate students in nursing programs, to translate research into practice, and to assume leadership roles in advanced nursing practice. The MSN degree is the required degree for practicing APRNs. The recently released report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends at least 10 percent of all baccalaureate graduates matriculate into a graduate program within 5 years of graduation (IOM, 2010). Consistent with IOM recommendations and the national healthcare initiative, the MSN program will prepare family nurse practitioners (FNP) educated at the master s level to address the shortage of primary care providers, nursing educators, and leaders. Objectives: Prepare APRNs for compassionate, competent advanced nursing practice, and leadership in a complex and evolving healthcare environment. Provide a high quality, innovative program incorporating contemporary and traditional methodologies that emphasize conceptual and critical thinking. Educate students in multiple locations throughout the region. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters Updated 4/2014

141 Engage students in practice inquiry to identify practice issues leading to important research questions, and translate and apply research into practice in the areas of patient care, population health, leadership, education and policy. Meet the primary healthcare needs of diverse, underserved, rural communities by enhancing nursing education. Prepare graduates of the MSN program to serve as faculty in both undergraduate and graduate programs. 6. Administrative Unit: School of Nursing 7. Proposed Implementation Date: August 24, 2015 8. Contact Person: Name: Kathryn Tart, RN, MSN, EdD Title: Dean and Professor E-mail: tartk@uhv.edu Phone: 281-275-3060 Program Information Background On February 26, 2014, the University of Houston System (UHS) Regents approved recommendations from the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force that will make the University of Houston the sole UHS institution delivering degree programs at UH Sugar Land. As part of this move, the Task Force recommended that management of the UH Victoria (UH-V) nursing program, which is highly dependent on the UH-Sugar Land facilities, be transferred to the University of Houston (UH). There were several reasons for this shift. In particular, there is a recognized shortage of nursing professionals in the region. This shortage demands investment in nursing education to address workforce needs. The University of Houston, as the UHS s flagship research institution, is in the best position to support the growth and expansion of the UH-V nursing program. Moreover, health is already a strategic focus on the UH campus, which supports a College of Pharmacy, a College of Optometry and degree programs in clinical psychology, speech language pathology, and social work. Degrees are also offered in health and human performance and health education and administration. Overall, the university enrolls students in 97 health-related degree programs. To support program development, coordination and partnerships in this area, a Health Science Center at UH was created by the UHS Board of Regents in January 2013. In addition, the University of Houston is an affiliate of the Texas Medical Center, the world s largest medical complex. These institutional characteristics create a natural fit for the UH-V nursing program within the framework of the UH mission and goals. The acquisition of the UH-Victoria nursing program will involve the wholesale transfer of administrative personnel, faculty, staff, and infrastructure to the University of Houston. The primary administrative location for the UH School of Nursing will be the UH Sugar Land campus, which currently enrolls the largest proportion of nursing students in the WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 2

142 UH-V School of Nursing and houses the majority of their faculty. However, the UH School of Nursing will also continue to maintain and deliver nursing courses at UH Victoria, UH Cinco Ranch (Katy, Texas), and Lone Star College s University Center in the Woodlands. I. Need A. Job Market Need The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not track employment data for advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), but does predict that Registered Nurses will create the second largest number of jobs among all occupations. The Bureau of Health Professions predicts a shortage of over 1 million nurses by the year 2020 (BHPR, 2010). It is estimated that 50 million Americans lack access to basic healthcare (BHPR, 2010). The need for a MSN FNP program is supported by the new federal legislation for healthcare reform. More than one million Texans will have access to health insurance by 2014 that have not previously had access. It is anticipated that these individuals will likely access primary health care. Several national organizations have called for an emphasis on advanced practice nursing in nursing education including the Institute of Medicine (2010), the Pew Commission (1991,1999), The Carnegie Foundation (2009), the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF, 2003) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN, 2006) to ease the increased need for primary care providers. The proposed MSN program prepares family nurse practitioners (FNP) to provide primary care to individuals across the lifespan, predominantly in rural and medically underserved (MUSA) counties surrounding the University of Houston campuses. In spring 2010, focus groups for UHV School of Nursing stake holders were held. These groups consisted of the School of Nursing Advisory Boards in Victoria and Sugar Land, and the Hospital Chief Nurse Forums for the Memorial Hospital System and Richmond State School. Each group represented at these forums emphasized the need for advanced practice nurses with family nurse practitioners (FNP) as the most needed role. Additionally, each represented health care facility indicated that it would hire APRNs to fill in the needs of the institution. Similarly, in September 2010, an assessment on current and projected health care workforce needs was prepared for the Katy Higher Education Task Force Subgroup. Five hospitals in the Katy area indicated that they currently do not have any APRN nurses, but each anticipated hiring up to 18 APRNs within the next five years. B. Student Demand The first class, which entered the MSN FPN in AY2013-2014 consisted of 12 students. For the Fall 2014 semester, 26 additional students were admitted bringing the current total enrollment to 38. The BSN and MSN programs have been the primary source of applicants to the MSN FNP program. Demand for positions in the MSN FPN program is high for many reasons. In particular, there is not a point in the foreseeable future when the supply of APRN prepared nurses will exceed demand. The need for APRNs who are prepared at the graduate level will not be saturated since access to healthcare is currently limited by a shortage of primary care providers. The US Bureau of Statistics reported that there are 6,690 advanced nurse practitioners in Texas (2013) representing 0.72 per 1,000 persons, which is well below the national average. A career as a FPN is WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 3

143 financially rewarding; the mean annual wage is currently $101,490. The student demand is highlighted by the numbers of applicants who were unable to gain admission to an advanced nurse practitioner program in Texas. In 2011, it was reported by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies that 309 nurse practitioners were qualified and not admitted to Texas advanced practice nursing programs. In 2013, the Center reported 1,368 nurse practitioners were qualified and not admitted, thus showing a substantial and increasing demand for MSN FPN degrees. C. Enrollment Projections YEAR 1 2015-2016 2 2016-2017 3 2017-2018 4 2018-2019 5 2019-2020 Headcount 25 30 35 40 45 FTSE 20 25 30 35 40 II. Quality The MS program in the UHV nursing school was ranked among the top 300 graduate nursing programs in the US by US News and World Report in 2011 (the most recent such rankings for graduate nursing degrees), a significant accomplishment for a small school serving a largely rural community. One-hundred percent of master s level nursing graduates have found employment. A. Degree Requirements Category General Education Core Curriculum (bachelor s degree only) Semester Credit Hours Clock Hours Required Courses 35 525 Prescribed Electives 0 Free Electives 0 Clinical Work 12 675 TOTAL 47 1,200 B. Curriculum Note: All of the courses listed below are required for the MSN FPN program. These courses are currently approved and being offered by the UHV School of Nursing and are required by the transition of the nursing program to UH. Prefix and Number Required Courses SCH NURS 6230 Diagnostic Tests/Procedures 2 NURS 6301 Advanced Nursing Research and Integrated Evidence 3 Based Practice NURS 6306 Policy, Role & Economics 3 NURS 6320 Healthcare Informatics 3 WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 4

NURS 6330 Advanced Diagnostic Physical Examination 3 NURS 6331 Advanced Pharmacotherapy 3 NURS 6332 Biostatistics 3 NURS 6333 Population Health 3 NURS 6335 Management of Health Disorders in Adults 3 NURS 6336 Management of Health Disorders in Adults Clinical 3 NURS 6338 Advanced Pathophysiology 3 NURS 6345 Management of Health Disorders in Women & Children 3 NURS 6346 Management of Health Disorders in Women & Children 3 Clinical NURS 6355 Management of Health Disorders Across the Lifespan in 3 Diverse Settings NURS 6356 Management of Health Disorders Across the Lifespan in 3 Diverse Settings Clinical NURS 6366 FNP Capstone Clinical 3 144 Prefix and Number Prescribed Elective Courses SCH N/A C. Faculty The UH nursing program will have an appropriate and adequate number of full-time faculty to support the nursing curriculum. All fourteen of the current full-time UHV nursing will move to UH. The faculty to student ratios in clinical settings will be 1:10 for the Second Degree BSN, 1:24 for the RN-BSN, and 1:6 for the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner program. The overall student to teacher ratio for the School of Nursing is expected to be 1:16 (total student head count/fte). Name of Core Faculty and Faculty Rank e.g.: Robertson, David Asst. Professor *Kathleen Reeve, FNP-C, ANP-BC Clinical Professor Lisette Barton, FNP-BC Assistant Professor Highest Degree and Awarding Institution PhD. in Molecular Genetics Univ. of Texas at Dallas DrPH Univ. of Texas School of Public Health Houston PhD Texas Woman s University Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program MG200, MG285 MG824 (Lab Only) 50% 6230, 6335, 6336, 6345, 100% 6346, 6355, 6356, 6366 6330, 6331, contribute to 6336, 6356, 6366 75% Vivian Nowazek Assistant Clinical Professor PhD Univ. of Texas School of Public Health Houston 6306, 6330, 6332, 6333, 6338, contribute to 6336, 6356 75% Eugenia Blomstrom Assistant Clinical Professor PhD Nursing Univ. of Texas Medical Branch 6301, contribute to 6366 20% WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 5

Shainy Varghese Assistant Professor PhD Nursing Univ. of Texas Medical Branch 145 6345, 6346 24% New Faculty in Year _2014_ New Faculty in Year _2015_ FNP, PhD 6336, 6346, 6356 50% FNP, PhD 6230, 6330, 6335, 6345, 6355, 6366 75% Name of Support Faculty and Faculty Rank Highest Degree and Awarding Institution Courses Assigned in Program % Time Assigned To Program D. Students As documented in the teach-out plan submitted by UH Victoria, with the closure of the UHV School of Nursing, UH will assume responsibility for all students who are currently enrolled in the nursing program. Course credits obtained at UHV will be transferred to UH and UH will ensure that all transfer students have an opportunity to complete their nursing degrees. Plans are in place to ensure that financial aid is not interrupted and that tuition and fees for these transfer students are maintained at levels equivalent to those paid by UHV students. In addition, UH is committed to maintaining the current number and level of student scholarships for nursing students. Thus, we expect the MSN FNP program to have full enrollment beginning the first year of operation. Plans are also in place to assume the marketing of the nursing programs in January 2015 and UH will begin accepting applications and financial aid documentation for AY2015-16 in January 2015 Recruitment Efforts 1. All marketing, web postings, and informational sessions include diverse representation of students and faculty. 2. Direct Mail Registration Pieces are mailed each semester to registered nurses who have a bachelor s degree in selected zip code areas in the greater Houston and surrounding counties. The Nursing program purchases a mailing list from the Texas Board of Nursing each year. 3. Letters from the associate dean and dean are sent to alumni inviting them to apply to the MSN program. 4. We regularly place ads in the UH Daily Cougar, UH Alumni, UH graduation brochure, Houston Chronicle, and Google Ads to attract prospective students to our MSN program. In addition, ads are included in the Texas Nursing Association Nursing Voice. This campaign targets all Texas Nursing Association members with a quarterly paper mailed to every registered nurse in the state of Texas. 5. School of Nursing faculty regularly attend informational sessions and recruiting events, such as UHSCR and UHSL & WCJC joint Open Houses, Cuero Community Hospital WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 6

146 Health Fair, Methodist Hospital Education Fair, MD Anderson Education Fair, Memorial Hermann Education Fair, West Houston Hospital Education Fair, and Nursing information sessions. 6. The advising/recruitment team (students, staff and faculty) regularly attend UH Health Professions career day, all UH Degree Information sessions (12 at UHSL and 12 at UHSCR) and meet with UH Advisors for nursing. 7. The School of Nursing will continue its participation in the Nursing Centralized Application System (NursingCAS) for the MSN program. This platform has proven to be an excellent recruiting tool for students. 8. The School will host Coffee with the Dean events for students and alumni. 9. The School s Spring Nursing Forums recruit nurses from the Fort Bend, greater Houston, Victoria and surrounding counties. 10. Information sessions on the nursing programs are posted to the School s web site and typically attract 10 potential applicants per session. 11. Interactive e-flyers are sent to all contacts for the MSN programs. The School of Nursing staff will work with the UH Marketing Department to develop these materials and to ensure that all marketing pieces reflect the diversity of the nursing program and are targeted to diverse potential applicant pools. 12. The School develops a Messaging statement each year in collaboration with Development, Marketing, SON Recruiting, Dean, and Web developer. The information is used for all development, PR and marketing. 13. Post cards with links to the Nursing on-line Newsletter The Pulse and Epic News are mailed to all Nursing clinical affiliations and nursing contacts. 14. Our web developer maintains an attractive and informative internet presence, which includes Our Nursing Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/uhvson). Admission Requirements: The faculty of the School of Nursing have established the criteria for admission to the MSN FPN program. The purpose is to predict individual potential to succeed at the MSN level. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit all necessary documentation to NursingCAS by the published deadlines for admission. Categories of admission are determined by how well an applicant s credentials meet the established criteria and include (A) Full Admission Status or (B) Conditional Admission Status. Full Admission Status 1. Apply for graduate admission through NursingCAS (Centralized Application Service). (http://nursingcas.org/index.php) 2. Completion of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an institution accredited by one of the six recognized regional accrediting. 3. Evidence of current, unencumbered, valid licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Texas. 4. Official transcripts from each institution attended reflecting a grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 point scale on coursework completed, and the baccalaureate (or higher) degree conferred, sent directly from each institution to NursingCAS. 5. Applicants to the MSN program provide a one page writing sample. The personal statement includes information about individual s education and experience as a professional nurse, interest in graduate education, career goals for the next five (5) years, reason for selecting UH for graduate education, contributions applicant plans to make to mission at UH School of Nursing and to advanced nursing practice. 6. An interview is required as part of the application process. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 7

147 7. Official score(s) for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Admission criteria for the GRE include a combined minimum score of 1000 on the Verbal and Quantitative sections and a minimum score of 3.0 on the written section for examinations taken prior to August 2011. A score of 153 on the Verbal section and a score of 144 on the Quantitative section are required if the GRE was taken after August 2011. An OR score of 18 or greater on the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) is required for admission. The HSRT can be taken no more than two (2) times, and scores may not be more than 5 years old. 8. Two letters of recommendation: one from a university faculty and one from an employer. 9. Professional work experience as defined by individual tracks. All FNP applicants are required to have a minimum of one (1) year of professional nursing practice (as a BSN prepared nurse preferred). 10. All clinical readiness requirements including criminal background check, drug screen, immunization requirements and CPR for Professional Rescuers met prior to enrollment. Conditional Admission Status Conditional admission may be granted. Students admitted with conditional admission status may convert to full admission status after maintaining at least a GPA of 3.0 during the first nine semester hours of the program. Students failing to meet this requirement will not be allowed to progress in the MSN program. Student Retention Currently, the first class in the MSN FPN program has 12 students enrolled. The program has admitted a second cohort of 26 for fall 2014. Thus, 38 students are currently enrolled. Orientation sessions are held for the School of Nursing and the University of Houston at the beginning of each semester. Graduate students sign the degree plan during orientation with their advisor and lead faculty member. The degree plan provides clear expectations, time frame, and accountability for completing the requirements of the degree. Students are invited to School events such as Coffee with the Dean, honor society meetings, professional forums, and pinning ceremonies for networking and recognition of accomplishments. Students work with faculty for individual clinical practicum experiences. At mid-term each semester, students will be informed by faculty if they are in jeopardy of not being successful in a course or a practicum experience. A remediation plan will be developed by the faculty member and the student that will document what the student must do to successfully complete the course in question. Student service personnel will be available to assist students in their pursuit of internal and external scholarships. The first cohort of students has an eighty percent retention rate (12 of 15 admitted) and is scheduled to graduate spring 2015. The University of Houston serves one of most diverse student populations in the country. In this respect, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Division of Administration and Finance work closely to enhance the academic and social environment for students by developing and implementing an array of services and programs aimed at supporting and facilitating student success. In particular, established university services such academic support (e.g., university testing services; the center for students with disabilities) and health and wellness services (counseling and psychological services; the student health center) will be extended to the students in the School of Nursing on the UH Sugar Land campus. These programs and services will be WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 8

148 regularly assessed to ensure they remain relevant and useful to the student population of UH School of Nursing. E. Library The library resources necessary for the Nursing Program will be provided and sustained. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection, as enumerated in the list developed by the Nursing faculty and the UHV Library, will be in place for Fall Semester 2015 classes. These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University. In addition, nursing faculty and graduate students will also have access to the Texas Medical Center Library. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Additional library resources will include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support. Instructional support will take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard, and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions will cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills Research support services include: Citation management tools Data management resources Data Management Plan (DMP) resources Electronic theses and dissertations information The University of Houston Libraries will offer a variety of services to distance, off-campus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and limited off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs and questions will be primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and the Woodlands) will be able to obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the off-site teaching centers to the main campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition the University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston- Victoria library and staff. F. Facilities and Equipment WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 9

149 Physical Resources: The UH School of Nursing will continue to be housed primarily on the UH Sugar Land campus and will continue to provide instruction at 3 additional regional outreach sites. Additional space for the School of Nursing will become available on the UH main campus in AY2016-2017. As indicated above, the transition of the nursing program from UH-V to UH is primarily a shift in management. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. UH-Sugar Land The UH-Sugar Land campus is located on 250 acres in Sugar Land and has three buildings: the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the University Branch Library. Wharton County Junior College also maintains a presence at the site. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus provides adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a modern nursing-focused simulation lab and classroom teaching space for the School of Nursing to utilize. The simulations labs on the Sugar Land campus have bed side computers with Laerdal SimMan simulation equipment. This 27 bed competency lab was completed in May 2009. The George Building is a 57,000 square-foot facility. It has a front office located on the first floor that is the main intake area for students, faculty, and staff requiring information or assistance. The George Building has 25 classrooms. Two of the classrooms are instructional computer labs; five are ITV classrooms with video conferencing capabilities. One of the ITV classrooms is a computer lab with video conferencing capabilities. Five of the classrooms are dedicated labs for specific programs. An open computer lab is located on the 3 rd floor for use by students. The University Branch Library provides library services to UH and WCJC students on site as well as the general community. There are two Academic Liaisons to assist faculty and students; however, all the librarians are cross-trained to provide assistance. There are student study areas in various locations in the George Building, Brazos Hall and the Library. Wi-Fi is available throughout the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the Library. Parking is free and available in four parking lots. UHS-Cinco Ranch The University of Houston System location at Cinco Ranch is a 1 story, 50,000 sq. ft., multi-institution teaching center that is located in the master planned community of Cinco Ranch. The facility offers 18 classrooms for instruction, 4 of which are Instructional Television (ITV) classrooms for distance education use and 1 Lecture Computer Lab. The Cinco Ranch location offers a mobile assessment lab for its assessment course in the RN-BSN program. In addition to these classrooms, the facility provides students and faculty a Virtual Library, 1 open Computer Lab, a student & faculty lounge, a faculty suite with office space, a large event room and a conference room which can be utilized for instruction. Parking is free in a large parking lot located on the west side of the building. Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery UHV has an agreement with Lone Star Community College in The Woodlands to lease classroom and office space for the RN to BSN Program, which allows students to attend this nursing program in The Woodlands area. The University of Houston intends to continue this arrangement. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 10

