vcsuFARGO, N.D. (AP) – The state Board of Higher Education will increase salaries for college presidents between 3 and 5 percent based on a formula that considers performance and market comparisons.
 
     Acting chancellor Larry Skogen met Wednesday (August 7, 2013)  in Valley City with board members Kari Reichert and Duaine Espegard to decide pay raises for the 10 presidents, on instructions from the full board.
 
     The plan calls for 5 percent raises for Valley City State’s Steve Shirley and Mayville State’s Gary Hagen, and 4 percent raises for North Dakota State’s Dean Bresciani, Lake Region State’s Doug Darling and Williston State’s Raymond Nadolny.
 
     Getting 3 percent raises are the University of North Dakota’s Robert Kelley, Minot State’s David Fuller, Dickinson State’s D.C. Costen, North Dakota State School of Science’s John Richman, and Skogen, the Bismarck State president.