BISMARCK N.D.
The presidents of North Dakota’s two largest universities would be paid at least $300,000 annually under new salary guidelines the Board of Higher Education is preparing to approve. The sum would represent a raise of at least 42 percent.
The salary ranges, offered by William Goetz, the new chancellor of North Dakota’s university system, also suggest pay increases for seven of the system’s eight remaining presidents, all of whom make six-figure salaries.
The exception is Lee Vickers, president of Dickinson State University, who is retiring at year’s end. Vickers’ $157,915 annual salary is barely within a suggested range of $155,000 to $175,000 for the presidents of Dickinson State, Valley City State and Mayville State universities.
Goetz and Laura Glatt, the university system’s vice chancellor for administrative affairs, said the pay ranges were compiled using salary information from comparable schools across the country.
A three-member Board of Higher Education subcommittee endorsed the proposals on Tuesday. The full board will take them up Thursday, when its members meet at Minot State University.
“I think this is a really good package,” said board member Sue Andrews, who was chairwoman of the board’s compensation subcommittee.
