Contact: Michael Vollmer
Updates and clarifications:
We have received several questions regarding this Sept. 12 message. See additional updates below:
- All institutions currently included in the dashboard will remain in the dashboard.
- The Personnel Cap Dashboard will be updated in early October to include new metrics on administrative salary expenditure and credit hour production at present compared to administrative salary expenditure and credit hour production in June 2019. These updates will show the metrics that were used to determine which institutions should have the administrative headcount cap kept in place or lifted, as referenced in the Personnel Cap Update memo below.
- A new supplemental dashboard providing additional metrics on headcounts, salary expenditure, and credit hour production will be made available early in the week of Oct. 6. This dashboard has been designed to help institutions explore how the size and distribution of their workforce has changed over time. An email will be sent out to CHROs with information on how to access and use the dashboard.
Original message follows:
Total Permanent Salary Spending Cap:
- Effective September 11, 2025, the total permanent salary spending cap has been removed.
- The total permanent Salary spending dashboard will remain updated and be available for information.
Total Administrative Headcount Cap:
Cap Removed
The total administrator headcount cap has been removed for the following schools and entities: ECU, ECSU, NCA&T, NCCU, NCSSM, UNCG, UNCP, WCU, and the NC Arboretum. These schools have not shown relative growth in administrative salary spending that exceeds growth in credit hour production over the past six years.
Cap Remains
The remaining schools, ASU, FSU, NCSU, UNCA, UNCC, UNC-CH, UNCSA, UNCW, and WSSU, will remain under the administrative headcount cap until the amount of administrative salary spending returns to a level more in line with credit hour production. We will review progress quarterly, beginning with the September 2025 close (reported in October). Early savings since June suggest several schools may qualify for cap removal in October, if current trends continue.
New metrics will be added to the salary dashboard in the coming weeks, along with an explanation of the tracking methodology. Campuses with questions or feedback are encouraged to contact me directly.