It has been suggested that underrepresentation of blacks in professional nursing results from insufficient black-nurse role models. This study of 331 black and white freshman nursing students in three, two year, associate degree programs argues that blacks are not professional nurses for reasons other than a lack of role models. The results show…

Little definitive data exist about what happens to the large numbers of students who drop out of nursing programs. This study examined the reasons for withdrawal, level of alienation, and alternative career choices of 140 first year dropouts from six nursing programs in Tennessee. The results show that the dropouts are not alienated from nursing.…

Academic inbreeding, the employment for faculty positions of persons who receive their graduate training at the same academic institution, is considered detrimental to an institution's academic environment. Results of a study conducted at 54 universities revealed that almost half the faculty (48 percent) in collegiate nursing programs are drawn…

The study reported here compared the attitudes and values of black and white freshman nursing students. (DM)