In ten years there will
be no public support for public higher education. This means that all
state universities including UNLV and UNR will receive nothing from the
state. Where will they
get their money? It will come from tuition, fees and funds from
research projects.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
College Life 101
The University of
Nevada, Reno’s Center for Student Cultural Diversity received one of 17
national awards in 2011 for its exemplary student-retention program,
College Life 101. The Center and
the new Director of Diversity Initiatives role signal the University’s
commitment to diversity.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Successful Results
This fall, 40% of the
University of Nevada, Reno freshman class are underrepresented students.
For the better part of a decade, the University of Nevada, Reno has
made a concerted effort to
design and fund programs that provide outreach and college advising to
students from underrepresented backgrounds as early as elementary and
middle school. These intentional recruitment and student-success efforts
are yielding successful results.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Underrepresented Students
Enrollment of
underrepresented students at the University of Nevada, Reno is at an
all-time high at 29% of the student body. Contributing factors include
early outreach and recruitment activities
combined with free and easily accessible retention and support
services.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
UNR
Enrollment of Latino
students at the University of Nevada, Reno increased 19% from fall 2011
to fall 2012. A Town Hall on College Affordability and the Hispanic
Community with U.S. Secretary
of Education Arne Duncan was held on campus Sept. 12 and brought
together college and high school students, parents, teachers, education
officials and community leaders to discuss affordability, access to
higher education and other vital topics from the perspective
of Hispanic students and families.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Diversity Summit
The NSHE Northern Nevada
Diversity Summit on October 11 marked the first time all five northern,
NSHE institutions, neighboring school districts and community
stakeholders assembled
with the singular purpose of establishing ongoing dialog about
improving the educational pipeline for underrepresented students. The
summit was held at the University of Nevada, Reno with the keynote
delivered by Dr. William G. Tierney of USC.
Friday, December 21, 2012
UNLV Center For Academic Enrichment
The UNLV Center for
Academic Enrichment and outreach coordinates the largest suite of
federally funded TRiO and GEAR UP programs in the nation, helping tens
of thousands of underrepresented
middle and high school students get ready for college each year: http://caeo.unlv.edu/News.html
UNLV is currently on
track to become a minority serving institution, with growing populations
in the Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander communities.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Diversity Leadership Forums
The UNLV Office of Diversity Initiatives regularly
hosts diversity leadership forums to bring together community
and campus leaders on key social and economic issues impacting various
communities in Southern Nevada. The office also oversees policy creation
and compliance; works to ensure professional development and mentoring,
and collaborates with campus and community
partners to encourage cultural competency.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hospitality Program
UNLV’s Harrah Hotel
College awarded more degrees to minority students than any hospitality
program in the nation from 2010 to 2011, according to the magazine Diverse Issues
in Higher Education. The report also ranked UNLV 14th nationally
for Native American graduates in all disciplines. Through project
“Dreamcatcher,” over 100 local Native American high school students will
attend workshops at UNLV to address obstacles
in higher education and health. The grant-funded project is coordinated
through the university’s American Indian Research and Education
Center.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Most Diverse
UNLV is one of the
nation’s most diverse campuses for undergrads, according to the 2013
U.S. News & World Report best colleges rankings. The publication
compiles a diversity index
for each school and UNLV was ranked in the top ten.
Monday, December 17, 2012
UNLV / Global
UNLV is a global
university right in our own backyard, with students hailing from all 50
states and more than 70 countries. Topping the list of international
students is South
Korea, with more than 400 current undergraduates.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Hispanic Women of Excellence
In late September, the
Latino Scorpions cosponsored the Hispanic Women of Excellence
highlighting Latina entrepreneurs at Nevada State College.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Medicaid
I am hearing good things about Governor Sandoval. His decision on
Medicaid shows he has good judgment. http://1.usa.gov/12aRBux
Anything our company can do we’ll be happy to help.
President’s Diversity Council
Earlier this year at
Nevada State College, President Patterson re-initiated the President’s
Diversity Council to guide and assist with diversity and community
engagement.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Hispanic Serving Intuitions Forum
In partnership with the
Latin Chamber of Commerce, Nevada State College co-hosted a Hispanic
Serving Intuitions forum featuring Dr. Martin Ahumada and Mr. Roger
Campos.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Nevada State College
Nevada State College is a
proud member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
HACU is focused on improving access to, and the quality of
postsecondary educational opportunities,
for Hispanic students and meeting the needs of business and industry
through the development and sharing of resources, information and
expertise.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Latino Cohort Program
Retention of Latino
students at Western Nevada College who are in the Latino cohort program
grew to 94% in 2011, well above the college average.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
WNC
Western Nevada College
offers Latino parents free workshops about the importance of encouraging
their children to continue their education, and make time to study and
learn.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
WNC & Minority Students
Western Nevada College
connects with minority students in rural Nevada through school
districts, community organizations, campus events, peers, and parents.
