Money will now be given to Nevada System of Higher Education institutions based on current enrollment numbers, instead of using three-year enrollment averages. The reorganization means UNR will have to cut about $22 million from next year’s budget instead of almost $24 million under the old formula.

Live blog of the NSHE Board of Regents Meeting

The state legislature unanimously approved a plan that shifts money from state accounts into the general state fund during Monday’s special session.
For higher education, that means $5 million less in the Millennium Scholarship account and up to $2.5 million less for a higher education capital construction account.

The state legislature meets in Carson City for a special session to deal with Nevada’s budget shortfall.

LAS VEGAS - Board of Regents Chair Michael Wixom announced Friday morning that the board would hold a special meeting about the budget shortfall next week, postponing the discussion for a second time. The meeting will include discussion of a suggested tuition increase at Nevada System of Higher Education institutions, including the University of Nevada, Reno.

LAS VEGAS - A sea of students from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas protested possible tuition increase at Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting and pledged to continue fighting the possibility.

The student senate passed a resolution Wednesday night against a proposed tuition increase. The Board of Regents will discuss the increase at their meeting this week. The resolution, originally written by former senator Taylor R. Anderson and sponsored by Sens. Priscilla Acosta and Jennifer Richards underwent many amendments before being passed.

Students had more than just pizza on their minds when they attended Pizza With the President, a question and answer question with university administration that centered around budget cuts.

Students who showed up for the event in the Joe Crowley Student Union Tuesday instead found themselves at Pizza with the Provost with Provost Marc Johnson because Milton Glick got tied up in a meeting with the Board of Regents.

 

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Higher education officials said a tuition increase for next semester is unlikely, but wouldn’t rule out the possibility of future increases as Nevada’s budget shortfall continues.

After Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers said a 25 percent fee increase for students at the University of Nevada, Reno would raise $50 million for the system, students planned petitions and protests.

The University of Nevada, Reno still needs to cut another $10 million from next year’s budget to deal with projected deficits, university officials said in a town hall meeting Monday.
UNR President Milton Glick, Provost Marc Johnson and other officials used the town hall to explain the state of the university’s budget during a national economic recession and the highest budget shortfall in state history.

NSHE Chancellor Jim Rogers proposed a 25 percent tuition increase as soon as next spring to battle the ever-increasing state budget crunch, though some officials treat it as more of a warning than looming reality.

University of Nevada, Reno students should expect a tuition increase as the state tries to solve its budget shortfall, Nevada legislators and regents said. But while all students face the possibility of higher fees, others continue to receive tuition discounts.

University officials, regents and legislators said if students don’t speak up, the cuts could be even more detrimental. Several state programs are fighting for money and if one group is more visibly against cuts, that group will get more money, they said.

Provost Marc Johnson’s bookshelves are bare, except for one shelf that has binders labeled with the name of each college in the university. Books with titles like “A Fiscal Agenda For Nevada,” a laptop computer and stacks of papers crowd his desk. Boxes lay strewn across the office.

Academic programs with small numbers of students enrolled — including German, French and two agriculture programs — may be cut due to Nevada’s budget shortfall, university officials said Monday.

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