Olivia Ford checks the range of motion in classmate Jean Sneed’s legs during class at Cleveland State Community College.BY THE NUMBERS• 51: Number of students admitted• 120: Number of applications received• 150: Number of people who attended information sessionsSource: Cleveland State Community College
The nursing program at Cleveland State Community College faced such high demand, the school decided to offer an evening program – which also filled up.
The college received about 120 applications for the program’s 40 slots. At the end, though, 51 students were accepted because of the demand and number of qualified students. More than 150 people showed up for three information sessions.
“We started talking about this back in the fall 2008. There’s an increasing demand for health care workers; us baby boomers are putting in increasing demands in health care system,” Jerry Faulkner, vice president for academic affairs at Cleveland State, said with a chuckle.
The nursing program, which includes clinical hands-on experience and lab hours, has a capacity of 85, Faulkner has said, which the college easily has reached in the last several years.