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off the HSC campus.

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Where are they going instead? Petition doesn't even mention it.

They admitted 170 students this semester. They have to be at Rellis two eight hour days per week.

There are rooms at the HSC that would work much better that are set up for these classes

From my understanding, the normal incoming class size is 50-60 students. They admitted a record 170 this fall. Sounds like it was poor planning to not have an appropriate classroom available for them.

Reading the petition outlines all the issues that they are facing. Parking, no plugs available for charging laptops and other devices, cramped workspace.

A lot of changes in the last year or so. It's a shame that they have lost so many good staff and faculty members.

Word is that the administration retaliated against the students for posting the petition.

The undergraduates also don't have proper equipment.

ChampsAg is correct. The College of Nursing has been turned on its head ever since the new Dean, Trisha Horsley, took over 2 years ago. She's been disruptive, petty, and worse. I do hope someone in A&M leadership is paying attention to the damage she's doing.

Plus, many of the nursing students now have classes on THREE separate campus areas: the HSC, RELLIS, and back on the A&M Main & West campuses. Those electric scooters, wheels, bikes etc are fast, but not even they can cover all that space daily.

If they want someone to pay attention, someone needs to go to the media. Just sayin'

Well, we know Rusty watches Texags!

So much misinformation in this thread.

The faculty issues are not only at TAMU, it is a nation wide problem..There are not enough RNs with advanced degrees to fill the available positions. It is especially problematic at TAMU because of the research expectations for faculty. This leads to faculty moving to other universities.

RNs can make alot more money practicing than they can working at an academic institution.

For the current class size. If you have not noticed there is a nursing shortage in Texas and the US.
The state is mandating the nursing school to admit more students, this mandate started with the current class.
The planning for these additional students began over a year ago. Available rooms needed for this class size are limited and have to be shared with the other HSC colleges. An alternative is using space at RELLIS.

Parking is a problem throughout the TAMU CS campus, not just at the HSC.

The class rooms have not been updated with the latest technology, this is not a College of Nursing issue it effects every college at the HSC.

I don't think that misinformation is the correct term. It may be information that applies to multiple colleges within the university, but the issues being addressed are specific to the College of Nursing, like the title of the thread implies.

With all due respect, that post seemed to be from someone that knows the facts

- you know it! - It's a harsh reality we face when complaints are lodged but all we see in return is retaliation. It feels like we're just spectators, waiting for the events to unfold. But one thing is certain: the truth has a way of coming to light eventually.

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https://nursing.tamu.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/matt-hoffman.html

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Interesting read particularly on "Research Interests".

This thread started because students were trying to speak up about their concerns, and so far, nothing's been done. That's not even the part that bothers me the most. What really gets me is how Dean Horsley is watering down the TAMU nursing program. I get it; there's a nursing shortage and not enough faculty, but you don't fix that by lowering the bar.

Faculty are leaving in droves. From what I've heard, more than a dozen have walked since she showed up in 2023, and some were tenured. That is unheard of!

The clinical hours in the new curriculum are down to a fraction of what they used to be, basically turning this place into a diploma mill. TAMU's nursing program has held a 100% pass rate for years. Why mess with what wasn't broken, unless you're chasing numbers? Trisha Horsley brags about boosting enrollment by 112.5%, but the only way to do that was by slashing clinical time so there'd be enough faculty to cover the load.

This is how programs go downhill. And if you check her track record, it doesn't look like she sticks around long enough to deal with the fallout. After she left her last school, their pass rates went back up.

How long do students, staff, and faculty have to ride this out until the pass rates drop and the university finally wakes up?

And another thing: a nurseespecially a leaderposting online about someone's murder and saying they don't want to hear people grieving? That's beyond wrong. We're supposed to set aside our own feelings and care for others. That's basic nursing, and it sure isn't what is being modeled for the next generation.

Let's talk facts… not fiction.

The College of Nursing is being pushed to the margins, and it is no accident.

HPEB classrooms got new equipment just last summer. The tech is current. But the 200-seat lecture hall is and has been reserved mostly for Medicine. The other five classrooms cannot hold 170 students at once, unless you split cohorts and juggle schedules.

The real crisis is space. And when Medicine expands again (and they will), where exactly does that leave Nursing?

Worst of all: students who spoke up and organized a petition are now facing retaliation. Their "crime" was asking questions. When raising concerns leads to threats, that is not leadership. That is suppression.

Parking is a common complaint across all campus, but this parking issue is more towards the parking on RELLIS, not HSC.

Meanwhile, Nursing enrollment has jumped 112.5%. Growth on paper. Chaos in reality. No new classroom space. No extra clinical sites. No added faculty or labs. Faculty being blindsided with the growth while having to teach new curriculum this fall. While the college has brought in numerous prospective faculty (which staff are pulled in to listen to presentations because faculty will or cannot attend), only a handful have accepted. Claims this growth was planned for over a year; If that is true, then moving forward without the basics in place was a choice. That is not oversight. That is negligence.

This is not drama. This is a fight for equity, transparency, and respect. Students. Faculty. Staff. Allies. Stay alert. Keep pushing. Keep questioning. Because when leaders stop serving the people they represent, they are not leading. They are controlling.

Eyes open, Ags. The truth will surface.

Their tests are all done on computers.

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honey_badger_99 said:

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Their tests are all done on computers.

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why? why introduce a failure point in an already stressed system? do the tests on paper and scantron/blue book. Problem solved.

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They've been computerized since before I graduated from nursing school over 20 years ago. So is the state exam.

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cavscout96 said:

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honey_badger_99 said:

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Their tests are all done on computers.

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why? why introduce a failure point in an already stressed system? do the tests on paper and scantron/blue book. Problem solved.

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They've been computerized since before I graduated from nursing school over 20 years ago. So is the state exam.

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so was the GRE in 2001. Doesn't mean it HAS to be that way, especially if the infrastructure does not support it.

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It does though. For the class size that was expected with normal growth. This rapid increase was idiotic.

Yes, I know there's a nursing shortage. There's been one for at least 40 years. Decreasing the quality of education that nurses receive is not the way to fix it.