Survey Shows Pay of NU Leaders Lags Behind Peer Average

Retention and attraction of top talent to lead the University of Nebraska and its campuses are the goals of an executive salary equity initiative to be considered by the Board of Regents at its meeting on September 5.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet on Friday, Sept. 5, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St., Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1:00 p.m.

Six members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and NU President James B. Milliken will attend the 9th annual open house at UNL's Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory near Whitman, Neb., on August 27.

The University of Nebraska continues to make progress in increasing the diversity of its faculty, a goal shared by the Board of Regents, university administrative leadership, and the State Legislature, according to a report released today.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has released the following statement commenting on Congressional passage of HR 4137, the Higher Education Opportunity Act, which reauthorizes many federal programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the eight 2008-09 recipients of Presidential Graduate Fellowships. These prestigious fellowships honor NU graduate students – four students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, two at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and two at the University of Nebraska at Omaha – on the basis of high scholastic performance, personal accomplishment and innovative research projects.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken and Omaha businessman and philanthropist Richard (Dick) Holland, chairman of the Building Bright Futures Board of Directors, have been invited by U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to appear on a "promising efforts" panel at the National Summit on Higher Education to be held July 17-18, 2008, in Chicago.

The University of Nebraska's Peter Kiewit Institute, which was founded in 1996 and houses UNO's College of Information Science and Technology and the Omaha-based programs of UNL's College of Engineering, is positioned to move to the "next level of accomplishment and success," according to NU President James B. Milliken.

Three items have been added to the agenda for the June 13, 2008 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

A resolution proposal has been added to the agenda for the June 13, 2008 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet on Friday, June 13, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St., Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1:30 p.m.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken will recommend the approval of a 5 percent tuition increase for the 2008-09 school year, plus a 1 percent tuition assessment necessary to provide matching funds for NU building renovations authorized by the State Legislature. This is the last year of the required 1 percent increase for the LB 605 building program.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will make a campus visit to the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Friday, May 16.

Statement of University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet on Friday, April 18, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St., Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1 p.m.