Fairfield University has announced plans to expand its Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies to Austin, Texas.
The expansion requires review and approval by the New England Commission of Higher Education, although the school has already secured a 10-year lease for a 23,040-square-foot space in Austin for its nursing school. The new lease is the university”™s first national expansion beyond Connecticut ”“ Fairfield University”™s Dolan School of Business offers an MBA program in Shanghai, China, and sends students around the world through its study abroad programs.
“We are pleased to establish the University”™s nursing school in Austin at a prime location,” said Fairfield University President Mark R. Nemec. “Not only does this opportunity allow us to expand as a university, but we will also be able to help provide a solution to the complex nursing shortage issue.”
