Amendments to trim North Dakota higher ed budget opposed - Ryan Johnson, Forum News Service

North Dakota University System leaders are calling on lawmakers to restore the state’s higher education budget in the wake of new amendments that could trim millions of dollars from what campuses will receive over the next two years. In a message April 10 to members of the House Appropriations Committee, Chancellor Hamid Shirvani and State Board of Higher Education President Duaine Espegard said they continue to back the funding plan in Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s budget recommendations last fall and urged committee members to “lend your support” to the plan. http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/14233/group/Higher%20Education/