June 3, 2025- The Cuyahoga County Healthcare Sector Partnership, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, is launching the Nursing Clinical Adjunct Faculty Initiative — an innovative program aimed at expanding the region’s nursing education capacity and addressing the national nursing educator shortage.
Funded by Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, the initiative will draw from the health systems’ experienced clinical nursing staff to identify and train individuals to serve as adjunct faculty. Participants will attend intensive clinical faculty boot camps, beginning in summer 2025, to prepare for teaching roles that support hands-on clinical training for nursing students.
Efforts to develop the initiative began in 2024 as a collaborative response to clinical faculty shortages in nursing education. The Healthcare Sector Partnership, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals teamed up to engage 16 regional schools of nursing, creating the foundation for the program.