University of Houston Victoria A renovation of the Victoria Nursing Suite in the UHV Center building was completed in 2011, which now provides adequate faculty and staff offices, a conference room, simulation lab, and teaching space. In particular, the Victoria campus has a four bed competency lab with a SimMan 3G that was newly constructed in 2012. The Victoria campus has fully interactive ITV capability in the newly constructed conference room in the newly remodeled School of Nursing office suite. These resources would continue to be utilized by the UH School of Nursing program. 150 UH Main Campus A second Health and Biomedical Sciences Building (250,000 sq ft) is currently being designed with construction scheduled to start in November 2014 and completed in November 2016. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility and a behavioral health clinic that will serve the community and support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. G. Accreditation The existing UHV undergraduate and graduate nursing programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The UHV program hosted a site visit in March 2014 and the final outcome of the accreditation decision from the Board of Commissioners will be forthcoming in October 2014. The CCNE staff are aware of the transfer and are supportive of the transition of the nursing program to UH. The Texas Board of Nursing is also aware and supportive of the transfer of the School of Nursing from UHV to UH. The transfer notification form has been submitted to the Texas Board of Nursing documenting the transfer of administrative control of the professional nursing education program from UHV to UH, as required by the Texas Board of Nursing 3.1.3.a. Education Guideline. H. Evaluation University of Houston Institutional Effectiveness practices reflect a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. Each academic program at UH submits a program effectiveness report to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The purpose of each report is to document assessment and continuous improvement activities across the UH campus. These reports must describe program assessment activities including: 1. the academic program mission; 2. student learning & program outcomes; 3. assessment measures; 4. performance standards; 5. assessment results; 6. results-based program improvements Personnel from the University of Houston s Institutional Effectiveness Office as well as school-level assessment officers monitor and review the content of these program effectiveness reports and provide guidance and feedback as appropriate. The School of Nursing will be folded into this continuous improvement documentation process. In addition, the School will continue to employ established assessment procedures to monitor School specific elements as outlined below. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 11

In particular, the UH School of Nursing will continue to use the Systematic Plan of Evaluation (SPE), which provides the structure for collecting and analyzing information related to program and student outcomes. The faculty revised the plan based on the current Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education standards in August 2013. The evaluation process includes 3 key elements. The first component includes who is responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, the methods by which the data is gathered, and where the outcomes are documented. The second component, time frame, identifies the frequency for review. In the last component, benchmark(s), the faculty establishes the desired level of performance to meet the School s mission and goals. The SPE is reviewed annually and was last updated by the faculty in fall 2013. The School of Nursing will also employ the EBI Benchmarking INC survey to collect data from recent graduates. This primary survey will be given each year; a broader alumni survey will be administered every three years. An employer evaluation component will be administered in 2015 and will be re-administered every three years. In addition, the School of Nursing will host a Messaging Meeting each semester to determine the desires of the community. Qualitative data will be gathered at this time to determine program outcomes as related to the local community. III. Costs and Funding 1 Estimated costs for implementation of this program will be minimal as indicated below. The existing faculty in the UHV School of Nursing will be transferring to UH and will continue to teach the FNP courses in this program. Adjunct faculty will be hired to assist in practicum supervision as needed. Additionally, 27 of the 47 credit hours required for the degree are incorporated from the MSN Education concentration and 15 semester credit hours required for the MSN Administration concentration. The library and physical facilities are fully operational; no funds are required for Facilities and Equipment. 151 The Reallocated Funds represents formula funding generated by UH Victoria for the first two years of operation. These funds will be transferred from UHV to UH within the UH System. The Anticipate New Formula Funding represents formula funds generated at UH during the third through fifth years of operation. The Other funds represent UH specific tuition and fees generated during the third to fifth years of operation. Five-Year Costs Five-Year Funding Personnel 1 $3,891,665 Reallocated Funds $173,796 Facilities and Equipment $0 Anticipated New Formula Funding 3 $286,764 Library, Supplies, and Materials $588,982 Special Item Funding $0 Other 2 $0 Other 4 $2,285,575 Total Costs $4,480,647 Total Funding $2,746,135 1 Please use the Program Funding Estimation Tool found on the CB website to correctly estimate state funding. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 12

152 1. Report costs for new faculty hires, graduate assistants, and technical support personnel. For new faculty, prorate individual salaries as a percentage of the time assigned to the program. If existing faculty will contribute to program, include costs necessary to maintain existing programs (e.g., cost of adjunct to cover courses previously taught by faculty who would teach in new program). 2. Specify other costs here (e.g., administrative costs, travel). 3. Indicate formula funding for students new to the institution because of the program; formula funding should be included only for years three through five of the program and should reflect enrollment projections for years three through five. 4. Report other sources of funding here. In-hand grants, likely future grants, and designated tuition and fees can be included. WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 13

153 Signature Page 1. Adequacy of Funding and Notification of Other Institutions The chief executive or chief academic officer shall sign the following statements: I certify that the institution has adequate funds to cover the costs of the new program. Furthermore, the new program will not reduce the effectiveness or quality of existing programs at the institution. I certify that my institution has notified all public institutions within 50 miles of the teaching site of our intention to offer the program at least 30 days prior to submitting this request. I also certify that if any objections were received, those objections were resolved prior to the submission of this request. Chief Executive Officer/Chief Academic Officer Date 2. Board of Regents or Designee Approval A member of the Board of Regents or designee shall sign the following statement: On behalf of the Board of Regents, I approve the program. Board of Regents (Designee) Date of Approval WAAR/New Program Request Form for Bachelor s and Master s Degrees/Webmasters - Updated 4/2014 14

Section: 2 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Approval for Substantive Programmatic Change

154 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 2. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges - Approval for Substantive Programmatic Changes As specified in SACS policy statement on changes of governance, control, form or legal status for SACS-accredited institutions, substantive change is a significant modification or expansion of the nature and scope of an institution and includes: Acquiring any program or location of another institution Adding as a permanent location a site at which the institution is conducting a teach-out for students of another institution that is closing Initiating change of ownership, or change of governance, control, form or legal status Member institutions are required to notify SACS Commission on Colleges of substantive changes and seek approval from SACS prior to the initiation of changes. For a SACSCOC-accredited institution acquiring a program from another institution or adding as a permanent location a site where a teach-out is being conducted must follow the procedures outlined below: Notification. The institution acquiring a program must provide written notification from the institution s CEO to the SACSCOC President summarizing the proposed change and providing the intended implementation date. The notification must take place six months in advance of the intended date of review by the SACSCOC Board of Trustees. Submission of a Prospectus. Upon notification, the President of SACSCOC will ask the institution to submit a written prospectus. The prospectus must be submitted to the Commission office by September 15 for consideration at the December meeting of the Board of Trustees and must describe how the member institution plans to continue to meet the SACS Principles while implementing the change. The prospectus includes the following elements: an abstract, background information, assessment of program planning/approval, a description of the change, a complete roster of the faculty involved, documentation of library and learning resources, a catalog of physical resources, evidence of financial support, a plan for the evaluation and assessment of the change, and a list of off-campus instructional sites. Substantive Change Committee Visit. Assuming that the SACSCOC Board of Trustees approves of the proposed changes, The Substantive Change Committee will visit the institution to determine the institution s compliance with the Principles of Accreditation following the initiation of the change. The visit will occur within 6 months of the implementation of the change. In preparation for the visit the institution will complete the substantive change documentation template, which cites relevant Core Requirements, Comprehensive Standards, and Federal Requirements. Page 3

155 Actions: 1. Submit notification letters for UH (Short, attachment 1) and UHV (Cass, attachment 2) 2. Develop and submit prospectus (Tart, Ness, Stanich, Smith; attachments 3 & 4) 3. Develop and submit a teach-out plan/agreement for UHV Nursing students (Cass, attachment 5) 4. Address any issues raised by SACS during the review of the prospectus (Tart, Hassumani, Stanich, Smith) 5. Schedule site visit and complete change template (Tart, Hassumani, Stanich, Smith) Critical Dates: 1. Notification letters submitted July, 2014 2. Prospectus with the teach-out plan submitted September 15, 2014 3. Schedule site visit and complete change template Fall, 2015 Attachments 1. UH letter of notification 2. UHV letter of notification 3. Prospectus cover letter 4. Substantive change prospectus (appendices in electronic form by request) 5. UH-UHV teach-out agreement Page 4

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Victoria University Cinco Attachement: 2-3 160 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON RENU KHATOR September 12, 2014 Chancellor and President Belle S. Wheelan, PhD. President, SACSCOC 1866 Southern Lane Decatur, Georgia 30033 Dear Dr. Wheelan: In accordance with the SACSCOC Substantive Change Policy, the University of Houston is submitting the enclosed prospectus describing the University of Houston s planned acquisition of the University of Houston School of Nursing. This acquisition will involve the transfer of all administrative personnel, faculty, staff, curriculum, and infrastructure. The program will be administered by the University of Houston, located at 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004. Degree programs in the School of Nursing will be offered at the main campus as well as the following sites: University of Houston - Sugar Land Campus, 14000 University Blvd, Sugar Land, Texas, 77479 University of Houston - Victoria, 3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, Texas, 77901 University of Houston System Katy, Texas 77450 Ranch, 4242 South Mason Rd., Lone Star College Center at Montgomery, 3232 College Park Dr., The Woodlands, Texas 77384 This move is intended to better position the School of Nursing for growth as part of the UH System s doctoral/research university. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me or Chris Stanich, the University of Houston s SACS Liaison. He may be reached at 832-842-0545 or by email at cstanich@uh.edu. Regards, YLk (d\ Renu Khator cc: Dr. Nuria Cuevas, Vice President, SACSCOC Mr. Chris Stanich, Associate Vice Chancellor/Associate Provost, Institutional Planning and Analysis 212 E Cullen Building Houston,Texas 77204-2018 (713) 743-8820 Fax: (713) 743-8837 e-mail: rkhator@uh.edu

161 Attachment: 2-4 Substantive Change Prospectus Describing the Proposed Acquisition by the University of Houston of the UH-Victoria Nursing Program Date of Implementation August 24, 2015 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77004 UH Contact: Chris Stanich Associate Vice Chancellor/Associate Provost, Institutional Planning & Analysis University of Houston System/University of Houston 204 E Cullen Building Houston, Texas 77204 (832) 842-0545 cstanich@uh.edu 1

162 ABSTRACT (limit to one page or less) Describe the proposed change, the location, the projected date of implementation and factors affecting the final date, and the organizational structure of the current institution. The date of implementation listed in the prospectus shall be the official effective date of change approved by the SACSCOC Board of Trustees. This date should take into consideration the proposed date of approval by the Commission s Board, the date of approval by the institution s governing board, and U.S. Department of Education reporting timelines affecting Title IV funding. The date may not exceed 30 days beyond approval by the SACSCOC Board of Trustees. Planned Change The University of Houston is planning the acquisition of the School of Nursing program from the University of Houston Victoria. This change would involve the transfer of management of the nursing programs at UH-Victoria including students, faculty, staff, and infrastructure. The nursing degrees include: RN-BSN Second degree BSN Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) MSN Administration MSN Education MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Given the University of Houston s flagship status and proximity to and affiliation with the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, this move is intended to better position the program to grow as part of the UH System s major research university. Location The program will be administered by the University of Houston, located at 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77004. The program will also be offered at the central campus. The UH-Victoria School of Nursing program is currently delivered at the following sites: University of Houston - Sugar Land, 14000 University Blvd, Sugar Land, TX, 77479 University of Houston - Victoria, 3007 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria, TX, 77901 University of Houston System Cinco Ranch, 4242 South Mason Rd., Katy, TX 77450 Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery, 3232 College Park Dr., The Woodlands, TX 77384 Delivery of the nursing program will continue at these sites after the transfer. Although management of the program will shift to UH, the current educational programs will continue to be offered in Victoria to support local nursing education needs. Organizational Structure The current leadership structure for UH-Victoria (UH-V) is depicted by the organizational chart in Appendix B. The organizational structure for the UH-V School of Nursing is illustrated in Appendix C with the Dean of the School of Nursing reporting directly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic 2

163 Affairs. The leadership structure of the School of Nursing will remain intact while being incorporated into the overall organizational structure of the University of Houston depicted in Appendix D. The Dean will report directly to the University of Houston Provost. Implementation and Approvals The proposal to move the School of Nursing from UH-V to UH has been approved by the Board of Regents of the University of Houston System. At UH, the next step is for the specific nursing degrees to be reviewed by the appropriate faculty and administrative committees. These degrees would then be submitted for approval by the Regents. Initial discussions regarding the degree review have taken place laying the groundwork for the formal process in fall 2014. The transfer proposal has been submitted for review and approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). A decision on the proposal is expected in April 2015 in anticipation of an implementation date of August 24, 2015 the first day of nursing classes at UH. Prior to the implementation date, the University of Houston will begin establishing critical infrastructure and processes to facilitate enrollment of students. For example, in January 2015, the University of Houston will begin accepting applications, recruiting students, and processing financial aid for new students. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Provide a clear statement of the nature and purpose of the change in the context of the institution s mission and goals and provide evidence of the legal authority for the change (if authorization is required by the governing board or the state). The transfer of the UH-V School of Nursing to UH is closely aligned to the University of Houston s mission (Appendix E). The mission describes the institution s intent to: Offer nationally competitive and internationally recognized opportunities for learning, discovery and engagement to a diverse population of students in a real-world setting. Offer a full range of degree programs at the baccalaureate, master's, doctoral and professional levels and pursue a broad agenda of research and creative activities. Build partnerships with other educational institutions, community organizations, government agencies, and the private sector to serve the region and impact the world. In terms of the national competitiveness and recognition elements of the UH mission, the UH-V School of Nursing is a natural fit for the UH campus. The School of Nursing is already a member of the Texas Medical Center. The MS program in nursing was ranked among the top 300 graduate nursing programs in the US by US News and World Report in 2011 (the most recent such rankings for graduate nursing degrees), a significant accomplishment for a small school serving a largely rural community. In 2013, the students in the BSN program had the second highest pass rate in the state (97.3%) on the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) for Registered Nurses (Texas Board of Nursing, 2014). One-hundred percent of master s level nursing graduates have found employment while 88-98% of undergraduates have done the same. These are attributes of a program on the rise. The move also addresses two other elements of the UH mission serving the region and offering a full range of degrees a major part of which has always been programs in the health sciences. The University of Houston already has Colleges of Optometry, Pharmacy, and Social Work among many other 3

164 health science programs. The School of Nursing will be an important addition to the university s strategic focus in this area. In addition, there is a recognized shortage of nursing professionals in the region (Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, 2013). This shortage demands investment in nursing education to address workforce needs. On February 26, 2014, the University of Houston System (UHS) Board of Regents approved recommendations by the University of Houston Sugar Land Task Force to make UH the sole UHS institution delivering degree programs at UH Sugar Land (Appendix F). Since the vast majority of the UH-V nursing program is delivered at UH-Sugar Land, the decision was made to transfer the School of Nursing to the University of Houston. The move is a logical one considering the program s relationship with the Houston area and the potential benefits of the transition in terms of growth opportunities. ASSESSMENT OF NEED AND PROGRAM PLANNING/APPROVAL Briefly discuss the rationale for the change, including an assessment of need; evidence of inclusion of the change in the institution s ongoing planning and evaluation processes; and documentation that faculty and other groups were involved in the review and approval of the change, where appropriate. Assessment of Need As indicated in the background section, the rationale for the transition of the nursing program from UH- Victoria to UH is tied directly to the increasing need for trained nursing professionals in the region. This need can be characterized as having two dimensions. First, the health care industry in the region is experiencing a shortage of nurses (Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, 2013). Second, increased nursing education demands have created a need for more qualified nursing educators (Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies, 2013). Transferring the program to the UH-System s flagship university helps address these needs by providing a platform for strategic growth with regard to enrollment, research, and advanced degrees offered. The University of Houston has the infrastructure and resources to support longterm enrollment increases in the nursing program. The shift in management makes logical sense since it creates more educational opportunities for those interested in a nursing career leading to a greater workforce pool in a critical area. While the nursing program at UH-V offers master s degrees, it is not able to offer doctorates. This restricts the number and type of nursing faculty that can be produced by the program. As a Tier One research institution, the University of Houston is able to deliver a full range of degrees including bachelors, masters, doctoral, and professional degrees. Thus, UH is positioned to expand the School of Nursing offerings to include doctoral programs (e.g. PhD in Nursing and Doctorate of Nursing Practice). In doing so, the program would expand its ability to address the shortage of qualified nursing educators. The School of Nursing will benefit from established health education networks at the University of Houston. As indicated previously, UH is a member of the Texas Medical Center and has established a university Health Science Center (Appendix G, p 10-12). The faculty of the School of Nursing are already collaborating with UH colleagues and they will continue to work with interdisciplinary partners in the Colleges of Pharmacy, Optometry, Social Work, and other health-related programs. In addition, a majority of the current nursing program s clinical affiliations are located in the Greater Houston Area. By moving the nursing program to UH, the School of Nursing faculty will be able to leverage these resources more readily. 4

