Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences Employee Reviews about "faculty"

Cons

New management is out of touch with what we do best. I'm afraid that we're going to end up in the same place as before with huge layoffs and furlough days. Ameritech seems to have lost it's direction with the new management and it doesn't seem to have the same feeling here with all the recent resignations from high up management positions. Honestly is there something they know that we don't?

Cons

Poor communication. Leadership does not consistently share important information. Classes are sometimes assigned to Adjunct and at the last minute pulled and given to another person with no notice or explanation.

Cons

-For-profit organization -High turnover in nursing leadership and both didactic and clinical faculty -Poor communication and little transparency -Leadership / Administration send emails throughout the day, evenings, and weekends (even holidays) which makes faculty believe they are expected to be glued to their work. This sets the expectation that if management is working nights, weekends, and holidays, faculty should be, too. -Many in leadership come across as condescending in how they talk to faculty. Faculty meetings via Zoom are uncomfortable at times due to witnessing how management/leadership address individual faculty members when questions are asked or opinions are voiced (FYI: don't speak up or ask questions in meetings) -Leadership tends to micromanage and allows faculty very little access to their LMS courses (teach it, but don't touch it, basically). No editing allowed. -The university boasts an 'Unlimited PTO' policy, but taking a vacation is nearly impossible as faculty have heavy workloads so they can't fill in for one another. In fact, just plan on teaching from wherever you are vacationing. Those in leadership/management positions don't/can't fill in for faculty due to daily 'all day meetings,' so faculty must teach their courses even when they are sick or on vacation. -The faculty workload is difficult to manage when leadership expects course content leads to revamp courses (complete overhaul) STAT. -Faculty who aren't tech-savvy are hired to teach remotely via Zoom which doesn't work well for students trying to learn the information -Nursing faculty aren't always assigned to teach their specialty. For example, putting an instructor in an advanced med-surg course who only has experience in community health is not a good idea for the instructor, the co-teachers, or the students -The nursing program accepts any student who can fund the $60k+ price tag for an associates degree, even if students don't meet requirements for admission (per required entry exam). The university accepts as many students as they can every 15 weeks. Historically there have been cohort sizes between 320-400 students and few instructors to teach that many students. -NCLEX-RN passing scores dropped significantly when it was decided that saving the organization money took precedence over services to proctor remote exams -Faculty are considered 'easily replaceable' (which was quoted in faculty meeting). -It would be considerate of the university to put money into faculty, such as a small gift card, or maybe a 'thank you' $5 gift card during Nurses Week. A little Christmas gift would be thoughtful and boost morale, especially knowing leadership/administration receive bonuses regularly. While faculty have been hoping for raises as cost of living increased, those in leadership were flown to Paris for a ten-day 'Leadership Workshop' training. There haven't been raises in years per the few faculty who have been there for awhile. -Toxic culture. Few faculty remain who have been with the college for over a year or two. Not having seasoned faculty says a lot about culture. Those who have been teaching for a couple semesters share advice to new faculty such as, 'Be seen [at meetings] but don't be heard' and 'fly under the radar' and 'don't speak up' and 'don't trust anyone in management.' There is safety in staying on mute (when in faculty Zoom meetings).

Cons

Where do I start? The first is that most positive reviews (4+ stars) seem to come from the same marketing team (1 guy) or people that have been asked to write a positive review purely for marketing purposes. Even when I still chat with the management that remains they have very little positive to say about the majority shareholder and the reason behind a lot of decisions he's making. I read on glass door that someone thought their problems stemmed from embezzlement by the former CEO. NOT TRUE! He's a decent upstanding person and anyone in the company would still back that up. There was just too much debt and still is at the college to allow for decisions to be made without that fact to sway operations. Faculty and personnel only seem to be valued on how much money they can get away not paying them. Hard build up PTO when they give very little each year. Current career college climate makes this place an even harder world to live in.

Cons

The overall mood at the College has changed dramatically over the past few years. It used to be a 'family' who did what was best for the students. Now it is much more about the number of students we can get and how much tuition they can pay. Student complaints have grown 1000% due to the lack of faculty and gross lack of proper nursing training. Staff and faculty do their best but we can only do so much as we cannot meet the needs of the number of students. One of my colleagues referred to it as a 'diploma mill' as unfortunately, the college has lost its great reputation in the community. We are all worried about students being able to find jobs and what the long-term consequences are of growing too fast, just to give all the money to the owner. Truly sad what has happened and is continuing to happen. If you are looking for work, this is not what it used to be.

Cons

Management is destructive. The school has turned into one of THOSE places...turn and burn the employees. Their financial situation is tenuous at best and morale is the worst I've ever seen. The hoping grace is to be successful online and yet they have no idea how to do online education. Most of the material is pirated from other schools and their online programs represent everything that is wrong in higher ed.