Special budget cut from Regent William Cobb (Web Link)

The focus of this brief is on the manyaccomplishments of the eight NSHE institutions, including the professional schools such as the University of Nevada School of Medicine, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine and the William S. Boyd School of Law. To read the entire 69-page brief, please click here:

Faculty Recruitment & Retention (Web Link)

The focus of this week's budget cut brief is on the impact the proposed cuts are having on faculty recruitment, retention and morale. The presidents from NSC, UNR and TMCC, all eight faculty senate chairs and a former NSHE president address this topic in depth. Also discussed are faculty health benefits issues; a call to action for UNLV alumni; letters from a parent and student; as well as support letters for the eight NSHE institutions and the Health Sciences System.

Chancellor’s latest memo highlights recruitment, retention (Web Link)

In his weekly memo on budget cuts, the chancellor of Nevada's public higher education system tackled the issue of faculty recruitment and retention.

Gibbons still hasn't applied for federal education stimulus (Web Link)

CARSON CITY — With legislators now setting a May 8 deadline to close state agency budgets, state Budget Director Andrew Clinger said today that Gov. Jim Gibbons still has not yet submitted an application to secure about $400 million in federal stimulus funds for state education programs.

Stimulus money isn't coming easy: (Web Link)

Nevada is among states struggling to satisfy conditions for funding Las Vegas Sun, April 13: ...For the purposes of the stimulus program, K-12 and higher ed are being treated as one entity, even though they are funded separately

STATE BUDGET: Numbers add up to confusion: Legislature, gove (Web Link)

Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 12: ...Then there's $324 million for education, money the state can only access if it puts as much money into higher and K-12 education as it did in 2006, or is granted a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education

NSHE Response to Budget Cuts (Web Link)

As part of the NSHE's effort to educate the public about the effects that the current, and proposed, budget cuts are having on K-16 education, our institutions and community partners have come together to produce a weekly series of educational briefs. Simply click on a link to the left to read the document (PDF).

Rankings & Research (PDF File)

Nevada’s lack of planning for the future; the importance Of research; Nevada mining association response; Financial score card; and community support letters for Higher education

Nevada's Lack of Investment in Higher Education (PDF File)

Nevada's Lack of Investment in Higher Education -

AB375 will have measureable negative impacts on Nevadans (MS Word File)

Contributed by Tracy Shane: We do a lot with the University of Nevada Coorperative Extension here on the GBC campus and it would be a horrible loss to have NSHE funding cut from county budgets as well.

66-PAGE INITIATIVE: Bill aims to overhaul education (Web Link)

Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mar. 19: ...The bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, also seeks to improve the way students are tracked and the way the K-12 education system collaborates with higher education, as well as impose oversight on the reform efforts

Gibbons asks for waiver to get funds (Web Link)

Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mar. 19: CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons asked Wednesday for a waiver of a federal rule that requires a big increase in higher education funds in his proposed budget to qualify for part of the state's nearly $1.5 billion in expected federal stimulus funds.

The Big Job Engines: Education and Health (Web Link)

Spending on health care and education will be the fastest way to create jobs while other sectors recover

FROM CHANCELLOR ROGERS: County Support for Community College (Web Link)

This week's budget cut brief from Chancellor Rogers focuses on local government support for community colleges, specifically a proposed Memorandum of Understanding between Clark County and the College of Southern Nevada.

Legislature exhorted to spare education (Web Link)

Elko Daily News, March 13: Great Basin College students and faculty this morning urged state legislators not to cut the services the school provides and gave personal accounts of how it benefits the community.

