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- **Posted:** 2026-03-20T02:16:15.000+00:00
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The hot topic of today’s University Budget Committee was the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program, San Francisco State University’s last ditch effort to reach the goal of lowering tenure density, save money and avoid further layoffs. 

It has been about three months since the university slashed the minimum required years of service for VSIP from 10 to five years of service at SFSU and set a maximum of $110,000 in severance pay. The stronger incentive for tenured and tenure-track faculty to resign was intended to address the university’s budget deficit. But according to today’s University Budget Committee update on the VSIP, the target amount of faculty was not met. 

In December, the university expected around 60-75 faculty to take up the offer. However, only 38 participants signed up for the VSIP by the March 13 deadline out of 197 eligible faculty members. 

The VSIP is one of SFSU’s budget plan measures to address a $20 million shortfall, where the target goal is to save up to $7.5 million depending on participation levels. To counter the low number of VSIP participants, Ingrid Williams, the senior associate vice president in human resources and primary contact for the VSIP, suggested that the university will open up the program to other departments and faculty groups. 

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✍️: Jazlyn Wong (jjazlynwong_)
📸: Eliza Arthur (3lizaarthur), Courtesy of Ingrid Williams

#sfsu #sfstate #VSIP #faculty #FERP

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