LINCOLN- This afternoon, the Nebraska University Board of Regents officially approved Dr. Jeff Gold as the President of the University of Nebraska systems. The Board approved Gold on a 7-1 vote with Regent Kathy Wilmot opposed. Wilmot did not offer a reason for her opposition. Gold's contract will pay a $1M base salary plus perks that come to about $1.3M in total compensation.

Gold, 71, who has been chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 2014, was announced as the priority candidate on March 20 following a nationwide search. A five-year contract was approved and pays about 10% more than Ted Carter was earning when he left NU to become president at Ohio State University.

The contract makes Gold amongst the best-compensated public university leaders in the U.S. when compared to data compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2022. Gold has spent last month meeting with faculty and students across the three Nebraska campuses. He has continuously asserted that he is eager to get to work.

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