The issue of aging faculty in higher education.
The aging of faculty in higher education is upon us. Certain features of the trend could become problematic over the next 20 years. This issue holds particular relevance for nurse educators as they strive to establish and maintain a foothold in the collegiate milieu, simultaneously facing the impact of the aging trend and associated events. In addition to consideration of the ramifications of the aging faculty and with particular regard for nursing faculty in higher education, certain strategies may be available to allay the detrimental outcomes often associated with the issue of aging faculty in higher education.Space shuttle Discovery rests on Launch Pad 39A after a seven-hour rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 14, 2009. The shuttle is slated to launch no earlier March 12.

This story was updated at 3:50 p.m. EST.

Afterweeks of delays due to fuel valve concerns, NASA?s space shuttle Discovery is officiallyset to blast off on March 11, the space agency announced Friday.

Missionmanagers set the Wednesday launch date during a Flight Readiness Review atNASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where they decided the evidence wasfirm enough that suspectfuel valves should pose no problem for Discovery'splanned flight.

"Theyfelt they had all the data and information they needed to support launching onMarch 11," NASA spokesman Allard Beutel told SPACE.com. "Allthe extra testing gave engineers confidence