1. Faculty Compensation
Full-time Faculty: The faculty member’s contract period involves 60% of time dedicated to instruction, 20% to Research/Scholarship/Practice, and 20% to Service/Student Growth and Development. The faculty instruction assignment is calculated by workload units (WLU) on a credit basis. WLUs assigned over 25 is considered overload, and is guided by the adjunct faculty pay scale at 1 WLU:1 course credit.
Academic credit to instruction hours are as follows:
1 credit, classroom or online = 1 hour
1 credit, lab = 2 hours
1 credit, clinical = 3 hours
Credit Basis:
A typical full-time faculty member workload includes 22-25 WLU per contracted year, based upon two (2) 15-week semesters or the equivalent. The credits are disbursed according to curriculum requirements of the academic program, although attempts are made to target 12 WLUs per semester. Typically, 22-25 WLU is equivalent to approximately 60% time dedicated to instruction.
Workload Unit Formula:
The formula for figuring faculty WLU is outlined below:
| Instruction |
Course Credit |
Workload Unit (WLU) |
| Didactic |
1 |
1 |
| LabA |
1 |
0.667 (2/3 clinical credit) |
| Clinical - Direct |
1 |
1 |
| Clinical - PreceptB |
1 |
0.667 or 2/3 clinical credit) |
| Course Coordination |
1 |
1 |
| Other Release |
Credit |
Workload Unit (WLU) |
| Coordination of Clinical Sites/Experiences for NUR 4214 |
1 |
0.667 |
| Scholarly Project Facilitation in NUR 4414 |
2 |
1.668 |
ALab: Provides skill validation and guided practice with a team of faculty. Less faculty preparation is involved than didactic or direct clinical courses.
BClinical-Precept: Generally a team taught course with utilization of clinical preceptors, and less direct student contact.