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It was closed in 1998. The nursing profession was getting high tech, moving away from hospital-based 2- and 3-year diploma programs towards BSN & ANP programs at universities. Graduates of diploma programs couldn't transfer their credits if they wanted to pursue a higher degree at a university. To address this situation, St. Francis Hospital formed an accreditation agreement in 1978 with St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, IN so the credits earned there could transfer into a BSN program at a college. But the cost of nursing education was escalating so high that tuition in diploma programs could no longer offset it. It would mean raising tuition higher than universities, who are better able to absorb and distribute costs of these programs to the rest of the student body. And so hospital-based diploma programs closed around the USA.

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Q: What happened to St Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Evanston Illinois?
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