Topic: College of Southern Nevada
Nevada's higher education system faces a 20 percent reduction in funding in Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget. Among the scenarios discussed are closing entire campuses, restricting access for Nevada's undereducated citizenry and laying off staff. It falls to lawmakers to decide whether to ...
Nevada's higher education system has thousands of nontraditional students balancing school, work and family responsibilitiesThere seems to be a misconception out there that when we talk about supporting higher education we're talking about fraternity boys playing beer pong or guys in tweed ...
Enrollment caps are a shortsighted fix to a larger problem for colleges Community colleges have traditionally provided an education for all individuals from recently graduated high school students who want their general education courses to middle-aged adults who want to train for ...
Money woes have officials who govern community colleges mulling enrollment limits In the three tiers of Nevadas system of higher education, the role of the community college has been constant: There will always be room for new students.Statewide, more students attend community ...
At UNLV, spendingwill follow a strategy Nevadas public colleges have been hit hard by the states financial crisis.Students will see tuition go up at a time when schools are offering fewer classes in many areas. Heres a look at how some schools ...
Lawmakers agree to impose a day a month on other workers Higher education employees fought budget cuts together. Faculty and the higher education systems professional staffers such as budget analysts, on the other hand, likely will not have to take unpaid time ...
College thinks it can save facilities in Vegas, Moapa Valley as four others close Even under what some higher education officials have called a doomsday scenario, the College of Southern Nevada would likely keep open two learning centers it had planned to ...
When the College of Southern Nevada announced plans last summer to close six learning centers in mid-2009 to save money, the decision sounded concrete.This month, however, spokeswoman K.C. Brekken said the school was working diligently with community leaders, other institutions and CSN ...
Lawmaker wants responsibility for adult ed shifted to colleges State Sen. Barbara Cegavske wants to move funding of adult education from local school districts to the states higher education system, arguing that doing so would help steer students away from the high ...
The news that UNLV would not finish a seven-year, $500 million fundraising campaign by the end of this year came as no surprise to the chancellor of Nevadas public higher education system.In fact, I told them they wouldnt make it three or ...