LINCOLN - University of Nebraska President Jeff Gold told faculty and staff he had been misled during last fall’s budget-cutting process that resulted in the elimination of four academic programs and dozens of jobs at the system’s flagship campus. Speaking at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Thursday, Gold said he shared in the disappointment and frustration many expressed at the shortcomings of the metrics used to justify approximately $6.7 million in budget cuts.

“I trusted people who said they were accurately communicating that there were metrics that were validated and agreed upon,” Gold said. “I trusted people that said there was formal input on multiple levels of appropriate shared governance.”

Gold said his trust in that process had been “violated,” adding what had been described about the process both to him and members of the NU Board of Regents in meetings last fall “were not accurate.”

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