In 2000, state funding made up just over a third of the University of Nebraska’s operating budget.
Today, that has shrunk to 19% — $699 million of NU’s $3.6 billion total budget.
Earlier this year, a less-than-asked-for state appropriation led the NU Board of Regents to adopt $20 million in cuts across the system. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln faces another $27.5 million in cuts to try and pull itself out of a yearslong structural deficit…