Georgetown School of Health

[DFW HOYA]

The release is a little unclear about the current NHS, however.

"Georgetown President John J. DeGioia today announced a plan to establish a School of Health and a School of Nursing on the Medical Center campus by July 2022.

The schools will build upon the foundation of the current School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), which has continued a tradition of nursing education that started at Georgetown in 1903, while broadening into other health disciplines built over the past two decades.

“Working together, and with schools across Georgetown, they will help us to expand our commitment to health and provide new opportunities for growth and collaboration,” DeGioia says.

www.georgetown.edu/news/georgetown-to-broaden-commitment-to-health-nursing-through-new-schools/

[HoyaSinceBirth]

From the article I read they're splitting the current NHS into two schools: A school of nursing and a school of Health.

[BSM]

When I was there, you had the Nursing School (GUNS, one of those great Hoya acronyms) and then the Health Sciences/Administration was added in 2000. Maybe I'm missing something but it just sounds like they're peeling off the Health Administration curriculum and reverting back to a Nursing School. At the time, I thought Nursing School enrollment was declining in the 90's, hence the expanded curriculum. Anyone have any insights into the reasons for splitting NHS into two schools after 20 years? Is a stand alone Nursing School sustainable again? Combining the two programs not working?

[TrueHoyaBlue]

It seems like the other big move is that the deans of both the Nursing and Health schools will report to the medical EVP, rather than to the Provost.

I'm wondering if this will lead to an expansion of graduate/professional programs in both schools. It will also be interesting to see how (if at all) this impacts student life for students in those schools, if it makes for less connection to undergrads from the other schools. (Presumably, they wouldn't set up an alternative residence life structure so there would still be plenty of interaction with Student Affairs, etc.).