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  • Faculty Management

Background:

  • Equitable faculty workload is a shared goal between nursing faculty and administrators.
  • Academic workload, including teaching assignments, impacts faculty productivity and satisfaction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a balanced nursing faculty workload model accounting for diverse factors.
  • To address challenges posed by faculty shortages, organizational structures, and student enrollment fluctuations.

Main Methods:

  • A task force evaluated existing workload parameters.
  • Faculty satisfaction and teaching preferences were assessed at a university college of nursing.

Main Results:

  • A new, accepted workload model was developed.
  • The process illuminated course load expectations, financial considerations, and negotiation dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Consider the entire academic year for workload, not just individual semesters.
  • Sustained, transparent communication between faculty and administrators is crucial for workload equity.