NU SYSTEM FACES $43 MILLION SHORTFALL; CUTS EXPECTED AT OMAHA, LINCOLN, KEARNEY CAMPUSES

LINCOLN - University of Nebraska President Ted Carter said Friday he anticipates a $43 million shortfall that he plans to remedy through cuts at four of its campuses.

The university system has seen its finance suffer because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cuts will occur over the next three years, beginning with the budget year 2020-21 at these institutions:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln — 5.5%

University of Nebraska at Omaha — 3.9%

University of Nebraska at Kearney — 3.9%

NU Medical Center — 2.9%

"This could have been so much worse," Carter said after a press conference Friday.

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