LINCOLN- The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has met in closed sessions four times since January as they search for the next president of the NU System. While the board has yet to indicate where they are in the process, many believe they are closing in on the selection of a priority candidate.

"It's proceedings very well," said Regent Tim Clare in early February. Later this month, NU will cross the seven-month threshold from the time former President Ted Carter left to become president of Ohio State University. Clare said that while he intended the search to proceed expeditiously, the regents would take as long as they need to find the right person for the job.

"College presidencies are very complicated, complex jobs," said Hironao Okahana, assistant vice president of research at the American Council of Education. Okahana, citing several of the issues the next NU president will need to overcome, like a $58 million budget shortfall, said college administrators are being asked to think more holistically about educational institutions than they ever have before.

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