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New Adelphi Grant Will Help More Nurses Become Educators

Garden City, NY (11/17/2021) — Adelphi University's College of Nursing and Public Health has received a $423,000 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant for the current academic year. The one-year award is structured to increase the numbers of the nation's qualified nurse educators, the ranks of which are consistently shrinking, in large part due to retiring faculty.

"The grant serves almost all of our students in their quest to become nurse faculty members," said Patricia Donohue-Porter, Ph.D., professor and director of Adelphi's PhD in nursing program. "This year, the award will enable 28 students to continue to progress over the three years of intense coursework and several years of dissertation guidance and research needed to complete their degrees and join the 32 CNPH students who earned their doctorates and are now teaching future nurses at schools across the tristate area."

For more than a decade, support from HRSA-a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency-has supported the Adelphi's nursing Ph.D. nursing program by providing loans to doctoral students wishing to pursue careers as nurse faculty. After a student gains a full-time postgraduate job as a nursing faculty member, HRSA will forgive up to 85 percent-plus interest-of the loan.

"The award continues to reflect the high quality and rigor of our Ph.D. program that not only results in a Ph.D. in theory and research for our students, but also offers them a concentration on doctoral nursing education science that prepares them for their faculty role," Donahue-Porter said.

The Nurse Faculty Loan Program is also reputation building. It's a factor in the National League for Nursing's recognition of Adelphi as one of just 10 U.S. nursing programs for its excellence in nursing and for its ranking among U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools for Nursing.

Learn more about Adelphi's Ph.D. in nursing program.

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Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four-Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

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Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health has received a $423,000 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant for the current academic year.

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