Posts Tagged ‘Board of Regents’
LAS VEGAS – Despite a brief discussion last week on budget issues, decisions on how the Nevada System of Higher Education will handle a 6.9 percent decrease in state funding will have to wait until at least April.
Tags: Board of Regents, budget, NSHE, regents
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LAS VEGAS – In a speech to the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, Gov. Jim Gibbons proposed changes that he said will modernize higher education, as well as give it a more steady budget.
In the speech, Gibbons called NSHE “Nevada’s intellectual infrastructure” and said his plan represents a new way of thinking about [...]
Tags: Board of Regents, budget, budget cuts, CSN, Gibbons, NSHE
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The University of Nevada, Reno will likely see the closure of more than a dozen degree programs, the elimination of a major college and the loss of about 75 faculty members by Fall 2011.
Tags: Board of Regents, budget cuts, CABNR, College of Education, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE, Special Session, UNR
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ELKO – The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents voted to allow the University of Nevada, Reno to seek an $11.2 million commercial loan to fund a medical education learning lab to be built on campus at their meeting Thursday.
The Regents also voted to extend UNR Athletic Director Cary Groth’s contract for three years Friday morning. Groth is in the fourth year of a four-year contract.
Tags: Board of Regents, Cary Groth, Cedric Crear, diversity, medical education learning lab, NSHE, President Milton Glick, Provost Marc Johnson, UNLV, UNR, UNSOM
Posted in Administration, News, News CP
ELKO – The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents called to order their first meeting of the fall semester this morning at the Great Basin College in Elko. Check this post throughout the day on Thursday and Friday for updates from the meeting.
Tags: Board of Regents, Elko, Great Basin College, NSHE
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After debating behind closed doors and postponing the announcement to the public twice, a subcommittee of the Nevada State Legislature released a tentative size of the cut to the state’s higher education system Tuesday, to the relief of many university officials.
The cut, amounting to 12.5 percent, will be discussed at a special meeting of the [...]
Tags: Board of Regents, Milton Glick, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE
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CARSON CITY — After keeping the public waiting for more than two hours, lawmakers decided to postpone the education budget closing.
University of Nevada, Reno President Milton Glick said legislators, who were supposed to start a budget hearing at 8 a.m. Friday, were still discussing final numbers behind closed doors while the public waited.
Nevada System of Higher [...]
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CARSON CITY — The Board of Regents plan to hold a special budget meeting in May, the board’s chair Michael Wixom said.Details will be announced at a later date.
The regents were slated to discus the 2009-11 Nevada System of Higher Education budget, but will wait until after the Nevada State Legislature decides on what the [...]
Tags: Board of Regents, Budget Crisis, Chancellor Jim Rogers, Dan Klaich, Nevada State Legislature, NSHE, UNR
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The Nevada Sagebrush will update this post throughout Friday’s budget hearing. Check the Web site later for a full story and video segments.
CARSON CITY- About 25 people spilled into an overflow room at the Nevada State Legislature on Friday morning, after about 85 students from institutions across the state, educators and community members packed [...]
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Gov. Jim Gibbons criticized the Nevada System of Higher Education in a podcast Wednesday, saying its leaders show a “lack of cooperation,†making it difficult for the state to move forward with the budget cut process.
He also said:
- He supports a tuition increase.
- The institutions should seek more independence from state funding.
- There are misconceptions about his proposed budget cuts to higher education.
Tags: Board of Regents, Gov. Jim Gibbons, higher education, NSHE, UNR
Posted in Budget Crisis, News
LAS VEGAS — The Fire Science Academy, a Carlin-based facility with a $39 million debt, will remain open for at least another two years. The Board of Regents voted 11-2 Friday to accept the University of Nevada, Reno's new debt-consolidation plan, which includes donations and the government purchase of the facility for National Guard use.
Tags: Board of Regents, BOR, Fire Science Academy, FSA, NSHE
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The Nevada Sagebrush will update this post throughout the meeting, so check back for updates.
LAS VEGAS - The Board of Regents are meeting Thursday and Friday at the College of Southern Nevada, Charleston Campus, and is scheduled to discuss a variety of topics, including the Nevada System of Higher Education biennial budget.
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The Board of Regents will discuss a variety of topics at its meeting this week, including budget cuts, the Fire Science Academy debt and new food venues in the Joe Crowley Student Union.
The board will meet Thursday and Friday at the College of Southern Nevada, Charleston Campus in Las Vegas.
First on the agenda is the Nevada System of Higher Education biennial budget — a discussion the regents postponed at their past two meetings. The board was holding off on budget discussions until Gov. Jim Gibbons issued a formal propsal, regents said at past meetings.
Tags: Board of Regents, Budget Crisis, Food Venues
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