Endowed Chairs and Professorships in Schools of Nursing: A 2004 Update

This article presents data on the 262 endowed professorships and chairs in Schools of Nursing, for the period 1928 through 2004. Since the first survey was published in 1985, the number of professorships/chairs has increased from 20 to the present count. The number of endowments has increased significantly since the 1990s, with the addition of 188 new professorships/chairs since 1990.