165 It is important to note that the School of Nursing will continue to offer degrees at the UH-V campus under the UH banner. This strategy ensures the community in Victoria will continue to have access to nursing education programs that are vital to the local community and that serve rural healthcare needs. Ongoing Planning and Evaluation A 19-member UH Sugar Land Transition UH Work Group has been convened to ensure the smooth transition of the UH-Victoria nursing program to UH. The Work Group is chaired by Dr. Earl Smith, Interim Chief Health Officer for the University of Houston, and includes a range of stakeholders ensuring representation of different constituencies from UH, UH-Victoria, and the UH System. The full Work Group roster may be found in Appendix H. A review of the group s membership reveals the scope of the ongoing planning and evaluation involved in this transition. The focal points for the group include reviewing finances, administration, enrollment processes, technical services, library services, recruitment, marketing, and integrating these with current UH structures and policies. Through collaboration of UH-V and UH faculty, staff, and administrators, specific work plans are being developed to support the move. For example, the Dean for the UH-V School of Nursing has been meeting with UH Information Technology staff to facilitate the integration of UH-V systems into the UH technology infrastructure. Moreover, this shift is being overseen by the UHS Chancellor who is responsible for oversight of both institutions. That both universities are part of the same system will help facilitate the move since they are governed by the same set of system policies. Fundamentally, the purpose of the group is to identify the tasks and changes necessary to mitigate any potential negative impact on nursing students, faculty, and staff. Faculty Involvement in Change Faculty members at both institutions are playing a key role in the transition of the Nursing Program from UH-V to UH. After unanimous endorsement of the proposed move, the UH-V nursing faculty elected several of its members to serve on the UH Sugar Land Transition Team - UH Work Group (Appendix H). As discussed earlier, this group is tasked with facilitating the shift of the nursing program to UH. Since the degree programs in the School of Nursing are new to the University of Houston, these will be submitted to the UH degree approval process which includes review by two UH faculty groups (the Graduate and Professional Studies Council and the Undergraduate Committee), the Provost, the Board of Regents, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Discussions about the transition are already underway at each level. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGE Provide a description of the proposed change, including any change in degree-granting authority. Provide an organizational chart for the proposed change. Describe the current governing board and the new governing board, listing the rosters for both. The roster should provide titles, board members occupations and affiliations as well as current term. Describe the current and proposed authority of the Board and address committees of the Board. Explain the role of current owners/board members in the proposed change. Provide the current and proposed conflict of interest and board dismissal statements. Describe any differences in administrative oversight of programs or services. 5

166 Planned Change The acquisition of the UH-Victoria nursing program will involve the wholesale transfer of administrative personnel, faculty, staff, curriculum, and infrastructure to the University of Houston. Because the University of Houston does not currently offer nursing programs, degree-granting authority must be obtained from the UHS Board of Regents and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). The Regents have accepted the recommendation of the UH Sugar Land Task Force that management of the nursing program should be shifted to UH. The next step is for the nursing degrees to be evaluated through the UH academic program approval process which includes review by UH faculty committees, the Provost and the UHS Regents. Approval from the THECB is pending and will result in a modification of each institution s program inventory. Table 1 describes the current THECB program inventory for UH-V. Table 1. Current Nursing Program Inventory for UH-V 1 CIP Code Baccalaureate Masters Doctoral Professional Nursing 51.3801.00 BSN (120 SCH) 2 MSN (36 SCH) - - Nursing-Nursing 51.3802.00 MSN (36 SCH) - Administration - - Family Nurse Practitioner 51.3805.00 - MSN (47 SCH) - - Nursing-Nursing Education 51.3817.00 - MSN (36 SCH) - - Once the transition is complete, the nursing degrees will be housed in the School of Nursing at UH. The school will keep its current leadership structure with the Dean reporting to the Provost for the University of Houston. For a UH organizational chart, see Appendix D. Description of Governing Board and Structure The University of Houston Victoria and University of Houston are part of the same system. As such, both institutions share the same governing board. University of Houston System (UHS) Board of Regents members are appointed to six year terms by the Governor of the State of Texas (Appendix I, p 2, Sec. 111.12). The section of the Texas Education Code (TAC) pertaining to the University of Houston specifies that the board is responsible for electing one of the members chairman, electing other officers as deemed necessary (Appendix I, p 2, Sec. 111.14). As specified by UHS Board of Regents bylaws, the board elects a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. Each of these positions holds the office for one year from September 1 st through August 31 st or until a successor has been elected (Appendix J, p 4, 4.1 Officers). There are a total of nine board members and an elected student regent. The current governing board roster is provided in Appendix K. The Board operates on a committee structure including standing committees in the areas of: 1) academic and student success, 2) audit and compliance, 3) endowment management, 4) facilities, construction, and master planning, and 5) finance and administration (Appendix J, p 5, 5.2). Role of the Current UHS Board of Regents in Change The UHS Board of Regents role in the planned change has several facets. First, a UH System Regent served on the UH-Sugar Land Task Force, which recommended that the School of Nursing be transferred to UH. This Regent was from Victoria and able to ensure that the community had a voice in the recommendation. In 1 From the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2 Inclusive of both RN to BSN and 2 nd Degree BSN 6

167 addition, the Board of Regents has approval authority for the transfer of the nursing degrees to the University of Houston as part of the academic review process. New degrees developed at UH (e.g. nursing doctorates) will also be subject to approval by the Regents. These activities illustrate the Board s role at each stage of the transition. Governing Board Authority Section 51.352 of the Texas Education Code (codified in the UHS Board of Regents Bylaws, Section 1) specifies the responsibilities of the UHS Board (Appendix J, p 1, 1.2). These responsibilities include traditional board roles such as preserving institutional independence, enhancing the universities public image, providing interpretation between the universities and the community, nurturing the universities so that they may achieve their full potential within their role and mission; and insisting on clarity of focus and mission. The Code also states that The governing board of an institution of higher education shall provide the policy direction for each institution of higher education under its management, and that Each member of the governing board has the legal responsibilities of a fiduciary in the management of funds under the control of institutions subject to the board s control and management, ensuring that financial resources of the institution are adequate to provide a sound educational program. The UHS Board of Regents Bylaws describe provisions for removal of a board member. As provided by Texas Constitution Art. 15 9, the governor may remove a member of the board with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the members of the senate present. An impeachment proceeding involving a member of the board shall be governed by Article 15 of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 665 of the Texas Government Code. (Appendix J, p 2, 1.4) Conflicts of interests are addressed by Board of Regents policy 57.01.4 which states: All members of the Board shall annually sign conflict of interest certification statements affirming their compliance with their official oath and specific provisions of Texas statutes related to ethical behavior (Appendix L, p 5). Section 57.08 of the Regents describes examples of potential areas of conflict (Appendix L, p 9). FACULTY As appropriate to the change, provide a complete roster (using the Faculty Roster Form at www.sacscoc.org under Substantive Changes ) of those faculty employed to teach in the program(s), including a description of those faculty members academic qualifications and other experiences relevant to the courses to be taught in the program in question; the course load and teaching policies. Provide a narrative with supporting evidence that the number of full-time faculty members is adequate to support the program and describe the impact of the new initiative on faculty and faculty workload. Qualifications and Experiences The School of Nursing at the University of Houston - Victoria has an appropriate and adequate number of full-time faculty to support the nursing curriculum. In fall 2013, the UH-V School of Nursing generated 1,852 student credit hours (SCH) of which 1,477 (78%) were attributable to the bachelor s degree programs. At the undergraduate level, 86% of SCH were delivered by full-time faculty vs. 14% by parttime faculty. At the graduate level, 93% of SCH were delivered by full-time faculty vs. 7% delivered by 7

168 part-time faculty. In spring 2014, the UH-V School of Nursing generated 2,485 SCH of which 2,230 (90%) reflected the contribution of the undergraduate programs. At the undergraduate level, 89% of SCH were delivered by full-time faculty vs. 11% by part-time faculty. At the graduate level, 100% of SCH were delivered by full-time faculty. The transfer to the University of Houston will include all full-time faculty necessary to maintain the current level of instruction and research. There are fourteen full-time faculty (including the Dean) teaching in the School of Nursing. The following list summarizes qualifications for this group. 8 hold a doctorate 2 faculty members are enrolled in a doctoral program 14 have a master s degree in nursing 14 hold an unencumbered nursing license 3 10 are nationally certified and/or recognized by the Texas Board for Nursing for Advanced Nursing Practice One faculty is tenured, two are on the tenure track and eleven are on the clinical non-tenured track. The dean is tenured; the other two tenure-track faculty members are assistant professors. Of the non-tenured faculty, one is a clinical professor, one is an associate clinical professor, eight are assistant clinical professors, and one is a lecturer. See Appendix M for faculty rosters from fall 2013 and spring 2014. Faculty Workload Currently, full time equivalents are calculated according to UH-Victoria guidelines. An assignment of at least 0.50 FTE (Full Time Equivalency) for a period of at least four and one half months is considered regular employment. An assignment for less than 0.50 FTE (less than 20 hours per week) for a specified period equal to or exceeding four and one half months is considered part time, regardless of the length of employment. In the UH-V School of Nursing the faculty to student ratios for clinical settings are 1:10 for the Second Degree BSN, 1:24 for the RN-BSN, and 1:6 for the MSN Family Nurse Practitioner. Overall, the School of Nursing student to teacher ratio for Fall 2013 was 1:16 (total student head count/fte). Faculty Impact The transfer of the nursing program from UH-V to UH will have a minimal impact on faculty and faculty workload. Workload rules for both universities are guided by UHS Regents policy 21.05 which states that each component university, in compliance with state law, shall adopt and maintain faculty academic workload rules and regulations directed toward attaining the greatest educational benefit from the expenditure of public funds (Appendix L, p 2, 21.05 Faculty Workload). The University of Houston s workload policies grant flexibility to colleges and departments to adjust teaching to achieve maximum effectiveness while maintain consistency with system policies (see Appendix N). Using this framework, UH will adopt current workload guidelines for the newly formed School of Nursing to minimize the impact of the transition on faculty. 3 indicates license in good standing 8

169 LIBRARY AND LEARNING RESOURCES As appropriate to the change, describe library and information resources general as well as specific to the program and staffing and services that are in place to support the initiative. If reliant upon other libraries, describe those collections and their relevance to the proposed program(s) and include a copy of formal agreements in the appendix. Relative to electronic resources, describe how students and faculty will access information, training for faculty and students in the use of online resources, and staffing and services available to students and faculty. If you are citing electronic databases accessed through consortia or statewide groups, please describe the discipline-specific suites of resources and not just the name of the consortium (such as Viva, Tex-Share, Galileo, Louis, etc.). Collections The library resources necessary for the School of Nursing Program will be provided and sustained upon transfer to the University of Houston. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection will be in place for Fall Semester 2015 classes. These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University and Association of Research Libraries member. In addition, faculty and graduate students in the School of Nursing will have access to the Texas Medical Center Library. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Professional Support Additional library resources include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support in the use of library resources. Instructional support can take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard (UH s learning management system), and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions can cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills Research support services include: Citation management tools Data Management Plan and resources Electronic theses and dissertations information Off-Campus Resources All University of Houston library resources will be available to nursing students at the main campus as well as off-site locations. The University of Houston Libraries offer a variety of services to on-line and offcampus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs 9

170 and questions are primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. UH-Victoria, Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and The Woodlands) may obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the offsite teaching centers to the main campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition to University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria library and staff. The library has a full-text electronic library of journals and reference resources (including health sciences databases), interlibrary loan services, and reference/research assistance through the library s web page. PHYSICAL RESOURCES Provide a description of physical facilities and equipment to support this initiative. Assess the impact that the proposed change will have on physical resources, facilities, and equipment. Delivery of the School of Nursing program will take place at five locations: UH - Central Campus, UH- Sugar Land, UHS-Cinco Ranch, Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery, and University of Houston - Victoria. The UH-Sugar Land Campus currently houses the largest number of UH-V School of Nursing students and faculty. These sites are located in areas that have experienced tremendous demographic growth, sparking high demand for access to higher education programs in nursing a need which no other university is currently serving. As indicated throughout the prospectus, the transition of the nursing program from UH-V to UH is primarily a shift in management. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. University of Houston-Central Campus On the University of Houston - Central Campus, planned doctoral degree programs will be delivered at a new 250,000 sq. ft. Health and Biomedical Sciences Building 2. This building will provide state-of-the-art infrastructure needed to increase student enrollment, faculty FTE, and research funding. The Health and Biomedical Sciences Building 2 will include a primary care and behavioral health clinic to serve the community adjacent to the university, physical therapy programs, the College of Pharmacy, the Center for Drug Discovery/Research, Social Work, and several heath science research labs. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility that will support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. The programming and design of the project began in May 2014; the anticipated completion date of construction is November 2016. UH-Sugar Land The UH-Sugar Land campus is located on 250 acres in Sugar Land and has three buildings: the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the University Branch Library. Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) also 10

171 maintains a presence at the site. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus provides adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a modern nursing-focused simulation lab and teaching space for the School of Nursing to utilize. The simulation labs on the Sugar Land campus have bed side computers with Laerdal SimMan simulation equipment. This 27 bed competency lab was completed in May 2009 and is shared with Wharton County Junior College. Brazos Hall is a 145,000 square-foot facility. It houses WCJC s administrative offices with a front desk on the first floor. Brazos Hall has 51 classrooms. One is a large tiered auditorium. Eighteen of the classrooms are specialty labs for specific classes and programs. There is also a large multipurpose room that can be split into two rooms for functions. The George Building is a 57,000 square-foot facility. It has a front office located on the first floor that is the main intake area for students, faculty, and staff requiring information or assistance. The George Building has 25 classrooms. Two of the classrooms are instructional computer labs; five are ITV classrooms with video conferencing capabilities. One of the ITV classrooms is a computer lab with video conferencing capabilities. Five of the classrooms are dedicated labs for specific programs. An open computer lab is located on the 3 rd floor for use by students. The University Branch Library provides library services to UH and WCJC students on site as well as the general community. There are two Academic Liaisons to assist faculty and students in the School of Nursing; however, all the librarians are cross-trained to provide some level of assistance. There are student study areas in various locations in the George Building, Brazos Hall and the Library. WiFi is available throughout the George Building, Brazos Hall, and the Library. Parking is free and available in four parking lots. UHS-Cinco Ranch The University of Houston System location at Cinco Ranch is a one-story, 50,000 sq. ft., multi-institution teaching center. The facility offers 18 classrooms for instruction, 4 of which are Instructional Television (ITV) classrooms for distance education use and 1 Lecture Computer Lab. The Cinco Ranch location offers a mobile assessment lab for its assessment course in the RN-BSN program. In addition to these classrooms, the facility provides students and faculty a Virtual Library, 1 open Computer Lab, a student & faculty lounge, a faculty suite with office space, a large event room and a conference room which can be utilized for instruction. Lone Star College (LSC) University Center at Montgomery The University Center is a 72,000 sq. ft. multi-use facility built on the edge of the LSC-Montgomery campus. The University Center currently has an 84 seat, tiered room, twenty traditional classrooms in various sizes, fiver computer classrooms, and four rooms equipped to both broadcast and receive digital interactive television (ITV). Amenities include a virtual library and generous faculty prep space. UH-V entered into an agreement with Lone Star College in The Woodlands to lease classroom and office space for the RN to BSN Program. This agreement allows students to attend the nursing program in The Woodlands area. The University will continue this arrangement. In addition, the program uses a mobile laboratory to transport equipment to the site. This lab together with on-site resources provides students with access to the necessary tools they need to engage with the nursing curriculum. 11

172 University of Houston Victoria A renovation of the Victoria Nursing Suite in the UH-V Center building was completed in 2011. This building now houses adequate faculty and staff offices, a conference room, simulation lab, and teaching space. The Victoria campus has a four bed competency lab with a SimMan 3G that was newly constructed in 2012. The Victoria campus has fully interactive ITV capability in the newly constructed conference room in the remodeled School of Nursing office suite. These resources would continue to be utilized by the UH School of Nursing program. Since UH-V represents a new off-campus site for UH, the University of Houston will submit a prospectus prior to program implementation, in accordance with SACS- COC substantive change policy. FINANCIAL SUPPORT Provide a business plan that includes all of the following: 1. a description of financial resources to support the change, including a budget for the first year 2. projected revenues and expenditures and cash flow 3. the amount of resources going to institutions or organizations for contractual or support services 4. the operational, management, and physical resources available for the change. Provide contingency plans in case required resources do not materialize. 5. As part of the prospectus, the institution is required to submit financial audit reports and management letters for the two most recent fiscal years, and include its most recent financial aid audit. The most recent year is defined as the fiscal year ending immediately prior to the submission of this prospectus. In instances of consolidations, mergers, change of ownership, or acquisitions, the other participating institution or entity is also required to provide the audits as described above. In addition, the institution is required to include a statement of financial position of unrestricted net assets, exclusive of plant assets and plant-related debt, which represents the change in unrestricted net assets attributable to operations for the most recent year. Include a copy of the institution s Pre-Acquisition Application submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, if appropriate for the change, and all documents/correspondence from the institution to the USDOE and from the USDOE to the institution as pertain to the reporting of this change. Financial Resources to Support the Change/Projected Revenue & Expenditures Since the University of Houston s acquisition of the UH-Victoria School of Nursing constitutes an intra-uh System transfer of all resources associated with the school (e.g., faculty, staff, students, equipment), the University of Houston will not incur the major expenses traditionally associated with launching a new school or college. However, during the early years of operation, the University of Houston is planning to make investments in faculty and staff to support the expansion of enrollment during the School of Nursing s first five years of operation at UH. Table 2, which constitutes a five-year budget (including projected revenues and expenditures), demonstrates the impact of these investments on the School of Nursing. For the first four years of operation, the up-front investments in new faculty and staff will lead to net modest operating deficits ranging from $770,492 (in FY15) to $291,480 (in FY19). By FY20, however, enrollment growth is projected to yield an operating surplus of $100,121. Until this time, the University of Houston will supplement the School of Nursing budget to account for the shortfalls, as it does for all new programs at the university. 12

