Ni “Phil” He, University of Nebraska at Omaha Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, speaks during a commencement ceremony at Baxter Arena in Omaha on Friday, May 16, 2025.

The University of Nebraska is drawing criticism after proposing a $450 million football stadium overhaul while simultaneously looking to roll back its academic expenditures.

In this June 5, 2013, photo, Ben Sasse, then president of Midland University, speaks in the school's gym. At the time, more than 600 of Midland's nearly 1,100 students were on one of its 25 sports ...