Is anyone in charge in Nevada? (Web Link)

Las Vegas Sun, March 13: ...When the governor unveiled his budget on Jan. 15, with 6 percent pay cuts for teachers and state workers and 36 percent cuts in higher education, some state observers expected Buckley to quickly release an alternative

Governor's office trying to decide if it will seek a waiver (Web Link)

Reno Gazette-Journal, March 13: ...The working group includes representatives from both the Nevada System of Higher Education and the State Department of Education and those representatives have been working with my staff to solidify an agreement on statutory support for both institutions

Elko regent hopeful on budget cuts (Web Link)

Elko Daily News, March 12: Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Dorothy Gallagher of Elko said Wednesday there will be cuts in the budgets of Nevada's universities and colleges, but said she is "not buying into the doom-and-gloom thing. We can't let higher education fail."

This week's budget cut brief from Chancellor Rogers (PDF File)

This week's budget cut brief from Chancellor Rogers includes information regarding a proposal to increase Nevada's "sin taxes" as well as stories from students and faculty about how the proposed budget cuts willnegatively impact their respective futures. Also included is an updated Financial Score Card and letters of support for the Health Sciences System and the eight NSHE institutions.

Why reprimand Rogers now over dispute with governor? (Web Link)

Why reprimand Rogers now over dispute with governor? Regents explain why they took chancellor to task for his latest blast at Gibbons Las Vegas Sun, March 2: Sniping between the chancellor of Nevada's public higher education system and Gov. Jim Gibbons over budget cuts reached a crescendo as the chancellor labeled Gibbons a "greedy, uninterested, unengaged human being" in a Feb. 22 opinion piece in Carson City's Nevada Appeal.

After truce, NV governor attacks Rogers in speech (Web Link)

San Francisco Gate, March 1: Gov. Jim Gibbons has criticized Chancellor Jim Rogers, only days after the two declared a truce following Rogers's harsh criticism of the governor over his proposed deep cuts in higher education.

Students plead with lawmakers over budget cuts (Web Link)

Reno Gazette-Journal, Feb. 28: Lawmakers heard more than an hour of at times emotional testimony Friday from university and college students who repeatedly begged them not to make the cuts to higher education proposed by Gov. Jim Gibbons

Higher education officials say Gibbons' proposals would forc (Web Link)

Reno Gazette-Journal, Feb. 27: Higher education officials are telling Nevada lawmakers that to carry out Gov. Jim Gibbons' proposed budget cuts, they would have to lay off about 2,000 full-time employees

Governor removes dollars, gloves in higher education battle (Web Link)

KTVN, Feb 26: It's the politics of recession here in Nevada and the battle field is our college classrooms.

Higher education cuts criticized (Web Link)

Higher education cuts criticized Mercury News, Feb 27: Higher education officials told lawmakers Friday that to carry out Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons' proposed budget cuts, they would have to lay off 2,000 full-time employees.

Great Basin College students push to ‘save higher education’ (Web Link)

Elko Daily Free Press article contributed by Julie Smith.

CHANCELLOR ROGERS: Gibbons shows little understanding of his (Web Link)

By Jim Rogers Nevada Higher Education System Chancellor Special to the Nevada Appeal

Gibbons’ budget would kill higher ed (Web Link)

Michael B. Wixom and Jason Geddes - Sun, Feb 22, 2009 In January, Gov. Jim Gibbons presented his executive budget for the 2009-11 biennium, including a $475 million cut in the Nevada higher education budget — a cut amounting to more than one third of the prior budget.

Nevada must restore university budgets to get education stim (Web Link)

Unless lawmakers find a way to restore most of the governor’s cuts to higher education, the state probably can’t qualify for any of the education funding in the federal stimulus package.

System Salaries (PDF File)

The Nevada System of Higher Education has more than 14,800 employees. Governor Gibbons took issue with 1,328 of those employees in a letter dated August 19, 2008.

Nevada Legislature (Web Link)

Welcome to the Nevada Legislature The 75th Regular Session of the Nevada Legislature began on February 2, 2009. The Session will end on or before June 1, 2009.

Who's My Legislator? What's My District? (Web Link)

Who's My Legislator? What's My District? Search by Address or by Map

Chancellor Rogers focuses on reduction (PDF File)

This week's budget cut brief from Chancellor Rogers focuses on reduction and efficiency improvements among the eight institutions within the Nevada System of Higher Education. Attached is the cover sheet summarizing the full 69-page report.

