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Board approves full implementation of FON for fall 2025 amid calls for structural fixes
Summary
The board voted to fully implement the Faculty Obligation Number (FON) for fall 2025 after staff reported statewide progress to 58.3% full‑time faculty; public commenters and trustees urged additional policy tools beyond the FON to hire and retain full‑time faculty.
The Board of Governors voted on November 18 to fully implement the Faculty Obligation Number (FON) for fall 2025, following a presentation from Executive Vice Chancellor Chris Ferguson on the regulatory calculation and recent funding tranches aimed at increasing full‑time faculty hires.
Ferguson told the board that the system currently reports roughly 15,172 full‑time equivalent faculty…
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