Reality Shock In Reverse

Abstract

from another college or by examination(s)(3). Graduates of associate degree programs transfer in 24 of the required 54 to 55 nursing credits. Graduates of diploma programs may earn up to 24 credits in nursing by taking college proficiency examinations [with a minimum acceptable score at the 60th percentile] or departmental examinations(4). According to Dorothy White, dean of the school, one premise at Hunter-Bellevue is that baccalaureate have essentially the same need for college level courses in the humanities and natural and social sciences(5). These are all prescribed by Hunter for graduation; however, Hunter material states, students will not have to repeat any liberal arts or science courses for which equivalent credit is granted(3). A second premise at Hunter is that terminal objectives of a baccalaureate program can be achieved in more than one way and that experimental pathways for select-