Simmons College announced today that the school will launch its first online-only master’s degree in nursing, called “Nursing@Simmons,” starting this fall.

To be accepted into the online program, applicants must meet the same admissions standards as students in the on-campus program, according to a statement by the college. Graduates of the online program will receive a Master of Science in Nursing degree from Simmons.

Kalimah Redd Knight, a spokeswoman for Simmons, said in an e-mailed statement that the degree will be entirely online, with the exception of clinical work, and an “immersion weekend” on the Simmons campus.

Judy Beal, dean of the school of nursing and health sciences, said that the college began planning for the all-online program this past fall. She said the program will cover the same material as the on-campus program.

“It’s a really well respected, rigorous program that is well-known in the region, but not as well known in the country,” she said of the on-campus program. “This is a wonderful opportunity to bring this nationwide.”

Beal said the program will train its students for a career as a family nurse practitioner, and will take approximately two years to complete.

The statement released by the college said that “the online Master of Science in Nursing program will match the rigor of the on-campus learning experience through a combination of live face-to-face instruction, self-paced media-rich course work, small classes, and a top-notch clinical field program that provides working health care professionals with a carefully selected clinical placement in or near their own communities.”

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Washington University’s School of Law has started to teach an online masters in US law to students across the globe.

Those studying the @WashULaw programme are in locations as diverse as Brazil, China, India, Japan, Mexico and Pakistan. All are established lawyers wanting to educate themselves in US law to better practise in a globalised legal market.

They include senior partners at law firms, a member of the Parliament of India and a practising physician working in healthcare reform. All have gained a law degree already and most have advanced degrees such as LLMs, PhDs, MBAs and MDs.

Students learn in web-based, live, face-to-face classes taught by professors who also teach the on-campus programme, including the dean and vice-dean. They also have the option to attend a summer immersion course in the US, where they will visit cities such as Washington, D.C, and St. Louis to better understand the American legal environment.

Melissa Waters, vice dean, professor of law, and co-director of @WashULaw, said: “The calibre of this first cohort demonstrates the growing interest among top international lawyers to enhance their understanding of US law and apply what they learn in their practice.”

A law school in Arizona has decreased its fees in response to the drop in law students in the US (10 April 2013).

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Mallory obtained her Masters in Healthcare Administration, with a focus on finance from Ashford
University and earned her Bachelors of Arts in Education and History from the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. Mallory lives on Capitol Hill and in her spare time, she enjoys decorating cakes, trying new restaurants, entertaining, going to Nationals games with her husband Dave and gardening.