According to the Associated Press, North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education on Thursday approved annual pay rises for its college presidents that ranged from 2 percent to 6 percent, with the presidents of North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota both getting increases of more than $12,000, Businessweek reports. Chancellor William Goetz recommended the salary increases, using performance evaluations of each of the 10 presidents, a salary range based upon the type of school each president ran, and each one’s distance from the middle of the salary range…