173 Table 2. School of Nursing Five Year Budget Program Enrollment 1 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 RN-BSN 90 95 100 105 110 Second Degree BSN 50 55 60 65 70 MSN-Family NP 30 30 35 40 45 MSN-Admin 20 23 25 27 30 MSN-Education 10 15 19 24 27 Total 200 218 239 261 282 Faculty & Staff FTE 2 Faculty 23.0 23.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 Staff 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.2 28.2 Total 51.2 51.2 53.2 53.2 53.2 Personnel Expenses 3 Faculty Salaries 1,061,756 1,093,609 1,248,609 1,286,067 1,286,067 Staff Salaries 1,035,921 1,066,998 1,066,998 1,099,008 1,099,008 Subtotal 2,097,677 2,160,608 2,315,608 2,385,076 2,385,076 Benefits 4 430,024 442,925 474,700 488,941 488,941 Total Personnel Costs 2,527,701 2,603,532 2,790,307 2,874,016 2,874,016 Budget Notes: Operating Expenses 5 453,063 457,594 462,170 466,791 471,459 Total Expenses 2,980,764 3,061,126 3,252,477 3,340,808 3,345,475 Revenue State General Revenue 356,145 356,145 356,145 356,145 432,493 Tuition & Fees 1,854,127 2,092,569 2,378,814 2,693,182 3,013,103 Total Revenue 2,210,272 2,448,714 2,734,959 3,049,327 3,445,596 Net Annual Gain/(Loss) (770,492) (612,412) (517,518) (291,480) 100,121 1. Student enrollment is projected to grow 41% during the first five years under UH management. 2. Plans are to increase current School of Nursing faculty by 4 FTE from FY16 to FY18 and to increase current staff by 4 FTE in FY16 in order to accommodate planned enrollment growth. 3. Salary increases of 3% are included in FY17 and FY19, consistent with recent practice at UH of providing raises approximately every other year. 4. Benefits are calculated at 20.5% of salary. 5. Operating expenses include marketing, recruiting, scholarships, and general maintenance & operations. An annual inflation factor of 1% has been built into the budget. 13

174 Resources for Contractual or Support Services No resources will be expended to external organizations for contractual or support services. Operational, Management, and Physical Resources Available for the Change Since implementation of this change involves the transfer of the School of Nursing and all of its assets to the University of Houston, the resources needed for operations, management, and physical infrastructure are already in place. Currently, the UH Sugar Land Transition UH Work Group (Appendix H) is addressing all of the technical issues involved in transferring these resources from UHV to UH by the August 2015 start-date. With respect to budget allocations UH will make to cover initial operating deficits in the School of Nursing (due to up-front investments in new faculty and staff), these deficits represent less than one percent of the $473 million academic operating budget for the university, and they are, in fact, better characterized as investments in the growth and success of the program. Audits and Financial Statements Included with this prospectus are the following documents: State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2012 (Appendix O) State of Texas Financial Portion of the Statewide Single Audit Report for the Year Ended August 31, 2013 (Appendix P) These documents represent the financial audit reports for the University of Houston and UH- Victoria for the two most recent fiscal years available. In Texas, the State Auditor s Office audits the annual financial reports for each state agency. Only institutions for which there are findings are included in the report. Since there were no findings for either UH or UHV during the past two years, they are not included in the reports. A Report on State of Texas Compliance with Federal Requirements for the Student Financial Assistance Cluster of Federal Programs for the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2010 (Appendix Q) A Report on State of Texas Compliance with Federal Requirements for the Student Financial Assistance Cluster of Federal Programs for the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2012 (Appendix R) A Report on State of Texas Compliance with Federal Requirements for the Student Financial Assistance Cluster of Federal Programs for the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2013 (Appendix S) These documents include the financial aid audit reports for the University of Houston and UH- Victoria. In Texas, the State Auditor s Office conducts financial aid audits to meet federal requirements. The audit report describes institution-specific findings, recommendations, and the institution s management response and corrective action plan relative to the findings. Results for the University of Houston are presented in the state audit reports for FY 2012 and FY 2013. Results for UH-Victoria are presented in the reports for FY 2010 and FY 2013. University of Houston Statement of Financial Position of Unrestricted Assets, FY 2012 & FY 2013 (Appendix T) For FY 2012 and FY 2013, the University of Houston had unrestricted net assets of $271.3 million and $302.6 million, respectively. 14

175 Department of Education Pre-Acquisition Application A Pre-Acquisition Application is not required as part of this change. Under its current participation agreement with the Department of Education, the University of Houston has the authority to award financial aid to students in all degree programs in the School of Nursing. EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT Describe how the institution assesses overall institutional effectiveness as well as the means used to monitor and ensure the quality of the changes. Summarize procedures for systematic evaluation of instructional results, including the process for monitoring and evaluating programs as well as using the results of evaluation to improve institutional programs, services, and operations. Explain how this change has affected your institution s strategic planning including the development of annual campus master plans. Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Houston University of Houston Institutional Effectiveness practices reflect a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. Each academic program at UH submits an academic program assessment report to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The purpose of each report is to document assessment and continuous improvement activities across the UH campus. These reports must describe program assessment activities including: 1. the academic program mission; 2. student learning & program outcomes; 3. assessment measures; 4. performance standards; 5. assessment results; 6. results-based program improvements Personnel from the University of Houston s Institutional Effectiveness Office as well as college-level assessment officers monitor and review the content of these reports and provide guidance and feedback as appropriate. The School of Nursing will be folded into this continuous improvement process. As described in the next two sections, current assessment practice at UH-V will facilitate this transition. Institutional Effectiveness at UH-V School of Nursing The UH-V School of Nursing has established comprehensive assessment procedures to monitor program effectiveness and document continuous improvement. The Systematic Plan of Evaluation (SPE) provides the structure for collecting and analyzing information related to program and student outcomes. The faculty revised the plan based on current Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education standards in August 2013. The evaluation process includes three key components. The first component includes who is responsible for gathering and analyzing the data, the methods by which the data are gathered, and where the outcomes are documented. The second component, time frame, identifies the frequency for review. In the last component, benchmark(s), the faculty establishes the desired level of performance to meet the School of Nursing mission and goals. The SPE is reviewed annually and was last updated by the faculty in fall 2013. The Systematic Plan of Evaluation is located in Appendix U. 15

176 Course and instructor evaluation information are included with the faculty appraisal of the course during and at the end of each semester. The RN-BSN, Second Degree BSN and MSN programs are on different evaluation time lines for review. The regularly and alternating schedules of review for programs are listed in the Systematic Plan of Evaluation (Appendix U). The School of Nursing also uses Educational Benchmarking Inc. (EBI) assessments to collect information regarding student and employer perceptions regarding the quality of the program. EBI Benchmarking Assessments for nursing incorporate three instruments: a graduate exit survey, an alumni survey, and an employer survey. The graduate exit survey is administered each year. The alumni survey has been given once and is scheduled to be administered every three years. The employer survey was administered in 2012 and is scheduled to be administered every three years. In addition, the School of Nursing hosts a Messaging Meeting each semester to assess community needs. Qualitative data are gathered at this time to help shape program outcomes as related to the local community. Assessment and Evaluation of Program and Student Learning Outcomes In the UH-V School of Nursing, assessment and evaluation of program and student learning outcomes is documented in yearly Program Assessment Reports (PAR) that are submitted to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Each report describes the program mission, program goals, expected learning outcomes, assessment measures, results and analysis, and program modifications. Documentation of these components helps to demonstrate the continuous improvement process for each degree program. Samples of complete assessment reports for a bachelors and masters level nursing program may found in Appendix V. Program Assessment Reports are reviewed annually by personnel in the UH-V Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Upon completion of the review, each degree program receives written feedback in the form of an Academic Action Plan (AAP), noting specific items in the PAR that must be addressed. Examples of bachelors and masters level AAPs are provided in Appendix W. The focus on program effectiveness and documentation of ongoing program improvement that characterizes the UH-V School of Nursing will remain an emphasis in the UH School of Nursing. This integration is helped by the common elements between the UH-V and UH assessment documentation process. For example, assessment reports from UH-V and UH both require programs to describe a program mission, program goals, learning outcomes, assessment measures and criteria, and how assessment results are used. The procedural similarity between the two institutions assessment practices will facilitate a seamless transition of the nursing program into the UH program effectiveness model. Strategic Planning Process The development of academic and research programs in the health sciences is one of the University of Houston s top strategic priorities. The creation of a Health Science Center, the appointment of a Chief Health Officer, and the expansion of physical infrastructure to support work in the health sciences is evidence of this pursuit. The School of Nursing is poised to become a key component of this strategic initiative as the university increases its health footprint. The School of Nursing will also become part of the annual budget planning process for UH through which resources are allocated to the UH colleges based on demonstrated need and performance. A central component of this activity is the College Progress Card. This document requires colleges to provide data on 16

177 key success indicators in areas such as national competitiveness (e.g. research), student success, community advancement, and competitive resources (e.g. fundraising). The School of Nursing will be integrated into this process. Since the School of Nursing is already required to engage in a similar practice at UH-V, the change will have little to no substantive impact either on the incoming program or on UH procedures. REFERENCES Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies (2013). Nursing Workforce in Texas 2011: Demographics and Trends. Austin: Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies. US News and World Report. (2011). Best Graduate Schools Nursing. Retrieved from http://gradschools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/nursingrankings/page+13 Texas Board of Nursing. (2014). Approved Texas Programs and NCLEX Pass Rates. Retrieved from https://www.bon.texas.gov/education_programs.asp 17

Attachment: 2-5 178 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON RENU KHAT0R Chancellor and President Teach-Out Agreement Between the University of Houston and the University of Houston-Victoria Closure of Nursing Programs at the University of Houston-Victoria And the Simultaneous Opening of Nursing Programs at the University of Houston Closure and Opening Date: August 24, 2015 The University of Houston and the University of Houston-Victoria, both institutions of higher learning accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) have concluded a teach-out agreement. This agreement ensures the equitable treatment of students and a reasonable opportunity for students to complete their program of study. Under this agreement, students currently enrolled in any of the undergraduate or graduate nursing programs at the University of Houston-Victoria would be allowed to complete their degrees under the same terms and conditions with the University of Houston, which will be opening the same five programs on its current sites. The following terms and conditions also apply: 1. This agreement will become effective only after SACSCOC has expressed its approval of all terms of the agreement. 2. The obligations pursuant to this agreement for a teach-out shall terminate when all UHV students accepted by the University of Houston pursuant to this agreement have graduated from the University of Houston, have failed to be continuously enrolled at the University of Houston, or four years from the date of this agreement, whichever comes first. 3. All student records held at UH-Victoria will be transferred to the University of Houston by August 24, 2015. The University of Houston will accept all earned credits (inclusive of those credits earned that students have earned at the University of Houston-Victoria based on UHV s completed evaluation of applicable credit). The University of Houston will accept only students who are in good social and academic standing as of August 24, 2015. 212 E Cullen Building HoustonTexas 77204-2018 (713) 743-8820 Fax: (713) 743-8837 e-mail: rkhator@uh.edu

179 4. The tuition and fees that students expected to pay for their enrollment at the University of Houston-Victoria will be honored at the University of Houston. Students will be held harmless from all other costs associated with the administrative changes to the University of Houston, as long as they maintain continuous enrollment within their nursing program. The University of Houston waives admission applications fees for students presently enrolled atuhv. 5. Students who enroll by the summer of 2015 will be covered by this agreement, but nursing students who are admitted and enroll at the University of Houston beginning Fall 2015 will not be subject to the conditions of this teach-out agreement. 6. The curriculum for each of the new nursing UH programs will mirror exactly the programs currently in the approved inventory of the University of Houston-Victoria. These include the RN to BSN, the second-degree BSN, and the Master of Science in Nursing, which has three concentrations (Nurse Administration, Nurse Educator, and Family Nurse Practitioner). 7. The University of Houston will continue to support nursing programs at the current teaching sites Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, Victoria, and The Woodlands. The primary address for the new School of Nursing will be at the University of Houston. 8. The faculty and staff within the UHV School of Nursing will transfer as employees to the University of Houston. UHV nursing faculty members with tenure will automatically have tenure with the University of Houston. The University of Houston will issue continuing contracts for all staff and faculty in the new School of Nursing beginning September 1, 2015 or for FY 2016. cl Renu Khator Chancellor, University of Houston System President, University of Houston Raymond Victor Morgan, Jr. Interim President, University of Houston-Victoria

Section: 3 Tuition/Fees

180 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 3. Tuition/Fees for Nursing Students Currently 188 students are enrolled in the UHV nursing program for the Fall, 2014 semester; additional cohorts of approximately 120 and 40 students, who are currently applying to enter the UHV nursing program, are likely to enter the program in the Spring and Summer 2015 semesters. We expect 85 students to graduate in Fall 2014 and 38 graduates in Spring 2014. All of the continuing UHV students (about 255) will become UH students as a result of transferring the nursing program from UHV to UH. A key issue associated with the nursing program transition is the difference in tuition and fees between UHV and UH. For example, resident undergraduate students currently in the UHV nursing program pay approximately $263 per SCH ($232 tuition and university fees + $31 SON fees). In contrast, at UH, resident students in undergraduate professional programs typically pay about $320 of tuition per SCH, plus >$500 in fees per semester, and, in many cases, additional program and course fees. Given that educational costs were probably a consideration when students applied to the UHV nursing program, it is reasonable to ensure that the current nursing students and those who will be entering the nursing program this next year are not subjected to a substantial increase in tuition and fees. Therefore, for transferring students currently enrolled in the UHV nursing program and for those who are accepted to enter the nursing program during the 2014-15 academic year, tuition and fees will be maintained at rates equivalent to those charged by UHV. This reduction in tuition and fees, which may be implemented via scholarships, will be in effect for transfer students who are continuously enrolled at the University of Houston until these students have graduated from the University of Houston or four years from the date of this agreement (September 1, 2015), whichever comes first. This reduction in tuition and fees will not be in effect for students who apply to enter the nursing program after the program has been formally transferred to UH and any UH initiated changes in tuition and fees have been announced (e.g., new students applying for admissions for the 2015-16 academic year). Actions: 1) The tuition and fee schedules for the UH nursing programs must be established for the Fall semester 2015 and in place (e.g., on the website) by January 2015. The proposed tuition and fees for the nursing program will be developed by Hassumani and Tart and submitted to the UH Board of Regents for approval during their October 31 st meeting. The proposed tuition and fees must be submitted to the Board by October 15th to be included on the October 2014 meeting agenda. Page 5

181 2) Following BOR approval, Hassumani will inform student enrollment services (Sawyer), the web developer for the UH nursing website, and UH marketing of the tuition and fee schedules for the UH nursing program for Fall, 2015. 3) The list of UHV transfer nursing students who will be continuing in the nursing program at UH in Fall 2015 (i.e., those students who will be paying UHV tuition and fee rates) will be compiled by enrollment services (Tart and Sawyer). Hassumani will confirm the appropriate tuition and fees for these students. Critical Dates: October 15, 2014: Submit proposed UH nursing tuition and fees for BOR consideration (Tart and Hassumani). November 5, 2014: Inform stakeholders of new UH tuition and fee rates (Hassumani). June, 2015: Confirm tuition and fee schedules for nursing transfer students (Hassumani). Fall 2014: Identify appropriate programming for assignment of tuition and fee rates to cohorts (Sawyer). Spring 2015: Test programming prior to registration for fall 2015 (Sawyer). Spring 2015: Notify Scholarships and Financial Aid of rates to establish cost of attendance for each group (Sawyer). Page 6

Section: 4 Marketing Website

182 4. Marketing and Nursing Website UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans With the delay of the transition date from September 2014 to September 2015, UHV has reactivated its marketing efforts to ensure appropriate enrollment in the UHV nursing program for FY15. UH will begin accepting applications for the Fall 2015 semester in January 2015. Prior to that time, the School of Nursing will work with the UH Enrollment Services and the Office of University Marketing to develop a marketing plan and the associated materials. Similarly, during the Fall 2014 semester, a new website must be developed for the UH School of Nursing that can effectively serve as a recruiting tool and an information center. Actions 1. Begin developing the UH SON recruiting and marketing plan (Tart, Whatley) 2. Develop and launch SON Website (Hassumani, Tart, Whatley) Critical Dates 1. Initial meeting with SON and Admissions- September 11, 2014 2. SON website published January 2015 or to coincide with UH marketing campaign. Page 7

Section: 5 Enrollment Services

183 5. Student Enrollment Services at UH UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans Where indicated, items have actions and critical dates that are detailed in Enrollment Services Project Plan & Definitions (Attachment 1) A. Strategies to obtain permission from students to transfer transcripts, financial aid information, and other critical transfer documents from UHV to UH and to implement enrollment at UH. In order to make the transition as simple as possible for continuing students, UH will create a secure website in which the nursing students will be able to grant permission to UHV to transfer their transcripts and student and financial records. Students will be sent a communication with instructions on where, how, and by when to access the website. The student authorization will allow UHV to forward to UH imaged copies of a student s external academic history. These transcripts will then be attached to the student s UH record. Phase 1: August 2014 January 2015 B. Integrate NursingCAS with UH s admissions process. UH will develop the integration between myuh (Peoplesoft) and NursingCAS. All students, both admitted and denied, will be loaded directly into MyUH. All communications to the students regarding their admission status will be sent from MyUH. Phase 1: August 2014 January 2015 C. Establish nursing courses and class schedules in the UH catalog. Currently, UHV has 68 active Nursing courses. These courses will be converted from UHV to UH by updating the institution code and the academic structure. The setup will allow UHV to schedule classes for the Summer 2015 term and for UH to schedule courses for the Fall 2015 term using the same course ID. UH SON courses are available in Attachment 2. UH rolls forward the class schedule from Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 in late January 2015. The academic structure and courses should be setup in production before the roll forward process occurs. Class scheduling is a decentralized process in which college personnel are responsible for scheduling and updating class information for each term. The UH Registrar s office will need to build the first iteration of the Fall, Spring and Summer terms so that UHV staff can maintain the schedule once it is rolled. In Spring of 2015, the UH Registrar s Office will train UHV staff to schedule classes and to use the Ad Astra system. Phase 1: August 2014 January 2015 D. Develop a plan for continuation of financial aid for transfer students. All active UHV nursing students, admitted prior to Fall 2015, will be transferred to UH in January 2015. The students will be notified to submit their 2015-2016 ISIR to UH and encouraged to meet the March 15, 2015 priority deadline. Charita Hampton, Director, ERP Application Page 8