Teacher layoffs = "fearmongering" (Web Link)

Nevada's Senator Ensign made this statement on Meet the Press yesterday: "... to get back to what Congressman Frank said, is that, you know, we're going to be laying off teachers and firefighters. You know, that's just fearmongering. We're not going to be doing that in any of the states." Apparently Sen. Ensign is unfamiliar with the governor's plans for the state budget, or he knows something we don't. The phone number of his office in Washington is (202) 224-6244.

Nevada may not qualify for federal stimulus (Web Link)

Nevada has to meet minimum standards to qualify for aid. According to this article, it does not.

Time for Gibbon's critics to put up or shut up (Web Link)

Chuck Muth issues a worthy challenge.

Duncan: Stimulus aid could give schools help (Web Link)

Interesting! Contributed by Lisa Frazier.

Legislative Contact Info (MS Word File)

Easy reference in a Word document, thanks to Marsha Holford and Laurie Walsh.

Reno lawmakers say student protests will impact budget (Web Link)

Tragi-comic suggestions for the budget (Web Link)

Today's letters to the editor of the Nevada Appeal.

Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education (Web Link)

Nevada is not specifically mentioned here, but it may be affected.

NSHE Budget Overview (Web Link)

The Power Point presentation (converted for the web) made on 1/27 to the Nevada Legislative Commission’s Budget Subcommittee.

Administrators say proposed cuts too much to withstand (Web Link)

Report on town hall meeting in Las Vegas with the Chancellor and college presidents.

KENV News 10, NBC for Elko - View Video (Web Link)

GBC's SGA's President Says He's Confident Lawmakers Will Include Rural Nevada's Concerns in the Statewide Debate. A New "Sunset Tax" May be the Answer for Budget Shortfalls. GBC Students From Around the Region Met With Lawmakers. More Budget Woes For Higher Education. If Proposed Budget Cuts Happen They Will Devestate Rural Nevada Education.

Read all of Chancellor Rogers' budget cuts (Web Link)

NSHE Response to Budget Cuts As part of the NSHE's effort to educate the public about the effects that the current, and proposed, budget cuts are having on K-16 education, our institutions and community partners have come together to produce a weekly series of educational briefs.

NV chancellor's fight against cuts supported (Web Link)

Video of Chancellor Rogers' State of the System Address (Web Link)

KRNV (Channel 4, Reno) Budget Crisis News Page (Web Link)

Save Nevada Students (Web Link)

Here's a place where students can tell their stories and read stories of other students.

The Nevada Higher Education Budget Cuts are Threatening my Future (Web Link)

This is a link to a group on Facebook. It's easy to create a Facebook account (start by clicking the title, above). This group has 1,500+ members and is growing daily. Lots of excellent information is posted here.

State of Education (PDF File)

The Chancellor’s address and Superintendent Rulffes address will air on Channel 3 in Las Vegas at 7:30 p.m. tonight, January 23, and the address by the Chancellor and Superintendent Paul Dugan will air on Channel 4 in Reno and Channel 10 in Elko tonight, January 23 at 7:30 pm. If you cannot watch tonight’s broadcast, you can watch this weekend at http://www.kvbc.com, http://www.krnv.com, http://www.nevada.edu or on YouTube.

Funding Letters (PDF File)

A letter the Chancellor's Office sent to members of the Clark County Commission regarding local government support of the College of Southern Nevada and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Also included are new revenue ideas related to Powerball sales and a tax plan from the Progressive Leadership Alliance. In addition, there are support letters from newly-elected legislators Shirley Breeden and Marilyn Dondero Loop; the Reno-Sparks Chamber; and letters of support for the eight NSHE institutions and the Health Sciences System.

Governor Gibbons' State of the State Address (PDF File)

Las Vegas Sun News Article: 1/16/2009 (Web Link)