Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Eastern Progress 1978-1979 Eastern Progress 4-12-1979 Eastern Progress - 12 Apr 1979 Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1978-79 Recommended Citation Eastern Kentucky University, "Eastern Progress - 12 Apr 1979" (1979). Eastern Progress 1978-1979. Paper 26. http://encompass.eku.edu/progress_1978-79/26 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Progress at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastern Progress 1978-1979 by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Official Student Publication of Apfil 12. 197S KanMafcy IMMNHV 'We made it:*? Nursing program gains accreditation By ROH DOLLAR qualified faculty, as well as "set in the first place and among these was Staff Writer standards" for high quality students the fact that it determined a standard of While explaining the accreditation excellence fur students, by recognizing i It was a long time in coming, but at 9 process, he stated that the purpose was a high quality program. a m. Monday morning, it was official. "to establish quality and excellence in The two remaining advantages in- The University Baccalaureate Degree Baccalaureate education." volved the fact that accreditation was Nursing Program received ac- Gale named five area criteria by often a criteria for entrance into creditation from the National League which the program was judged for its graduate programs in mining, as well for Nursing, joining Murray State accreditation which included as a requirement for entrance into the University as one of only two state in- organization and administration, medical fields of the Armed Forces stitutions with the distinction of having qualified students, faculty, curriculum, Gale noted several immediate im • an accredited four-year "generic" and finally resources, including both plications of the recent accreditation, nursing program.