184 for Student Finance will be meeting with the UHV & UH Scholarship & Financial Aid offices to complete the details. Students admitted for Fall 2015 will receive UH new student communications regarding submitting their FAFSA to UH. Phase 2: February 2015- May 2015 E. Develop a registration plan for transfer students. When the continuing nursing students are admitted in January 2015, several processes will automatically occur. They are: 1. Matriculation The matriculation process will create a record for the student on the Student Records table. 2. Security Students will be assigned the UHM_CS_STUDENT role. This role grants the student access to all student records functionality. Their User ID and Password will not change in the system. This role will allow them to see UH data. 3. Term Activation - Once term activation occurs, the student will be able to register when the class schedule is released in April. UH allows students to register by appointment; however, only students who have been officially admitted to the nursing program will be able to register. Students will be notified that they can register for the Fall 2015 semesters through the UH link on the student s portal. Note: Nursing students who plan on attending classes for Summer 2015 will have to register for summer classes using the UHV link and register for Fall 2015 classes using the UH link. Phase 1: August 2014 January 2015 F. Develop an orientation program for nursing students in Sugar Land. UH Admissions working with UH Academic Affairs and the School of Nursing will create a School of Nursing new student conference that will fulfill institutional requirements and prepare the students for success at UH. Planning for this process will begin in October of 2014. G. Develop strategies to ensure that students meet clinical readiness standards. The University of Houston will develop School of Nursing Clinical Readiness Requirements that meet State of Texas and University of Houston policy. The requirements include: a background check, CPR Certification, health insurance, Malpractice Insurance, drug screening, annual clinical passport, and immunizations. The UHV clinical readiness requirements are listed in Attachment 3. H. Develop a UH Student Handbook for nursing students. The UH School of Nursing will work with the Dean of Students Office to develop a School of Nursing Student Handbook. I. Arrange for HSRT administration to nursing students via the UH Testing Center. Starting in Spring of 2015, the University of Houston, through the University Testing Center will begin administering Insight Assessment s Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) as an entrance exam to prospective graduate UH nursing students. The HSRT Page 9

185 will be administered by appointment at UH s University Testing Center (UTC) and by group administrations at the Sugar Land teaching facility and UH Victoria. J. Integrate the Nursing Study Abroad Program into UH. University of Houston s Learning Abroad Office will develop a plan to integrate School of Nursing study abroad experiences. Actions: 1. Approve nursing courses through UH Undergraduate Studies Committee and Graduate and Professional Studies Committee (Tart, Reeve, Barton, Kirk, McNeely Schrader, Jones). 2. Launch UH School of Nursing Fall 2015 orientation planning with Admissions for both the undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs (Sawyer, Whatley, Tart). 3. Launch Clinical Readiness implementation meetings with SON and DSAES (Whatley, Tart, Sawyer). 4. Launch SON Student Handbook meeting process - SON and Dean of Students Office (Whatley, Tart, Reeve) 5. Initiate HSRT offering at UH Testing Centering, publish dates on website (Sawyer, Whatley) 6. Launch SON and Learning Abroad Office to support integration of study abroad opportunities (Sawyer, Whatley, Kirk) 7. Determine how differences between UH and UHV in how cumulative GPAs are calculated are to be reconciled (Smith, Tart). 8. Develop a policy regarding the number of SCHs that must be completed by transfer students to graduate from UH (Smith, Tart). Critical Dates: 1. Initial Orientation meeting- September 11, 2014 2. Initial Clinical Readiness implementation meeting- September 2014 3. Initial Student Handbook Meeting- October 2014; Published July 2015 4. Initiate HSRT- October 2014, publish January 2015 5. Initial SON and Learning Abroad Office- October 2015 6. Meet with Undergraduate Studies Committee regarding RN-BSN and Second Degree BSN tracks (November 2014) 7. Meet with Graduate and Professional Studies Committee for MSN programs (November 2014) 8. Spring Orientation January 13, 2015 UHSL with all incoming Second Degree BSN and MSN students who will graduate after Fall 2015. 9. Met with undergraduate admissions September 11, 2014 10. Schedule graduate admissions meeting October 2014. 11. Determine how GPAs are to be calculated November 2014. 12. Establish policy on SCHs at UH required to graduate November 2014 Attachments 1. Enrollment services project plan and definitions Page 10

186 2. SON course listings 3. SON clinical readiness requirements Page 11

187 Attachment: 5-1 Phase 1: August 2014 January 2015 Build Academic Structure in UH setup. Build Nursing Grading Basis. Attachment 1 Enrollment Services Project Plan & Definitions Convert Nursing courses to UH MyUH catalog. Redefine Session Codes. Provide the College of Nursing academic policies and procedures to the program management office to update ACALOG. Provide a list of the nursing courses to the Registrar s office to update ACALOG. Setup up academic policies in MyUH. Build College of Nursing class schedule for Fall 2015. Convert active nursing students to UH. Phase 2: February 2015- May 2015 Start loading ISIRs for the 2015-2016 financial aid year. Complete setup for awarding scholarships in myuh and financial aid. Complete student financial setup for students in the nursing program Load new students into MYUH from NursingCAS Create transfer credit rules for nursing courses. Update academic advising rules Grant access to IRIS for RAR documentation Grant UH security to new College of Nursing faculty and staff.

188 Academic Structure Create Academic Group-The academic group is the highest-level breakdown of an institution for academic structural purposes. Create Academic Organizations-The academic organization structure defines how an academic institution is organized from an administrative perspective. Create undergraduate and graduate Academic Programs At the student level, academic programs are a major controlling variable. Academic programs control such things as the student s academic level, academic load, academic calendar, academic group, grading scheme and admissions evaluation scheme. UH Victoria (UHV) has 6 programs that will need to be moved to UH. Create undergraduate and graduate Academic Plans An academic plan is an area of study such as a major, minor, or specialization that is within an academic program. UH Victoria has 18 plans that will need to be moved to UH. Add Locations to Campus Table The campus table defines the different campuses that constitute a school and indicates which locations are valid for a particular campus. Create Academic Subjects subjects are the specific area of instruction in which courses are offered within academic organizations. Curriculum Management PS Course Catalog UH Victoria has a total of 67 active courses in the course catalog. These courses will have to be moved from the UH Victoria institution code (00765) to UH institution code (00730). Class Schedule UH Victoria has a total of 28 courses scheduled for the fall 2014 term. From these 28 courses 65 sections have been created. These 65 sections will have to be moved to the UH institution code (00730). Since the course catalog controls class scheduling, how we move these courses will be determined on the results from prototyping above in the course catalog section.

Enrollment Requirement Groups (ERG) ERGs are pre-requisites in the Oracle System. ERGs will have to be setup to prevent students, who are not in the nursing programs, from enrolling in nursing courses. 189

190 Attachment: 5-2 UH_CON_COUR 198 Institution Career Subject Catalog Descr Min Units Max Units Repeatable Allowd Unt Allow Comp Equiv Crs Crse Attr Descr Component 00765 UGRD NURS 3132 Synthesis of Nur Prof Role III 1.00 1.00 N 1.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3132 Synthesis of Nur Prof Role III 1.00 1.00 N 1.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3132 Synthesis of Nur Prof Role III 1.00 1.00 N 1.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3230 Nursing Professional Role I 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3230 Nursing Professional Role I 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3230 Nursing Professional Role I 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3247 Pharm for Collbrtv Nurs Prac 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3247 Pharm for Collbrtv Nurs Prac 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3247 Pharm for Collbrtv Nurs Prac 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3310 Prof Role Dev & Practice Issue 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3310 Prof Role Dev & Practice Issue 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3310 Prof Role Dev & Practice Issue 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3311 Health Assesmnt Across Lifespn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Junior Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 3311 Health Assesmnt Across Lifespn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 3311 Health Assesmnt Across Lifespn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 3315 Pathophysiology 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3315 Pathophysiology 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3315 Pathophysiology 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3331 Nur Prof Role II 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3331 Nur Prof Role II 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3331 Nur Prof Role II 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3332 Nursing Professional Role III 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3332 Nursing Professional Role III 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3332 Nursing Professional Role III 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3337 Rdg/Interpreting Sci Lit 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3337 Rdg/Interpreting Sci Lit 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3337 Rdg/Interpreting Sci Lit 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3411 Health Assesmt Across Lifespan 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3411 Health Assesmt Across Lifespan 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3440 Intro Evidence-Based Nurs Prac 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Junior Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 3440 Intro Evidence-Based Nurs Prac 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 3440 Intro Evidence-Based Nurs Prac 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 3631 Nur Process Symptom Mgmt 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3631 Nur Process Symptom Mgmt 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3631 Nur Process Symptom Mgmt 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3633 Clinical Nursing Practice I 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 CRLV Junior Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3633 Clinical Nursing Practice I 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 HREP May be repeated multiple times Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3633 Clinical Nursing Practice I 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3634 Clinical Nursing Practice II 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 CRLV Junior Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3634 Clinical Nursing Practice II 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3634 Clinical Nursing Practice II 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3636 Nur Process for Colabrtive Prc 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3636 Nur Process for Colabrtive Prc 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3636 Nur Process for Colabrtive Prc 6.00 6.00 N 6.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3735 Clinical Nursing Practice III 7.00 7.00 N 7.00 1 CRLV Junior Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3735 Clinical Nursing Practice III 7.00 7.00 N 7.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3735 Clinical Nursing Practice III 7.00 7.00 N 7.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Clinical 00765 UGRD NURS 3737 Nurs Proc Collabrtive Prac II 7.00 7.00 N 7.00 1 CRLV Junior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3737 Nurs Proc Collabrtive Prac II 7.00 7.00 N 7.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 3737 Nurs Proc Collabrtive Prac II 7.00 7.00 N 7.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4102 Nursing Independent Study 1.00 1.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4102 Nursing Independent Study 1.00 1.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4102 Nursing Independent Study 1.00 1.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4200 Special Topic in Nursing 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4200 Special Topic in Nursing 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4200 Special Topic in Nursing 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4202 Independent Study 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4202 Independent Study 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4202 Independent Study 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4210 Care for Patents-Life Lmtd 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4210 Care for Patents-Life Lmtd 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. 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00765 UGRD NURS 4210 Care for Patents-Life Lmtd 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4212 Informatics in Health Care 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4212 Informatics in Health Care 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4212 Informatics in Health Care 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4214 Integrative Nursing 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4214 Integrative Nursing 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4214 Integrative Nursing 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4222 Trends & Issues / Prof Nursing 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4222 Trends & Issues / Prof Nursing 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4300 Selected Topics in Nursing 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4300 Selected Topics in Nursing 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4300 Selected Topics in Nursing 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4302 Independent Study 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Senior Independent Study 00765 UGRD NURS 4302 Independent Study 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Independent Study 00765 UGRD NURS 4302 Independent Study 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Independent Study 00765 UGRD NURS 4312 Ldership and Mgmt in Prof Nur 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4312 Ldership and Mgmt in Prof Nur 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4312 Ldership and Mgmt in Prof Nur 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4314 Nursing Research 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4314 Nursing Research 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4314 Nursing Research 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4320 Concept Intgrtn of Complx Care 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Senior Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 4320 Concept Intgrtn of Complx Care 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 4320 Concept Intgrtn of Complx Care 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 4322 Policy, Politics & Ethics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4322 Policy, Politics & Ethics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4322 Policy, Politics & Ethics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4412 Leadership & Mgmt/Nurs Practic 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4412 Leadership & Mgmt/Nurs Practic 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4520 Cncpt Intgrtn in Pat Care Mgmt 5.00 5.00 N 5.00 1 CRLV Senior Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 4520 Cncpt Intgrtn in Pat Care Mgmt 5.00 5.00 N 5.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 4520 Cncpt Intgrtn in Pat Care Mgmt 5.00 5.00 N 5.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Laboratory 00765 UGRD NURS 4521 Community Health Nursing 5.00 5.00 N 5.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 UGRD NURS 4521 Community Health Nursing 5.00 5.00 N 5.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6200 Special Topics in Nursing 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6200 Special Topics in Nursing 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6200 Special Topics in Nursing 2.00 2.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6230 Diagnostic Tests & Procedures 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture/Lab 00765 GRAD NURS 6230 Diagnostic Tests & Procedures 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture/Lab 00765 GRAD NURS 6230 Diagnostic Tests & Procedures 2.00 2.00 N 2.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture/Lab 00765 GRAD NURS 6300 Selected Topics in Nursing 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6300 Selected Topics in Nursing 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated multiple times Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6300 Selected Topics in Nursing 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6301 Adv Rsrch Intgrtd Evdnce Prctc 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6301 Adv Rsrch Intgrtd Evdnce Prctc 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6301 Adv Rsrch Intgrtd Evdnce Prctc 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6302 Independent Study 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6302 Independent Study 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6302 Independent Study 3.00 3.00 Y 99.00 99 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6306 Policy, Role & Economics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03285 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6306 Policy, Role & Economics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03285 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6306 Policy, Role & Economics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03285 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6309 Adv Leadership & Mgmt 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6309 Adv Leadership & Mgmt 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6309 Adv Leadership & Mgmt 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6312 Msrmt & Eval in Nur Edu 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6312 Msrmt & Eval in Nur Edu 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6312 Msrmt & Eval in Nur Edu 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6313 Thries & Methds of Tching Nur 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6313 Thries & Methds of Tching Nur 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6313 Thries & Methds of Tching Nur 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6314 Development of Nur Curriculum 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6314 Development of Nur Curriculum 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6314 Development of Nur Curriculum 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6316 Healthcare Organizatn Behavior 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03289 CRLV Master's Lecture 191

00765 GRAD NURS 6316 Healthcare Organizatn Behavior 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03289 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6316 Healthcare Organizatn Behavior 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03289 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6317 Hum Res Mgmt in Healthcare 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03290 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6317 Hum Res Mgmt in Healthcare 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03290 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6317 Hum Res Mgmt in Healthcare 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03290 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6318 Healthcare Delivery Sys & Orgn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03282 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6318 Healthcare Delivery Sys & Orgn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03282 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6318 Healthcare Delivery Sys & Orgn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03282 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6319 Healthcare Finance 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03284 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6319 Healthcare Finance 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03284 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6319 Healthcare Finance 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03284 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6320 Healthcare Informatics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03283 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6320 Healthcare Informatics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03283 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6320 Healthcare Informatics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03283 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6321 Leadership Practicum 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6321 Leadership Practicum 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6321 Leadership Practicum 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6323 Foundations of Adult Education 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03301 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6323 Foundations of Adult Education 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03301 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6323 Foundations of Adult Education 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03301 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6324 Diversity and Adult Education 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03302 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6324 Diversity and Adult Education 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03302 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6324 Diversity and Adult Education 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 03302 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6330 Adv Diagnostic Physicl Examntn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture/Lab 00765 GRAD NURS 6330 Adv Diagnostic Physicl Examntn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture/Lab 00765 GRAD NURS 6330 Adv Diagnostic Physicl Examntn 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture/Lab 00765 GRAD NURS 6331 Advanced Pharmacotherapy 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6331 Advanced Pharmacotherapy 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6331 Advanced Pharmacotherapy 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6332 Biostatistics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6332 Biostatistics 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6333 Population Health 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6333 Population Health 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6335 Mgmt of Hlth Disrdrs in Adults 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6335 Mgmt of Hlth Disrdrs in Adults 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6335 Mgmt of Hlth Disrdrs in Adults 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6336 Mgmt of Hlth Disordrs Clinical 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6336 Mgmt of Hlth Disordrs Clinical 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6336 Mgmt of Hlth Disordrs Clinical 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6338 Advanced Pathophysiology 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6338 Advanced Pathophysiology 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6338 Advanced Pathophysiology 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6345 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs in Wom/Ch 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6345 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs in Wom/Ch 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6345 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs in Wom/Ch 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6346 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs in Wo/Ch 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6346 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs in Wo/Ch 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6346 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs in Wo/Ch 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6351 Evidence-Based Practice Projt 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6351 Evidence-Based Practice Projt 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6351 Evidence-Based Practice Projt 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6355 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs Across Lf 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6355 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs Across Lf 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6356 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs Acrs Lfsp 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6356 Mgmt of Hlth Dsordrs Acrs Lfsp 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6366 FNP Capstone Clinical 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 CRLV Master's Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6366 FNP Capstone Clinical 3.00 3.00 N 3.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Clinical 00765 GRAD NURS 6412 Adv Nursing Clinical III 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Master's Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6412 Adv Nursing Clinical III 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated multiple times Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6412 Adv Nursing Clinical III 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6413 Advanced Clinical Practicum 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Master's Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6413 Advanced Clinical Practicum 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated multiple times Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6413 Advanced Clinical Practicum 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6414 Clinical Immersion Experience 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Master's Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6414 Clinical Immersion Experience 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated multiple times Practicum 192

00765 GRAD NURS 6414 Clinical Immersion Experience 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6415 Practicum in Teaching in Nurs 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Senior Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6415 Practicum in Teaching in Nurs 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 CRLV Senior Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6415 Practicum in Teaching in Nurs 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6415 Practicum in Teaching in Nurs 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 HREP May be repeated up to 2 times. Practicum 00765 GRAD NURS 6415 Practicum in Teaching in Nurs 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Lecture 00765 GRAD NURS 6415 Practicum in Teaching in Nurs 4.00 4.00 N 4.00 1 NURF Nursing Course Fee Applies Practicum 193

