When Admissions Decisions Affect More Than Just Students
Nursing faculty carry a heavy load – but not all of it comes from teaching.
When applicants are admitted based solely on past academic performance, programs often miss important indicators of how students will respond to stress, engage with peers, or persist through setbacks. The impact of these blind spots? It often lands squarely on faculty.
Educators are left to absorb the fallout – adjusting lesson plans, increasing remediation, and shouldering the emotional weight of students who were not equipped to succeed in the first place. Over time, this dynamic contributes to burnout, job dissatisfaction, and high faculty turnover.
Burnout is a complex problem with multiple contributing factors: workload, compensation, institutional culture – and yes, admissions.
What if your program could better predict which applicants are likely to succeed – not just academically, but emotionally and behaviorally?
Level Assessments offers a research-backed, holistic assessment that helps programs:
- Identify beyond-cognitive strengths like resilience, grit, and emotional intelligence
- Build cohorts that are more consistent and prepared
- Reduce the remediation burden on faculty
- Support faculty satisfaction and retention from the start
When better admissions decisions lead to stronger students, faculty can do what they do best: teach, mentor, and lead the next generation of nurses.