Faculty Type and Load
Aspen University has several different categories of faculty. Each has a recommended workload as follows:
- Full-time online faculty who teach in the undergraduate programs carry a student to faculty ratio of up to 110:1.
- Full-time online faculty who teach in the Master’s programs carry a student to faculty ratio of up to 100:1
- Full-time online faculty who teach in the Doctoral programs carry a student to faculty ratio of up to 80:1.
- Full-time campus-based faculty carry a credit-based load of up to 16 credits/semester or 8 credits per 8-week session.
- Part-time online leads can carry a student to faculty ratio of up to 60:1
- Part-time online adjunct faculty carry a student to faculty ratio of up to 50:1.
- Part time Clinical faculty (School of Nursing and Health Sciences- BSN: Pre-Licensure program only) carry student to faculty ratios according to state-specific guidelines which can be found in the clinical handbooks.
- Part-time adjunct Lab faculty (School of Nursing and Health Sciences- BSN: Pre-Licensure program only) carry a student to faculty ratio of no more than 15:1 in accordance with the requirements of applicable Boards of Nursing.
- Doctoral Chair/Committee loads for the School of Nursing & Health Sciences, School of Education and School of Business & Technology:
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Chair/FT
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Chair/PT
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Comm (FT/PT)
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DNP
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20
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10
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20
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EDD
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20
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15
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TBD
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DSCS
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NA
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6
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10
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Faculty load is monitored by the Office of Faculty Services. For part-time adjunct faculty who convert to a full-time faculty position, their existing students become part of their FT load and salary, and those courses are not paid separately.
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