LINCOLN- The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will continue to select leaders annually after a proposal to extend the terms that its chairpersons serve failed Friday on a 4-4 vote. The proposal from Regent Rob Schafer of Beatrice would have extended the term that board chairs serve from one year to two years but failed to find the support of a majority of elected regents.

All four regents representing rural areas of the state voted in support of the measure, while those representing Lincoln and Omaha voted against it at the regents’ final meeting of 2024. Schafer, at the start of a lengthy and sometimes heated discussion on Friday, said a two-year term for board chairs would align that position more closely with leadership positions in the Legislature.

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