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FUNDING ENROLLMENT CHANGES OR THE 22 TO 1 FORMULA
What is the "22 to 1" Formula?
ASU Main Campus, NAU, and UA Main Campus use an enrollment growth formula called "22 to 1" in the development of their annual legislative budget requests. The formula calculates the additional faculty and staff positions needed to meet enrollment growth and related funding for:
(1) personal services (e.g., salaries);
(2) employee-related expenses (e.g., benefits); and
(3) operations dollars (e.g., travel, recruiting expenses, equipment, etc.).
Arizona's universities began using the 22 to 1 formula in 1958. The formula provides one more (or less) full time equivalent (FTE) faculty position for every increase (or decrease) of 22 FTE students.*
How does the "22 to 1" formula work?
The 22 to 1 funding mechanism relies on a series of calculations to determine:
(1) the total number of FTE students, determined by a three year weighted rolling average. This is calculated by using 25 percent of the past year's actual fall enrollment, 50 percent of the present year's fall enrollment and 25 percent of the projected next fall enrollment; and
(2) an increase or decrease in FTE student enrollment by subtracting the present year's "funded enrollment" as determined by Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) staff.
The resulting figure then determines the requested addition or subtraction of faculty (1 FTE faculty for every 22 FTE students) and staff (.75 FTE staff position for each FTE faculty position). The formula also determines funding increase or decrease requests for personal services, employee related expenses and other operating expenditures (e.g. recruiting expenses, travel, etc.).
*FTE students are generated by calculating one FTE for each 15 semester credit hours (SCH) attempted in undergraduate lower division courses, one FTE for each 12 SCH attempted in undergraduate upper division courses, and one FTE for each 10 SCH attempted in graduate courses in the fall semester.
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