Nebraska governor raises concerns about presidential search

Pillen has taken issue with the search timeline for the next University of Nebraska president. The Board of Regents could name a priority candidate today. With the search for the University of Nebraska’s next president stretching into its seventh month, the Board of Regents is coming under mounting pressure from Governor Jim Pillen to make an appointment already. Today, the board seems poised to do just that. A meeting scheduled for this morning includes an agenda item indicating that regents will likely designate a “priority candidate” as the system’s next...