Attachment: 5-3 194 Clinical Readiness Requirements 1. Screening of immunization is required by the Texas Department of Health Texas Administration Code Title 25 Part 1 Chapter 97 Subchapter B Rules 97.61-.97.72. http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/forms/6-103.pdf. Failure to adhere to the guideline is a violation to the Texas Administrative Code Title 25 Part 1 Chapter 97 Subchapter B Rules 97.61-.97.72. 2. If additional vaccines during vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks such as the flu vaccine are instituted by the individual practicum sites or by the State of Texas, students will be required to comply. 3. All School of Nursing (SON) applicants will be required to submit evidence of compliance with each of the UHV SON Clinical Requirements as listed in this policy prior to the program application deadline in order to be considered for admission. The SON will not receive original documents. 4. In addition, all students will be responsible for original documents and maintaining compliance with the UHV SON Clinical Requirements throughout the program. In the event that a student does not meet the requirements at any time during the program, a course registration hold will be implemented until the requirement is met. 5. Students will receive directions regarding accessing the secure data collection agency process via the SON website as well as via written communications related to program inquiries, advisement, and admissions. UHV SON Clinical Requirements A. Background Check 1. All students will be required to undergo a criminal background check. 2. The results will be shared with the Dean and the Program Directors of the SON. 3. Any student convicted of or who receives adjudication for any criminal offense prior to program admission or while in the program, will be required to obtain a Declaratory Order from the Texas Board of Nursing that states the student is eligible for initial licensure or licensure renewal prior to program entry or progression. B. CPR 1. All students must submit a non-expired copy of CPR certification prior to the program application deadline. Students must be certified in one of the following classifications of CPR approved by the SON. Online certification will not be accepted. CPR for Health Care Provider (BLS), American Heart Association CPR for the Professional Rescuer, American Red Cross 2. Students will be responsible for maintaining bi-yearly compliance with the CPR requirements throughout their program. In the event that a student does not meet the requirements at any time during the program, a course registration hold will be implemented until the requirement is met. C. Health Insurance 1. All students enrolled in the SON must carry health insurance and provide a copy of the policy or insurance card prior to program admission. 2. Students will be responsible for maintaining compliance with the health insurance requirements throughout their program. In the event that a student does not meet the requirements at any time during the program, a course registration hold will be implemented until the requirement is met. D. Malpractice Insurance All students are provided with malpractice insurance through the UHV SON. E. Drug Screen All students will be required to provide a random negative urine drug screen via an assigned outside testing agency, prior to admission. At the discretion of the faculty, all students may be required to comply with periodic random drug screening during enrollment in nursing programs. The assigned outside testing agency contact information will be provided at a later date. F. Annual Clinical Passport All students will be required to demonstrate basic clinical safety knowledge, including HIPAA training, annually via the Annual Clinical Passport Training Module. Evidence of satisfactory compliance will be submitted to the outside tracking entity as described above. G. Immunizations Required for Admission to UHV SON

195 Immunizations Requirements Varicella (Chickenpox) Mumps Measles (Rubeola) Rubella Any one of the following: series of 2 vaccinations at least 30 days apart. laboratory report of positive titer test. Any one of the following: 1 dose on or after 12 months of age. laboratory report of positive titer test. Any one of the following: Students born on or after January 1, 1957 must have 2 doses on or after 12 month of age, with each dose at least 30 days apart. laboratory report of positive titer test. Any one of the following: 1 dose on or after 12 months of age laboratory report of positive titer test. *2 MMRs OR some combinations of 2 Measles, 1 mumps and 1 Rubella vaccination (e.g. 1 MMR and I Measles shot fulfill the requirement). Students born before 1956 may only require 1 MMR. T-dap 1 dose within the last 10 years (Td does not meet this requirement) Hepatitis B Tuberculosis Skin Test (PPD) Any one of the following: 3 dose regimen. (the first dose must be received prior to program admission). Dose 2 and Dose 3 must be received at 30 days and 6 months respectively. Positive Hepatitis B antibody titer Any one of the following: Every 12 months evidence of a negative PPD skin test Yearly chest xray report that is negative for TB disease (evidence of BCG does not meet this requirement)

Section: 6 Student Related Issues and Services

196 6. Student Related Issues and Services UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans Currently UHV provides a range of services for nursing students that will be assumed by UH. Many of these services will begin in January 2015; all of these services must be fully operational by the start of the Fall semester 2015. In this respect, the University of Houston serves one of most diverse student populations in the country. In particular, the Division of Student Affairs, the Division of Academic Affairs, and the Division of Administration and Finance work closely to enhance the academic and social environment for students by developing and implementing an array of services and programs aimed at supporting and facilitating student success. In particular, established university services such as academic support (e.g., university testing services; the center for students with disabilities) and health and wellness services (counseling and psychological services; the student health center) will be extended to the students in the School of Nursing on the UH Sugar Land campus. These programs and services will be regularly assessed to ensure that they remain relevant and useful to the student population of the UH School of Nursing. Actions: 1. Communication with UHV Nursing Students (Tart, Whatley, Reeve). Current and potential students will be notified of the transition verbally, in writing, and via the School s website. The Dean will visit with all classes at the start of the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters and verbally inform students. UHV SON will notify all current students via mail and email. A notice of the transfer will be included on the first page of The Pulse newsletter. A notice of the transfer will also be included in acceptance letters to all future students. 2. Record Transfer (Sawyer, Whatley, Beran). A list of all current and future UHV students who will be transferring to UH must be compiled. Academic records and financial aid information for each UHV nursing students who will be continuing their nursing education at UH will be transferred to UH. Strategies to secure permission will be developed by UH Enrollment Services. 3. Admissions (Sawyer, Whatley). In January 2015, UH will begin accepting applications via NursingCAS for Fall 2015. See Enrollment Services. 4. Financial Aid (Sawyer, Loria, Whatley). UH will identify an individual who will work with both entering and transferring nursing students to ensure that the students financial aid requirements are met. UH will identify financial aid opportunities for nursing students and establish a regular schedule when students can meet with financial aid advisors. Beginning with the orientation programs for Spring 2015, UH financial aid staff will attend nursing orientation programs at the beginning of each semester in order to inform students on aid issues. See Enrollment Services. Page 12

197 5. Scholarships (Tart, Whatley, Sawyer, Beran, UH Advancement, UHV Advancement). Endowments and other funds that support nursing scholarships, when appropriate, will be transferred to UH. Scholarship donors will be notified of the transition of the nursing program to UH and approval will be sought to transfer scholarship funds to UH. 6. Advising (Whatley, Tart). The recent search for the Advising Coordinator Position in the UHV SON program was successful; Ms. Crystal Hayward will fill the position on September 23, 2014. 7. Student Health Services and CAPS (Floyd Robinson, Sawyer, Whatley, Tart, Smith, UH student affairs). UH must develop a plan and timetable to establish onsite health services and counseling and psychological services for students at UHSL. The plan also must address the needs of students who only take classes at teaching sites away from the UHSL campus. In addition, health services that are required for clinical readiness should be available via student health services (e.g., immunizations). 8. Student Handbook (Whatley, Tart, Reeve, Barton). The UHV nursing student handbook will be revised to conform to UH standards and policies. See Enrollment Services. 9. Recruitment (Whatley, Sawyer, Tart, Reeve). School of nursing representative will meet with advisors at all traditional feeder schools to inform them of the transfer. Recruiters will continue to conduct student information sessions at community college, health care facilities, recruitment fairs and within the UH System. Critical Dates: 1. Notify all students of transfer and obtain students permissions to transfer information to UH Start September 2014; Completed January 2015 2. UH to assume responsibility for Financial Aid January 2015 3. Ensure that Advisor Coordinator Position filled September 2014 4. Scholarship cost centers moved to UH July 2015 5. Establish student health services and CAPS at UHSL July 2015 Page 13

Section: 7 UHV Space Requirements

198 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 7. UHV Space Requirements The School of Nursing (SON) will continue to be housed primarily on the UH Sugar Land campus. However, to ensure that currently enrolled students can successfully complete their nursing degrees and to ensure that the SON continues to meet regional workforce demands, the SON will continue to provide instruction at 3 additional regional outreach sites. Additional space for the School of Nursing will become available on the UH main campus in AY2016-2017. The physical resources, facilities, and equipment currently in use by the program will remain the same with future needs and enhancements now identified and managed by the University of Houston. The primary physical facilities are described below. UH-Sugar Land The Brazos Hall on the Sugar Land campus will continue to serve as the primary home of the SON. The Brazos building on the Sugar Land campus will provide adequate office space for faculty and staff as well as a large multi-purpose room, a modern nursingfocused simulation lab and classroom teaching space for the SON to utilize. The attached diagram of the third floor of Brazos Hall (attachment 1) shows the office cluster that will serve as the primary administrative home for SON (highlighted in yellow). It is anticipated that SON will occupy the entire office suite area beginning in Fall 2016. Prior to that, office space in this area will be transferred to SON as the space becomes available. The SON will also have access to the University Branch Library and, as needed, to classrooms, computer laboratories, and student areas in the George Building on the UH Sugar Land campus. UHS-Cinco Ranch At the UHS Cinco Ranch facility, the SON will continue to use Instructional Television (ITV) classrooms for distance education use and 1 Lecture Computer Lab. A mobile assessment lab will be employed at the Cinco Ranch location for assessment courses in the RN-BSN program. In addition students and faculty will have access to a Virtual Library, a student & faculty lounge, a faculty suite with office space, a large event room and a conference room which can be utilized for instruction. Lone Star College University Center at Montgomery The current lease agreement between UHV and Lone Star Community College in The Woodlands, which provides classroom and office space for the RN to BSN Program on the LSC-Montgomery campus, will be continued with UH in Fall 2015. University of Houston Victoria Following the transfer to UH, the nursing program will continue to utilize facilities on the UHV campus. In particular, the nursing program will continue to use IT intensive Page 14

199 classrooms, the Johnson Patient Care Simulation Laboratory, and a small amount of office space. A rental agreement between UH and UHV for the continued use of this space should be in place by Fall 2015. UH Main Campus A second Health and Biomedical Sciences Building (250,000 sq ft) is currently being designed with construction scheduled to start in Spring 2015 and completed in Spring 2017. In addition to providing an ambulatory care facility and a behavioral health clinic that will serve the community and support educational opportunities for nursing students, this new building will provide additional office and laboratory space that will support the anticipated future expansion of the UH School of Nursing. Actions: 1. SON identifies space needed for program operation in Victoria (Tart, Beran) 2. SON identifies space needed for program operation in The Woodlands (Tart, Kirk, Ness) 3. Develop timetable for space reallocation for SON on UHSL campus (Jones, Smith, Cass, Tart). 4. Secure ITV technology assistance for pedagogical support on teaching sites of UH Victoria, UH Sugar Land, UHS Cinco Ranch, UH, Lone Star University Center at The Woodlands (Tart, Beran, Kirk, Ness). 5. Identify space at UHSL for UH IT and UH student health services (Jones, Smith, Tart) 6. Establish space utilization agreement with UHV for continued use of educational facilities in at UHV (Tart, Hassumani, Beran). Critical Dates: 1. Contract for use of educational space at UHV: May 2015 2. UH assumes UHV contract for educational space at The Woodlands: June 2015 3. Full occupancy of office suite at UHSL Brazos Hall: September 2016 4. Establish student health service at UHSL August 2015 Page 15

200 Attachment 1 Brazos Hall: Third Floor UH Sugar Land Campus Faculty & Administrative Office Suite for SON (Fall, 2015) Page 16

Section: 8 Human Resources

201 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 8. Human Resources The current faculty and staff of the UHV nursing program who will be affected by the transfer have been identified. As represented in the attached organizational chart (attachments 1 & 2), the UHV SON currently has a total of 23 full-time faculty and staff. In addition, searches are currently ongoing for three faculty members and one staff position. The faculty of the UHV SON has unanimously endorsed the transfer from UHV to UH. All current full-time faculty members and any new faculty who join the SON during the current academic year will transfer to UH and hold the same rank and tenure status as they did at UHV at the end of the academic year. Starting in AY2015-2016, all tenure and promotion reviews will follow UH guidelines. The transfer of the faculty and staff to UH from UHV will occur for payroll purposes on September 1, 2015 Two current staff members in the UHV SON will not transfer to UH; UHV will try to find other positions for these individuals within UHV. Given that when the transition is complete, the School of Nursing will be required to internally manage a greater range of financial issues than it does now, UH should hire a UH department business administrator for the SON by the end of the Spring 2015 semester. Actions: 1. SON identifies faculty and staff who will transfer to UH and those who will stay at UHV (Tart). 2. SON submits the organizational chart to UH Human Resources (Tart). 3. UH Human Resources will work with UHV Human Resources to transfer positions and identify new positions at UHV for staff who do not transfer (Nelson and Laura Smith). 4. Positions and cost centers assignments will be created during the UH budget cycle for faculty and staff who will be transferring (Ness, Nelson). 5. Salaries for transferred faculty/staff confirmed via Provost (Tart, Ness, Provost, Smith) 6. UH Human Resources will ensure faculty and staff will have cougarnet access prior to transfer date (Nelson). 7. Faculty and staff who transfer will complete all required on-boarding documents, to include direct deposit forms, I-9, and personal data information (Nelson). 8. Create UH position for research director for SON (Tart, Smith) 9. New/open faculty/staff positions posted at UH job site (Tart, Nelson, Smith). Critical Dates: 1. Involved faculty/staff identified August 2014 Page 17

202 2. Organizational chart submitted: September 2014 3. Start search for research director: November 2014 4. UH to post new SON CBA position: March 2015 (hired by June 2015) 5. Updated faculty CV s to Provost: April 2015 6. Letters of appointment to faculty/staff: May 2015 7. Establish peoplesoft accounts for new UH faculty/staff: July 2015 8. Activate employment at UH (transfers) and UHV (retained): Sept 1, 2015 Attachments: 1. UHV SON organizational chart 2. UHV SON faculty roster Page 18

Attachment: 8-1 203 University of Houston-Victoria School of Nursing Organizational Chart 2014 2015 Nikki Wilmoth, MBA Administrative Assistant to the Dean - Vic Kathleen Reeve DrPH, ANP-BC, FNP-C Associate Dean, Clinical Prof Johnson Endowed Chair Pat Schrader MSN, RN Asst Clinical Prof Second Degree BSN Manager Kathryn Tart EdD, MSN, RN Founding Dean & Professor School Of Nursing Terry D. Kirk EdD, RN, NEA-BC Associate Clinical Professor Tammy Whatley, BAAS Manager, Student Recruitment and Marketing - Vic Sandra McNeely MSN, RN, CNE Asst Clinical Prof RN & BSN Manager Shainy Varghese PhD, CPNP Assistant Professor Lisette Barton PhD, FNP-BC, CNE Assistant Professor Vivian Nowazek PhD, MSN, RN Asst Clinical Prof Ginger Blomstrom PhD, RN Asst Clinical Prof Rickie Jo Bonner DNP, RN Asst Clinical Prof Judith Hafner, MSN, RN, CNE Asst Clinical Prof Lee Anne Lightfoot MSN, RN Asst Clinical Prof Kilian M. Williams MSN, RN Asst Clinical Prof Angela Willis MS, RNC Simulation Center Coordinator Adjunct Faculty Chelsea Price, BA Recruitment Coordinator - SL Open Position Advising Specialist Open Positions 3.5 FTE Faculty Student Representatives School of Nursing Faculty Council Roberto Tonsul, BS Instructional Technology Specialist - SL Esther Sandoval Sr. Secretary - Vic Joan Bauman, BS Sr. Secretary - SL Leigh Ann Smith, BS Sr. Secretary - CR Barbie Bramblett, MS, BA Instructional Designer - SL Natalie Hill, MSN RN Clinical Facilitator CR Revised: 8-2014 School of Nursing

Attachment: 8-2 Faculty Roster Form Qualifications of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty 204 Name of Institution: University of Houston Victoria Name of Primary Department, Academic Program, or Discipline: School of Nursing Academic Term(s) Included: Spring 2014 Date Form Completed: February 18, 2014 1 2 3 4 NAME (F, P) COURSES TAUGHT Including Term, Course Number & Title, Credit Hours (D, UN, UT, G) ACADEMIC DEGREES & COURSEWORK Relevant to Courses Taught, Including Institution & Major List specific graduate coursework, if needed OTHER QUALIFICATIONS & COMMENTS Related to Courses Taught Lisette Barton (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3311 Professional Role 3 (UT) NURS 3230 Nursing Prof Role 2 (UT) NURS 3247 Pharm, 2 (UT) NURS 6336 Management Health Disorder Adult 3 (G) PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, Major Nursing Science, Texas Woman s University, Houston, TX, 2011 MSN, Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX, Family Nurse Practitioner, 2003 BSN, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Nursing, 1984 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1984 - present Certified Nurse Educator. National League for Nursing, 2008 - present Family Nurse Practitioner Board Certification, 2003-Present Advanced Practice Item Writer, Elsevier, 2009 - Present Specialty: Women s health Eugenia Blomstrom (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Practice 1, 6 (UT) NURS 6306 Role, Policy & Finance 3 (G) NURS 6351 EBP Project 3 (G) Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 2008 CNS-P/MH Nursing (psych/mh), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1995 BSN, Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1987 Diploma, Nursing, Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, 1971 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1972- present CNS, Psych/MH Clinical Consultant, VeriCare Psychiatric Services, Houston 1998 Present Specialty: Mental Health Rickie Bonner (F) Judy Hafner (F) Spring 2014 NURS 4521 Community 5 (UT) NURS 4520 Complex 5 (UT) Spring 2014 NURS 3310 Professional Role 3 (UT) NURS 3315 Pathophysiology 3 (UT) NURS 3311 Health Assessment 3 (UT) NURS 3440 Introduction EBP 3 (UT) DNP, Nursing Regis University 2012 MSN (Education Certification) Regis University 2008 BSN Regis University 2007 ADN Victoria College 1979 MS (Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University2006 BSN University of Tulsa 1981 RN Texas Board of Nursing 1979 - present Certified Nurse Education Certified Health Simulation Educator ADN Instructor 2007-2013 Specialty: Medical-Surgical, newborn, obstetrics, home health RN Texas Board of Nursing 1993 to present Certified Nurse Educator 2011 Specialty: Medical-Surgical nursing, mental health Form Updated: January 2011

NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I 205 Terry Kirk (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3310 Professional Role 2 Leadership, 3 (UT) NURS 4312 Leadership 3 (UT) NURS 6306 Role, Policy & Finance, 3 (G) NURS 6318 Health Care Del Systems, 3 (G) NURS 6309 Leadership Management 3 (G) NURS 6315 Practice in Teach 3 (G) EdD, Higher Education/Health Care, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1998 MSN, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 1987 BSN, University of The State of New York, Albany, NY, 1984 ASS, El Centro College, Dallas, TX 1977 DVN, Saint Joseph Hospital School of Vocational Nursing, Ft., Worth, TX 1969 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1977 - present American Nurses Credentialing Center, Board Certified Nurse Executive- Advanced, 1994 present Specialty: Medical-Surgical, Nursing Administration Lee Ann Lightfoot (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3230 Nursing Prof Role 2, (UT) NURS 3440 Intro EBP, 4 (UT) NURS 3633 Clinical Practice 1, 4 (UT) MS (Nursing Education & Administration) Texas Woman s University, Houston, TX, 1988 BSN, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 1976 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 2005 - present Hospital Operations Administrator/Director/Nurse Educator, 1991-2012 Specialty: Medical-Surgical, Oncology, cardiovascular Sandra McNeely (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3311 Health Assessment 3 (UT) NURS 4521 Community 5 (UT) NURS 3230 Nursing Prof Role 3 (UT MSN, Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1993 BSN, Nursing, Baylor University, Waco, TX, 1989 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1989 - present Degree In progress, Major/ Field of Study Nursing (63 credit hours completed toward PhD in Nursing) University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Certified Nurse Educator. National League for Nursing, 2009 present Specialty: Community health, end of life, gerontology Denise Neill (F) Spring 2013 NURS 6313 Theory and Methods, 3 (G) PhD, Nursing, Texas Woman s University, Denton, TX, 2006 MSN, Nursing, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, 1997 BSN, Nursing, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, 1985 ADN, Nursing, Southern Arkansas University Magnolia, AR, 1981 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1997 present Certified Nurse Educator. National League for Nursing, 2010 present Specialty: Community health, maternal, child Vivian Nowazek (F) Kathleen Reeve (F) Spring 2014 NURS 4300 Bioterrorism, 3 (UT) NURS 6301 Research 3 (G) NURS 6335 Management Health Disorder Adult 3 (G) NURS 6336 Management Health Disorder Adult. 3 (G) Spring 2014 NURS 6335 Management of Health FNP, University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Nursing at Houston, TX 2013 PhD, Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2005 MSN, CNS/Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1993 BSN, Nursing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1979 FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner, Prairie RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1987 present American Nurse Credentialing Center, Cardiac/Vascular Nurse, 1988 present American Association Critical Care Nurses, Critical Care Registered Nurse, Adult Critical Care Nursing, 1993 present Specialty: Critical care and Public Health RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1989 - present Form Updated: January 2011

Disorders in Adults NURS 6336 Management of Health Disorders in Adults Clinical View A&M University, Houston, TX, 2009 DrPH, Health Promotion/Health Education, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 2001 ANP, Adult Nurse Practitioner, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1994 MSN, Oncology Education, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1993 BSN, Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1989 FNP, AANP Board Certification, Family Nurse Practitioner, TX, 2009 - present ANP, ANCC Board Certification, Adult Nurse Practitioner, TX, 1995 - present CNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Oncology, TX, 1993 present Specialty: Oncology and Public Health 206 Patricia Schrader (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3631 Nursing Process for Symptom Management, 6 (UT) NURS 3633 Clinical Practice 1, 6 (UT) MSN, Critical Care Nursing Education Role, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, TX, 1992 BSN, Nursing, Baylor University, Waco, TX 1983 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1983 - present American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Certified Critical-Care registered Nurse, 1987-1999 Degree In progress, Major/ Field of Study Nursing (52 credit hours completed toward PhD in Nursing) Texas Woman s University, Houston, TX Specialty: Medical- Surgical, intensive care Shainy Varghese (F) Spring 2014 NURS 3631 Nursing Process for Symptom Management, 4 (UT) NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I, 4 (UT) NURS 6351 EBP Project,3 (G) PhD, Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 2009 MSN, Nursing, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP), University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, 2003 BSN, Nursing & Midwifery, Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India, 1992 RN Texas Board of Nursing, 1994 - present Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Texas Board of Nursing, 2003 - present Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, CPNP, 2003 present Specialty: Pediatrics Kilian Williams (F) Spring 2014 NURS 4521 Community 5 (UT) NURS 4520 Complex 5 (UT) NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I, 4 (UT) MSN (Education) Prairie View A & M University 2012 BSN Mount Mary College 2004 RN Texas Board of Nursing, 2008 to present Specialty: Medical-Surgical, ambulatory pediatrics, ambulatory surgery, community nursing, simulation Angela Willis (F) Lorraine Cull (P) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I, 4 (UT) Spring 2014 NURS 4200 Nursing Informatics,4 (UT) MS, Nursing Education, Texas Woman s University, 2006 BS, Nursing, Minor in Psychology, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL,1989 MSN (Administration) University of Houston Victoria, 2012 BSN University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1991- present Council of Childbirth Education Specialists, Williamsburg, VA, Professional Childbirth Educator, 1999- present National Certification Cooperation, Inpatient Obstetric Nursing, 2003- present Specialty: Obstetrics RN Texas Board of Nursing 1973 to present Certificate in Health Information Technology, Certified Change Agent Specialty: Senior patient safety specialist, Form Updated: January 2011

orthopedic surgery 207 Faye Obey (P) Anderson Ogunbor (P) Wilhelmina L. Rich (P) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I, 3 (UT) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I, 6 (UT) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Nursing Practice I, 3 (UT) MS, Nursing, Texas Woman s University, Houston, TX, 1973 BS, Nursing, Prairie View A. & M. University, Prairie View, TX, 1969 MSN University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX 2012 BSN Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA 2008 MSN: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. May 1979. BSN Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA January 1972 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1969 - present ADN faculty 1984-2011 with experience teaching Capstone, NCLEX Reviews, Test- Taking Strategies, Fundamentals, P Specialty: Pharmacology, Maternity, Pediatrics, Medical-Surgical, and Psychiatric Nursing RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 2005 - present Unit Supervisor for Harris County Psychiatric Clinic (HCPC) Clinical adjunct teaching experience with Houston Community College Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty: Mental Health RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 1979 - present Full time teaching at community colleges since 1991. Harris County Hospital District educator, Critical Care Nurse Internship educator at UTMB Galveston, Bryn Mawr nursing faculty at Bryn Mawr, PA Specialty: Medical Surgical, mental health Frances Marie Sablatura (P) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Practice I, 3 (UT) BSN from University of Texas at Galveston, 1970 MS from Texas Woman s University at Houston, TX, 1988 (Community Health Nursing with Adm. Role and electives in Psychology) FNP, George Washington University, 2012 MSN UT Health Science Center Houston, 1995 RN, Texas Board of Nursing, 2005 present ADN Nursing Faculty,1988-2013 Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and Certified Addictions RN Specialty: Medical Surgical, community health, pediatrics, mental health Rhonda Ladner (P) Kelle Huong Phan (P) Esmy Samuel (P) Spring 2014 NURS 3310 Professional Role 3 (UT) NURS 3311 Health Assessment 3 (UT) NURS 3440 Intro EBP 4 (UT) Spring 2014 NURS 3633 Clinical Practice 1, 3 (UT) Spring 2014 NURS 3440 Intro EBP, 2 (UT) MSN, University of Houston Victoria BSN Loyola University of New Orleans, 2000 ADN Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado, 1990 BA English Literature University of South Alabama Mobile, Alabama,1985 MSN University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 2012 BSN University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, 2005 ADN Charity School of Nursing DCC: New Orleans, LA, 2003 MSN, (Education) University of Houston Victoria, 2013 RN Texas Board of Nursing - 2006 to present Specialty: Cardiac care, intensive care, community, executive leadership RN Texas Board of Nursing - 2009 to present Specialty: Neonatal ICU, pediatrics, well baby, post and antepartum, medicalsurgical RN Texas Board of Nursing 1998 to present Form Updated: January 2011

BSN Prairie View A&M University, 1996 Specialty: Medical Surgical Nursing, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn transition, breastfeeding F, P: Full-time or Part-time; D, UN, UT, G: Developmental, Undergraduate Nontransferable, Undergraduate Transferable, Graduate 208 Form Updated: January 2011

Section: 9 Contracts, Legal Issues, and Clinical Affiliations

209 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 9. Contracts, Legal Issues, and Clinical Affiliations A. Identify warranties, contracts, clinical affiliations, and other legal agreements that are now associated with UHV that need to be transferred to UH. As of September 2, 2014 Identified 139 clinical affiliations for student clinical rotations; One Lease Agreement with Lone Star College The Woodlands for classroom, office space; Reviewed SON for any non-affiliation/operating agreements, i.e. equipment leases and maintenance. A catalog of all UHV School of Nursing contracts, agreements and affiliations is available in electronic form on the UH Sugar Land Transition website. B. Develop plans and a time table to work with contract/affiliation partners to ensure uninterrupted services. Action Plan May 2014 Clinical Affiliation Agreements Index (excel spreadsheet) and a copy of each fully executed Agreement is posted to the UHV Public P Drive, Business Services/Contracts/School of Nursing, at this link: P:\Business_Services\Contracts\Nursing_Affiliation_Agreements. August 2014 Contacted Mark Yzaguirre, legal counsel for direction. Recommended draft a Consent of Assignment letter requesting acceptance / approval by a countersignature.. September June 2015 Continue contract assistance with UHV School of Nursing, preparing/executing new Affiliations. Wait for approval by THECB and SACS of the UH Nursing program July 2015 Draft Consent of Assignment Letter; submit to legal for review, after legal approval, UHV will send the Letter to UHV School of Nursing affiliates (Hassumani, Beran). July 2015 Renew any existing leases or operating contracts through appropriate UH offices (Hassumani, Tart). Tart and Wilmoth will compile a list of all contract agreements: (Tart, Wilmoth) Page 19

Section: 10 Grants, Endowments, Scholarships, Special Funding

210 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 10. Grants, Endowments, Scholarships, Special Funding Action items: Grants o Grant awards and proposals assigned to UHV will be identified (Beran). o Expired grants will be closed and final financial reports filed by UHV (Beran). o Open grants will be transferred to UH with sponsors consent (Beran, Hassumani). o Grant proposals with starting date of June 1, 2015 or later will be submitted through UH Division of Research (Tart). Endowments o Endowments for School of Nursing will be identified (Beran). o Where appropriate donors will be consulted concerning the transfer of the nursing program to UH (Tart). o Income receiving cost centers will be created and budgeted for fiscal year 2016 at UH (Hassumani). Scholarships o All School of Nursing scholarships will be identified (Tart, Beran). o All students on continuing scholarship will be identified (Tart). o Scholarship cost centers will be created at UH (Hassumani). o UHV scholarship cost center balances will be transferred to UH (Beran, Hassumani). o UH scholarship award memos will be completed and processed through UH Scholarships and Financial Aid (Tart, Sawyer). Special Funding o Line item funding continuation for the nursing program was requested by UHV for FY2016 and FY2017 (Cass, Beran). The funds for FY2017 will be transferred to UH (Beran, Hassumani). The line item funding request will be included in UH s legislative request for the subsequent biennium (Hassumani). Critical Dates: Grants o Existing grants have been identified (attachment 1). o UHV to file final financial reports for expired grants fall 2015 or as required by grant. o UHV and UH sponsored program areas will coordinate transfer of grants spring 2015 Page 20

211 o UH Division of Research to schedule training for SON faculty early spring 2015, and begin transmittal of proposals. Endowments o Existing endowments have been identified (attachment 2). o Income receiving cost centers will be created during FY16 budget cycle early spring 2015. Scholarships o Existing scholarships identified (attachment 3). o Continuing students to be identified early summer 2015. o UH scholarship cost centers to be created and budgeted during FY16 budget cycle early spring 2015. o UHV balances to be transferred to UH close of FY15 (November) o Scholarship awards memos prepared - summer 2015. Special Funding o The UHV LAR request for continued line item funding has been submitted. Attachments: 1. Attachment 1 UHV SON existing grants and endowments 2. Attachment 2 UHV SON existing Financial Aid Page 21

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Section: 11 Library Resources

214 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 11. Library Resources The library resources necessary for the School of Nursing Program will be provided and sustained upon transfer to the University of Houston. All titles in the Nursing Program s core collection, as enumerated in the list developed by the Nursing faculty and the UHV Library, will be in place for Fall Semester 2015 classes. The initial list of core resources was supplied by Dr. Kathryn Tart, Dean of the School of Nursing. Dr. Joe Dahlstrom, UH-Victoria Director of Libraries, was instrumental in clarifying holdings information on e-books and video series. Subsequently, staff in the UH Libraries Acquisitions Department identified which of the titles we lacked and J. Michael Thompson, Head of the Acquisitions Department worked with publishers and vendors to get current pricing. Based on the list of resources provided to us, UH Libraries will need $119,726 per year to provide the level of access provided by UH-V. This cost estimate is the sum for available titles not already owned by UH Libraries. (See attachment 1) These resources will be complemented by the existing UH Libraries collections (3.2 million volumes and 77,000 subscriptions) that support a Tier I University and Association of Research Libraries member. In addition, faculty and graduate students in the School of Nursing will have access to the Texas Medical Center Library. Further development of library holdings will be based on growth in the faculty, changes in coursework and the curricula, research needs, and the development of new degree programs. Additional library resources that will be available to the UH School of Nursing include liaison librarians to provide instructional and research support in the use of library resources. Instructional support can take the form of face-to-face instruction, small group or one-on-one research meetings, online research guides, online help videos and tutorials, embedded library resources in Blackboard (UH s learning management system), and collaborative development of research assignments. Instruction sessions can cover a variety of content including: A general overview of library services and collections An overview of the research process Basic database searching skills Advanced database searching skills for specific disciplines or assignments Critical thinking skills Research support services include: Citation management tools Data management and management plan resources Electronic theses and dissertations information Off-Campus Resources Page 22

215 All University of Houston library resources will be available to nursing students at the main campus as well as off-site locations. The University of Houston Libraries offer a variety of services to on-line and off-campus students and faculty including remote library electronic access and off-campus book delivery (for teaching centers located in the Houston area). The UH Libraries have fully searchable online offerings including library holdings, digital library, and searchable e-journal titles. Off-campus student library needs and questions are primarily addressed by the Head of Information and Access Services. Faculty and students at any of the off-site teaching locations (e.g. Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch, and the Woodlands) may obtain assistance from on-site librarians and support staff to assist in research, accessing online resources, and securing materials through interlibrary loan. Students in any program may also contact library staff with general questions online via Ask a Librarian or LiveChat. The proximity of the off-site teaching centers to the main campus also affords students the opportunity to use central library resources if they choose. In addition to University of Houston information resources, students enrolled in courses in Victoria will maintain access to the shared Victoria College/University of Houston- Victoria library and staff. Actions: The Acquisitions Department of the UH Library should make the required resource purchases in the Spring semester 2015 so that access to both physical and electronic resources is assured by the beginning of the Fall 2015 school term (Myers). Provide onsite instructional and research support as requested. Critical Dates Order desired library resources February 2015 Attachments 1. Requested purchases for UH SON Page 23

Attachment: 11-1 UH Libraries Requested Purchases for the Nursing Program October 10, 2014 216 AV LICENSING Subscription Cost Psychotherapy.net Integrative therapy (1-year unlimited streaming license) Psychotherapynet 150 Films Media Group Health Collection ( 1 Year Renewal for 1129 DOD titles) 5,195 Lippencott Streaming Video Collections -- Content available through Library Study Guides, but not in original request --Lippincott's Pediatric Nursing Video Series 890 --Lippincott's Maternity Nursing Video Series 1,188 --Taylor's Video Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills 2E (2013 - Newer Edition than UHV) 7,500 --Lippincott Nursing Health Assessment Video Series (2010 - Newer Edition than UHV) 6,000 --Bates Visual Guide including OSCE's 11E (2014 - Newer Edition than UHV) 12,610 Total Cost of AV Subscriptions not in UH's Collection 33,533 Purchase or ELECTRONIC JOURNALS Subscription Cost Ovid Technologies Inc. OVID Nursing Full Text Plus 2013 (Site License) 12,203 Ovid Technologies Inc. OVID Nursing Full Text ARCHIVES (Site License) 10,763 Elsevier Nursing Clinics of North America. 2,500 Total Cost of E-Journal Titles not in UH's Collection 25,466 Purchase or ELECTRONIC RESOURCES / DATABASES Subscription Cost Cochrane Library (Wiley) 7,272 Doody Enterprises Doody's review service (5 user license subscription) 495 Ebsco Medline with Full Text 6,847 Ebsco DynaMed 11,025 Cabell Directories Nursing Directory 410 Cabell Directories Health Administration Directory 410 Total Cost of E-Resource Titles not in UH's Collection 26,459 ELECTRONIC RESOURCES / EBOOK COLLECTIONS Subscription Cost Gale Virtual Reference Library (UH lacking 20 titles held by UHV) 14,384 Ebook Collection - 120 titles @ $75/title 9,000 23,384

Total Cost of Titles To Start Nursing Program w/ Current Pricing 108,842 217 Inflation for 2015 Pricing (10%) 10.00% TOTAL COST OF TITLES TO BEGIN NURSING PROGRAM IN 2015 119,726

Section: 12 Bookstore Contract

218 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 12. Bookstore Contract The bookstore, located in Brazos Hall on the UH Sugar Land campus and operated by Barnes and Noble, will serve as the official campus bookstore for UH Sugar Land and Cinco Ranch. It will be important to maintain existing agreements (e.g., Victoria College Bookstore) or to establish locations to serve students not attending classes in UHSL, specifically at UHV and The Woodlands. Subsequently, guidelines and timelines for book orders will be developed. Actions: UH Administration & Finance will establish an agreement with the bookstore at Victoria College (Sawyer). Communicate with SON instructors regarding UH bookstore timeline (Sawyer). Establish emergency book loan program at UHSL (Sawyer) Critical Dates: Follow UH Fall 2015 bookstore submission timeline Emergency book loan program Spring 2015 Page 24

