One-in-four chance, give or take. One of the candidates is female/internal, which could hurt/help DB depending on what they want. If not this time, then the next – it’s the nature of the game.

The important thing is for NDSU is to keep fighting to maintain its rightful, hard-earned status as ND's premier research university. Higher Ed in ND is a victim of its own ineptitude and the current model would make the most ardent socialist blush. It’s ridiculous, quite frankly. There are way too many 2-4 year colleges for the population. NDSU and UND aren’t going anywhere. Time to man-up and cull a few of the others.

Of course, this will be met with serious resistance. Schools like DSU represent significant ‘pork’ to the local constituents, while there are those in the state who fully realize that the current model keeps any one school from being too successful (‘tall-poppy’ syndrome) and they want to keep it so. Change is difficult. It has to be done, however, and Burgum is the guy to do it.