North Dakota University System looks at budget deficit - Nick Smith, Bismark Tribune

Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen, shown here in a meeting at the Capitol earlier this year, said the budget for the North Dakota University System office has a projected deficit of between $250,000 and $300,000. Members of a higher education committee recommended approval of a proposed 2016 operating budget for the North Dakota University System office that contained a deficit on Monday. The three-member State Board of Higher Education as Budget and Finance Committee also forwarded an operating budget for the full SBHE as well as proposed salary increases for university presidents for final approval. Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen said the system office budget has a projected deficit of between $250,000 and $300,000. http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/north-dakota-university-system-looks-at-budget-deficit/article_a127a066-58e6-5c17-894c-9ae10e5aee3f.html