Section: 13 Information Technology and Electronic Communications

219 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 13. Information Technology and Electronic Communications Summary of Issues The transition of I.T. services from UH Victoria (UHV) to the University of Houston (UH) for Nursing faculty, staff and students provides a unique opportunity to modify the strategic alignment of the services to better leverage technology in support of the program's mission and objectives. Some key enhancements that can be realized as a result of the transition include: A. anytime/anywhere access to university communication channels including office telephone and video conferencing capabilities supporting remote location program needs; B. user single-sign on authentication to services where possible; C. enhanced software offerings for faculty, staff and students, and, D. integration of program application systems with university systems allowing for more comprehensive and strategic program management. I.T. Services Overview There are currently 140-200 students in the UHV Nursing program. Students are required to have a personal laptop meeting minimum requirements. The program is supported by 14 faculty and 9 staff at multiple campuses. Faculty and staff are primarily issued laptops, although some desktops are also deployed (Attachment 1). Tablets (ipad s) are also utilized. After the transition, the program will continue to utilize multiple physical locations including UH, UH Victoria, UH Sugar Land, UHS Cinco Ranch, and Lone Star College System s University Center at Montgomery in the Woodlands. There are online course offerings provided via Blackboard and all nursing courses utilize an online component through Blackboard. Many of the courses utilize videoconferencing (ITV) as the primary method of delivery for face to face offerings of classes between teaching locations. There are six key areas of I.T. services involved in the transition. 1. Nursing faculty, staff and students utilize multiple accounts and methods for access to services provided by UHS, as well as third party service providers. Transition of these accounts to UH systems and integration of authentication processes is necessary to the overall transition, and also provides an opportunity to enhance the security of and reduce the number of accounts utilized by the nursing program. 2. Nursing program content will need to be migrated to UH-managed resources. This includes documents, files and web sites, as well as lecture capture environments. Content migrations will be designed to result in as much flexibility for end-user access as possible or appropriate. Page 25

220 3. Communication services, including telephony and e-mail, will need to be transitioned to UH systems. Among the practices that will need to be addressed are e-mail boxes for students, which UHV currently hosts, as this is not the current practice of UH. Conversely, UH provides Lync communication services for telephony, which also include the ability for personal video conferencing, remote office phone functions and other capabilities not currently available to Nursing faculty and staff. Changes in business processes related to how telephone calls are routed by staff, etc., will need to be implemented as the Lync services are deployed. 4. The Nursing program utilizes a centralized application system. This will need to be integrated into the UH application process. Other business processes, utilizing applications to be integrated into UH processes, will need to be identified and addressed. 5. ITV connections (or some other technology) for course delivery to students at remote locations will need to be deployed. 6. I.T. staffing will need to transition to the UH distributed support model. The Nursing program has a unique I.T. environment, due to the nature of their specialized healthcare technologies and the multiple locations where they deliver the program. This requires staffing which has a specific skillset in both academic and user support, and which can be provided at diverse geographic locations. The program s academic support needs are currently being met with an Instructional Designer and Instructional Technology Specialist. However, the user support needs will require additional staffing to address computing and telecommunications support at all the locations currently being provided by UHV I.T. and meet UH MAPP requirements. One final I.T. service that will need to be addressed are the differences in the software provided to faculty, staff, and students by UHV and those that are available from UH (Attachment 2). Action Items 1. A UH project manager must be designated to coordinate the transition of I.T. services (David Johnson). This is critical due to the integration of services and the need to minimize disruptions in the services currently being provided. 2. Authentication Systems an inventory of the accounts and third party services used, along with information about login credentials, needs to be created (Robert Tonsul, Sandy McNeely). This will be used to develop the strategy for authentication integration, and the resulting action plan. Page 26

221 3. Content migrations file storage, website, and lecture capture. A listing of the content locations and size of data currently utilized needs to be created (Robert Tonsul, Randy Faulk). A transition plan for each of these items will be identified. 4. Communications services documentation of existing communication channels and processes needs to be created and mapped to a transition plan for these services (John McKee, Robert Tonsul). Implementation of additional enhancements will be identified as part of the transition plan. 5. Application processes for each application, an assessment of the current application process and preferred integration with PeopleSoft and UH processes will be identified (Sandy McNeely, Kathryn Tart). Specific needs will be documented and action plans created for each application. 6. Software a software survey will be conducted to ensure new software provided will meet existing needs (Robert Tonsul, Sandy McNeely). 7. I.T. Staffing An interim Technology Manager (TM) and interim Information Security Officer (ISO) will be appointed (MAPP 10.03.06) to manage the transition of Nursing I.T. services with the UH UIT project manager coordinating the transition. Two new user support positions need to be budgeted and filled to meet Nursing s technical support needs in computing, telecommunications, and simulation lab technologies at the program s multiple delivery locations (Kathryn Tart). Critical Dates 1. September 30, 2014 Designate project manager to coordinate transition of I.T. services. 2. October 2014 Interim Technology Manager (TM) and interim Information Security Officer (ISO) appointed to work with UH project manager on transition. 3. December 2014 Information gathering completed regarding authentication systems, content migrations, communications services, application processes, and software. 4. February 2015 Transition plans finalized for authentication systems, content migrations, communication services, application processes, and software. Designation of specific critical service transitions for authentication systems and application processes. 5. March 2015 First new staff position filled. 5. April 2015 Critical service transition completed for application processes. Second new staff position filled. Page 27

222 6. June 2015 All migrations completed for content migrations, communications services and software. Critical service transition completed for authentication systems. Attachments: 1. Attachment 1 UHV SON computer inventory 2. Attachment 2 UHV SON software inventory Page 28

Attachment: 13-1 Business Unit: 00765 Univ. of Houston - Victoria Univ. of Houston - Victoria Page No.:40 Department ID: All Departments Property Management Asset By Department Report Run Date: 09/09/2014 As Of: 02-SEP-2014 Report Run Time: 11:32:58 AM APPENDIX ITEM 2 Report ID : UAMS0001 Database : FSPRD 223 BU Tag Number Description Acq. 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Attachment: 13-2 S chool of Nursing S oftwa re L is t E -C ommunication - Information Technology AP P E NDIX ITE M 1 226 Version 5 S eptember 1, 2014 Title Computer App License Renewal License Data Transfer or Web Type Date Count Needed? Notes Windows 7 E nterprise C omputer S ys tem N /A N /A N C hange to new license key server MS Office 2013 P ro C omputer S ys tem N /A N /A N C hange to new license key server MS Visio 2013 P ro C omputer UHV N /A N /A N McAfee Antivirus C omputer S ys tem N /A N /A N R eplaces UHV's Microsoft F orefront Adobe Acrobat XI P ro C omputer UHV N /A N /A N Blackboard Web S ys tem N /A N /A Y es AT I (T esting & R eall ife) Web SON 12/31/14 N /A N E xams oft Web S ON 12/31/14 N /A N S oft est is the client software NS S T (Typhon Group) Web SON 12/01/14 N /A N Adobe Presenter 7 C omputer UHV N /A N /A N Adobe C onnect Web UHV 09/01/15 N /A Y es T rans fer P P T lectures Adobe C aptivate 6 C omputer SON N /A 2 N L. Barton and B. Bramblett Audacity C omputer F reeware N /A N /A N SPSS C omputer UHV 09/01/15 5 N P anopto Web UHV N /A N /A Y es Transfer video recordings from S im Lab Assessment rooms and any other faculty P P T lecture recordings S oftc halk C omputer SON N /A 13 N S hadow Health Web SON 09/01/15 N /A N S nagit C omputer SON N /A 2 N D. Neill and R.Tonsul NP S T (Typhon Group) Web SON 09/01/15 N /A N Lippincott Textbook Web Instructor R esources With P urch N /A N /A N E lsevier Textbook Web Instructor R esources With P urch N /A N /A N J ones & B a rtlett T extbook Web Instructor R esources With P urch N /A N /A N F ree to instructor when purchasing their textbooks P earson Textbook Web Instructor R esources With P urch N /A N /A N D ocuc are Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed Vsim Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed R eall ife Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed Nursing C entral Unbound Medicine Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed VCE Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed P repu Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed P ageburst Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed NSST Web S tudent N /A N /A N S tudent purchased resource - faculty access needed L aerdal P rograms C omputer S ON N /A N /A N S imulator programs

Section: 14 Accreditation of Nursing Program and Licensure

227 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 14. Accreditation of Nursing Program and Licensure The UHV nursing degree programs are of high quality. For example, their historic graduation rates are high (e.g., 90% of student successfully complete the RN-BSN program) and graduates of the nursing programs are successful. For instance, the Texas Board of Nursing reported that the first time NCLEX-RN pass rate for graduates of this program was 97.35% (October, 2013), the highest of any nursing program in the State, and graduates of this program are readily employed. In particular, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board data show that 88% to 98% of UHV BSN graduates are employed within one year from graduation. The MS program in the UHV nursing school was ranked among the top 300 graduate nursing programs in the US by US News and World Report in 2011 (the most recent such rankings for graduate nursing degrees), a significant accomplishment for a small school serving a largely rural community. One-hundred percent of master s level nursing graduates have found employment. It is not surprising that all of the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs are currently fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The UHV nursing program hosted a site visit in March 2014 and the final outcome of the accreditation decision from the Board of Commissioners will be forthcoming in October 2014 (an electronic copy of the SON self-study is available on the UH Sugar Land Transition web site). The CCNE staff are aware of the transfer and are supportive of the transition of the nursing program to UH. The Texas Board of Nursing is also aware and supportive of the transfer of the School of Nursing from UHV to UH. The transfer notification form has been submitted to the Texas Board of Nursing documenting the transfer of administrative control of the professional nursing education program from UHV to UH, as required by the Texas Board of Nursing 3.1.3.a. Education Guideline (Attachments 1 & 2). Actions: 1. Notify the Texas Board of Nursing of the transfer: (Tart) 2. Notify the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education of the transfer (CCNE)(Tart). 3. Submit a substantive change request to CCNE (Tart). The substantive change request to CCNE will include responses to the following questions: What is the reason for the transfer of the School of Nursing (which includes CCNE-accredited baccalaureate and master s degree nursing programs) from University of Houston Victoria to University of Houston? What is the relationship between these two institutions? Is there a precedent for such a transfer of other academic units within the university system? Page 29

228 How will SACS and the Texas Board of Nursing reporting requirements be met and what are the timelines for these processes? Describe the current versus the new organizational structure for the nursing unit within the institutional setting. Provide both organizational charts with accompanying narrative as appropriate. How will the undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula and program offerings be impacted? Are they expected to remain the same? Are the distance offerings expected to remain the same? How will the faculty and other resources available to support the nursing programs be impacted? Are they expected to remain the same? What do you anticipate will be the change regarding student access to academic resources? Regarding fiscal and physical resources? How and when will students be notified of the change and the options available to them (e.g., students who wish to continue enrollment or not to continue enrollment)? Please share any and all communications that have been shared with nursing students about the transfer. Please provide more details regarding the specific timeline for the transfer. Critical Dates: 1. CCNE has been notified of the transfer August 2014. 2. The Texas Board of Nursing has been notified of the transfer August 2014. 3. CCNE requires a substantive change request May 2015. Attachments: 1. Notice to Texas Board of Nursing 2. Letter of support from TBN Page 30

Attachment: 14-1 229 TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING NOTIFICATION FORM FOR TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF A VOCATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM Current Governing Entity Proposed Governing Entity University of Houston Victoria University of Houston Date of proposed transfer of control August 1, 2015 Name of nursing education program Type of program Name of Dean/Director Program Code: 27- _ 5 _ 2 _ 5 Vocational Professional Kathryn Tart Phone No: 361-570-4370 Email: tartk@uhv.edu Location of nursing education program and extension sites/campuses Are there any anticipated changes in the nursing education s philosophy, mission, or program hours? University of Houston 4800 Calhoun Houston, Texas 77004 Extension: University of Houston Sugar Land, University of Houston Victoria, University of Houston Cinco Ranch, Lone Star Community College University Center at The Woodlands BRIEFLY DESCRIBE: The nursing education's philosophy, mission and program hours will remain the same. The name will change to the University of Houston College of Nursing. Please refer to Rule 214 and Rule 215 to determine the effects of the changes in administrative control. Describe the effect of the administrative change on the organizational structure and channels of communication for the nursing education program. Attach an organizational chart. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE: The nursing administration will remain the same for the nursing program. The UH System Provost, President and Chancellor will remain the same. Channels of communication will go directly to the UH Provost and President. The UHV Provost and President will no longer be in authority. Organizational charts attached. COMMENTS: Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) substantive change will be submitted. THECB and SACS program authority and substantive change will be submitted. Request for program authority to reside at UH main campus. SIGNATURE: Kathryn Tart Digitally signed by Kathryn Tart DN: cn=kathryn Tart, o=uhv, ou=son, email=tartk@uhv.edu, c=us Date: 2014.07.24 19:06:03-05'00' DATE: BON USE ONLY *Please attach additional pages if needed. Approved by: Date: 1

Attachment: 14-2 230

Section: 15 Faculty Goverance

231 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 15. Faculty Governance Background: Much of the following was taken from the UH website, UH Faculty Handbook, and the Constitution of the Faculty Senate. The faculty governance structure provides the framework for an active partnership between faculty and administration in formulating recommendations and policies affecting the academic community. Composed of the Faculty Senate, councils, and standing committees, the faculty governance structure establishes forums for internal discussion, proposes policies related to faculty concerns, gathers and disseminates information of interest to the faculty, and provides a faculty voice to the external community. Faculty Senate The members of the Faculty Senate are elected by the faculty members of their respective colleges according to their College bylaws. The Faculty Senate operates under its own constitution. The Faculty Senate considers and makes recommendations to the President of the University of Houston and other senior administrators on matters of interest to the entire faculty. Faculty Senate Representation. Allocation of Senate seats by college is based upon proportion of total FTEs of eligible faculty across all colleges. For this purpose the following units are deemed to be colleges: Architecture, Business, Education, Engineering, Graduate School of Social Work, Honors, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Law Center, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Library, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Optometry, Pharmacy, and Technology. The Senate shall reapportion itself immediately before the 2011 unification, and each fourth year thereafter. Reapportionment shall be made in the proportion which the number of eligible faculty in the said colleges bears to the total number of the eligible faculty in the said colleges, but each college shall be entitled to at least one member. Librarians are counted in the same manner as other faculty. If a new college/school is established, the Senate shall make provision for its representation at the next following election by one senator. The members of the Faculty Senate are elected by the faculty members of their respective colleges according to their bylaws. Members of a college who are eligible for Faculty Senate membership are eligible to vote in elections for senatorial positions. An eligible faculty member is a full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty member or a fulltime Library faculty member or a full-time non-tenure track faculty member with at least three years of continuous service at the University of Houston. For the purposes of these Bylaws, a non-tenure track faculty member is defined as instructional, research, or clinical with the rank of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor. Page 31

232 Undergraduate Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Undergraduate Committee is the academic governance committee charged with the responsibility of advising the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost about the qualitative development of undergraduate programs and activities, recommending changes in existing policies or suggesting the need for new ones, and approving new courses, course changes and/or deletions for final approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Membership on the undergraduate committee includes one representative from each College for each 14,000 SCHs or fraction thereof. Members of the Undergraduate Committee shall be elected as senators by the eligible faculty within their college. Graduate and Professional Studies Council. The Graduate and Professional Studies Council (GPSC) is the academic governance committee responsible for advising the Associate Vice President of Graduate and Professional Studies about the quality and uniform surveillance of graduate and professional programs at the University of Houston. Membership includes two faculty members from each college who are selected according to their college s established procedures. University of Houston Promotion and Tenure Committee Twelve colleges are represented on the University Promotion and Tenure Committee, including: the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, the C. T. Bauer College of Business, the College of Education, the Cullen College of Engineering, the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, the Law Center, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the College of Optometry, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Technology, and the Graduate College of Social Work. The Provost selects one faculty representative from each college based on four nominations, two from the Faculty Governance Committee and two from the Dean. Nominees must be tenured, with full professors given preference. Members serve threeyear terms with approximately one-third of the membership due for replacement annually. Actions: 1. Establish Faculty Bylaws for the School of Nursing that comply with UH standards (Olenchak, Tart, Barton). 2. Propose changes in the UH Faculty Handbook and the Constitution of the Faculty Senate to accommodate the addition of the School of Nursing to UH, specifically with regard to faculty senate representation and representation on the Undergraduate Committee of the Faculty Senate, the Graduate and Professional Studies Council, and the UH Promotion and Tenure Committee (Smith, Olenchak, Reeve). Critical Dates: 1. Proposed amendments to bylaws and constitution- Following THECB and preliminary SACS board approvals (May, 2015) 2. Approval of School of Nursing bylaws by faculty (Fall, 2015) Page 32

Section: 16 UH Alumni, Student Issues, Student Honor Societies

233 UH Work Group Sub-Group Action Plans 16. UHV Alumni, Student Issues, and Student Honor Societies The UHV School of Nursing currently has approximately 700 alumni and there are numerous student organizations associated with the UHV nursing program. It will be critical to the future of the SON and to the nursing profession to maintain links with the UHV alumni and to ensure that supportive student organizations can operate effectively at UH. Moreover, it will be important to schedule future graduation and professional recognition ceremonies. Actions: 1. Contact and inform current 700 SON alumni about the transfer and invite them to become members of the UH Alumni Association. All UHV alumni will be eligible; there are no fees associated with UH alumni membership. (Tart) 2. Contact Sigma Theta Tau International for guidance on transferring the Phi Chi Chapter to UH. Contact all current Phi Chi members regarding the transfer to UH (McNeely, Tart, Barton). 3. Graduation / Pinning Ceremonies (Whatley, Reeve, Singletary). SON representatives will work with UH event planners to schedule participation of the School of Nursing in the normal UH graduation ceremonies and to facilitate ongoing traditions such as the School s Pinning Ceremony. 4. Inform Balfour of the transition to UH and order pins for Fall 2015 ceremony (Whatley). Critical Dates: 1. All alumni were sent The Pulse electronic newsletter with the announcement of the transfer - August 21, 2014. 2. Sigma Theta Tau International has been contacted and they are expecting a letter of invitation from UH in the summer 2015. Current honor society members will be invited to become emeritus members of the new UH honor society chapter 3. A meeting with alumni will be held during the Fall 2014 semester at UHSL. 4. Establish graduation dates and locations June 2015 5. Schedule Fall 2015 Pinning location June 2015 6. Order new pins for Fall 2015 pinning ceremony June 2015 Page 34