Topic: University Of Nevada-Las Vegas
The decline bucks a nationwide trend fueled by Chinese studentsThe number of international students in Nevada has declined slightly even as national enrollment figures rose to a record high, according to a federal report released Monday.Nevada hosted 2,795 international students during the ...
College isn't worth it. That was the message from a Pew Research Center study this year that reported 57 percent of Americans think the higher education system doesn't give students a good value for the thousands of dollars in tuition and expenses ...
For an event that promoted literacy, this week's kickoff to the Rebel Reading Challenge looked more like a high-octane pep rally.There were Runnin' Rebels signing autographs for screaming fans, UNLV cheerleaders waving colorful pom-poms and dancing Rebel Girls in red sequined dresses.But ...
Nevada's universities are critical to state's future economic successThe leaders of UNLV and UNR both recently gave their annual speeches outlining the state of their universities and, without shying away from the difficult fiscal realities facing their institutions, both were remarkably optimistic.UNLV ...
Attention chronic procrastinators: UNLV has moved up its undergraduate application deadline by a month, abolishing its rolling admissions policy because of budget constraints.Undergraduate students interested in attending UNLV this fall must apply by 11:59 p.m. Aug. 1, university officials have announced. Next ...
For stubborn Sandoval, ideology trumps long-term solution to our economic woesIt is a tale of two pities.There are no best of times in 2011. These are the worst of times for Nevadans: thousands of homes in foreclosure, tens of thousands of Nevadans ...
UNLV's social workprogram could be savedCARSON CITY — The social work program at UNLV, due for elimination because of proposed budget cuts, might be saved, university President Neal Smatresk told a legislative subcommittee Tuesday.Smatresk said discussions are under way to combine the ...
Carson CityTraveling overnight Sunday with hundreds of students on their way to the state capital to protest budget cuts, I would occasionally awaken and see, through the rain, the lights of the caravan of buses.It was hard not to feel a bit ...
An educated citizenry is essential for economic recovery, experts say. UNLV and UNR battling budget crisis to keep state's best right here.Eric Glyman is exactly the type of young person Nevada needs to reinvent itself. The 20-year-old graduate of Green Valley High ...
The plan proposed by a UNLV professor is simple. Still, it has vast implications for more than 114,000 students, 7,000 professors and other employees at nine colleges and universities in Nevada. His suggestion: Close five institutions of higher education and move their ...