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- Moreover, scholarship such as this text needs to be better recognized by nursing deans and tradi-
tional tenure and promotion committees because, again, if there are no nursing texts, then there is
no nursing curricula period, and ultimately no tuition revenue. - A 2010 report found that female law partners at elite law firms made on average $66,000 less than
their male counterparts, and this disparity was largely attributed to stereotyping, gender bias, and
even bullying and intimidation (Williams & Richardson, 2010). More recently, The Guardian has re-
ported that global economic disparity between men and women is rising, with levels now similar
to those during the 2008 financial crisis. At this pace of sustained gender pay inequity, it will take
170 years according to data from the World Economic Forum (Treanor, 2016). - I cannot help but also mention that when these discussions of “research start-up packages” takes
place, there are always gaps among other nursing faculty who received zero research support on
hire. What is more typical is nursing faculty have no idea how equitable their packages are respec-
tive to other faculty in other departments in their universities. - Similarly, with the EdD at Teachers College a first-generation professional doctorate, the initial
ND degree at CWRU could also be termed a second-generation professional nursing doctorate. - The original Kentucky DNP degree model.
- Tri-Council for Nursing represents leaders from the AACN, the National League for Nursing, the
ANA, and the American Organization of Nurse Executives. - The actual vote was 162 yes, 101 no, 13 abstain, and no proxy or in absentia votes were permitted.
Indeed, the power and influence of 162 individuals are substantial (Dreher et al., 2005). - The Drexel DrNP degree was fully approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education
(PDOE) on April 29, 2010. As it included a clinical dissertation, it was classified as a research de-
gree by the PDOE. - They, however, initially called it a clinical investigative project, even though the faculty workload
of supervising one of these projects can be near that of a dissertation (Dr. Marie-Annette Brown,
personal communication, July 24, 2010). Will this become a trend in nursing academia (especially
at research universities) where faculty are assigned or expected to chair more DNP Final Projects
because they are not “dissertations?” At present, the DNP curriculum on their website terms this
a “Practice Doctorate Project/Capstone,” which addresses a clinical or systems problem using an
evidence-based, practice relevant approach (May 22, 2016). - This issue is discussed thoroughly in Dreher and Smith Glasgow (2011).
- The DCPsych degree is one exception. This professional doctorate in counseling psychology uni-
formly requires additional practicum hours to complete the degree. But this degree is an exception
among professional doctorates globally outside the United States.
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