The School is unable to rely on half-time faculty to make needed contributions to the ongoing operation of the nursing programs. National accreditation standards require the School to demonstrate ongoing involvement in continuous quality improvement processes based on the results of regular and systematic outcomes assessment. The net result is to increase the service burden carried by other full-time faculty, sometimes compromising their abilities to fulfill their responsibilities within the area of scholarship. Describe the relationship of initiative to existing programs. Funding of this initiative will support the ongoing delivery of the AAS, BS, and MS programs in nursing by facilitating the recruitment of new qualified faculty members and the retention of existing faculty.
Qualified faculty are crucial to the ongoing delivery of effective nursing education.
Funding of this proposal will enable the School to compete more equitably with the service sector and with other Schools of Nursing to attract and retain qualified faculty members. Qualified faculty constitute one of the critical components of being able to deliver high quality educations programs. Inability to attract and retain faculty has the potential of resulting in additional limits being set on the number of students admitted to the nursing major and the specialties within the graduate nursing program. In addition, the School has committed to delivering its programs to students across the state on a gradually increasing basis. Funding of this initiative will contribute to unity across MAU lines by promoting stability among the faculty.