Appointment, Promotion or Tenure for Nursing Faculty
Degree requirements for eligibility for appointment and promotion for Nursing faculty are either:
- the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with advanced practice nursing licensure or professional certification which signifies excellence in the practice of professional nursing; or
- a doctoral degree from an accredited graduate program in nursing or related field.
For tenure, Nursing faculty must possess a doctoral degree from an accredited doctoral program and meet the criteria for tenure as outlined under Consideration for Tenure. Ongoing scholarship is expected of nurses as defined in this manual and as clarified by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s statement of March 15, 1999, entitled “Defining Scholarship for the Discipline of Nursing.”
Scholarship in nursing can be defined as those activities that systematically advance the teaching, research, and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that 1) is significant to the profession, 2) is creative, 3) can be documented, 4) can be replicated or elaborated and 5) can be peer-reviewed through various methods. (AACN: https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-information/position-statements-white-papers/defining-scholarship)
The policy became effective on June 15, 1999. Revised by Berea College Nursing Faculty, May 11, 2022.