Doctoral student presents research on nursing faculty retention

The Student Academic Conference provides a space for students to share meaningful work. For Melissa Wolff, it’s a chance to bring attention to the role student feedback plays in nursing faculty retention.

Wolff is a doctorate student in the educational leadership program with a healthcare emphasis, and has been a nursing instructor for the past eight years. As a professor, she noticed a shift in student feedback. While some comments are helpful and constructive, others have become personal, in an unconstructive way.

“If feedback is affecting how long faculty stay in education, we should know,” she says. “We need to keep the good instructors we already have and attract new ones.”

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