Monday, December 3, 2012
UMC Interviews
Today during News 3 at Noon go “Inside Nevada.” I speak with UMC’s Chief Operating Officer Brian Brannman. For forty years UMC has gotten a bad rap for its quality of care and its handling of financial matters. For the next eight weeks, I will be bringing you interviews with the UMC administrators, the Dean of the University of Nevada Medical School, Clark County Commissioners and doctors who participate in providing healthcare to Nevadans. I believes you will conclude that UMC is a very efficiently run entity that provides world class medical care to Nevadans.
Bridge to Success
Western Nevada College’s
Bridge to Success program has helped increase the percentage of
minority enrollment in comparison to the community population.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Mixed Blessings Symposium
Truckee Meadows Community College’s Mixed Blessings Symposium: The Mixed Blessings Symposium held Nov. 8‐10
at TMCC and Nevada Museum of Art featured presentations and creative
projects inspired by peoples of mixed identities, inspired by Lucy R.
Lippard’s book “Mixed Blessings, New Art in a Multicultural America.”
“Mixed Blessings” is one of the first books to
discuss the cross-cultural process taking place in the work of
contemporary Latino, Native, African‐ and Asian‐American
artists.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Dean’s Future Scholars
Truckee Meadows
Community College’s Dean’s Future Scholars: Dean’s Future Scholars (DFS)
is an academic outreach program with the goal of increasing the numbers
of low-income, first generation
students graduating from high-school, gaining access to higher
education, and entering a career in the field of education. Currently 13
DFS are attending TMCC representing diverse cultural backgrounds.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Bonehead Deal!
This is the
bonehead deal of the century and UNLV made it. When they sold the name of the business
school to Ted Lee for 14 million dollars they forever set a benchmark that
prohibited UNLV from ever selling the name of a college for more than 14
million dollars. Not only is the amount grossly inadequate there’s no term
limit on it. A hundred years from now the UNLV business school will still be
named after Ted Lee. To show how little thinking was given you should know that
my name which is now on the University of Arizona Law School will only last 30
years, after which the University of Arizona may sell the name again. We actually gave thought to
the naming consequences. That is why my family’s gift exceeds 50 million dollars but
has lasting effects of only 30 years. I wonder if Bill Bolt has ever given
thought to the implications of his actions beyond the next 30 days.
Biomedical Pipeline Program
Truckee Meadows
Community College’s Biomedical Pipeline Program: INBRE, the IDeA Network
of Biomedical Research Excellence, is a multifaceted 10-year grant
funded by the National Institutes
of Health. Areas of focus include building programs to serve
undergraduates and encourage high school students to pursue degrees in
the sciences, and build a biomedical student pipeline program to prepare
students at primarily undergraduate institutions for
transitions to four-year research institutions for entry into graduate
school. More than 78% of students in the INBRE program are female, and
more than 88% are first-generation students.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Holiday Concert
Diversity Holiday
Concert: Truckee Meadows Community College’s Concert Choir will present
its annual winter program featuring music from a variety of countries,
including France, Czech Republic,
Japan, Spain/Latin America, India, an African Alleluia, and several
well-known traditional carols. This free concert will be held on
Wednesday, December 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the Nell J. Redfield Foundation Performing Arts Center.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Success First Program
Success First
Program: In the 2011-2012 academic year, 425 students participated in
the Truckee Meadows Community College Success First program. Fifty
three percent of these students were
from an underrepresented population, and 98% came from families where
neither parent had earned a bachelor’s degree.
Friday, November 23, 2012
American Indian Descent
Slightly more than 3% of
the student body at Great Basin College is of American Indian descent.
That is in the 95th percentile of more than 260 community colleges in
the nation.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Great Basin Indian Archives
Great Basin College is
home of the Great Basin Indian Archives, one of the most important oral
history collections in the region. The archive was established in 2003
and provides students and
researchers with easy access to primary and digital information
chronicling the history and heritage of the Great Basin Indian people.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
GBC & Minority Students
In the last decade,
Great Basin College has tripled the number of certificates and degrees
awarded annually to minority students and now awards nearly 20% of the
certificate, associate and
bachelor degrees to American Indian, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, African
American, and students of mixed race.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Indian Education
Great Basin College
hosted the United States Department of Education and the White House
Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education Back-to-School
Bus Tour in September. The
Great Basin Roundtable Discussion on Indian Education featured
stakeholders from tribal, state, district, school and community levels
from Nevada and other western states. Assistant Secretary of Education,
Deb Delisle commented on the effective and important
work being accomplished between Great Basin College, regional school
districts and communities.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Great Basin College
Minority enrollments at
Great Basin College exceed the demographic of its service area. Since
2000, minority enrollments have increased by eight percentage points,
now nearly 23% of the student
population.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
CSN Students
More Latino and female
students graduate with a 2-year degree in science technology related
fields at the College of Southern Nevada than anywhere in the United
States.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
College of Southern Nevada
At the College of
Southern Nevada, 13% of Nevada’s Latinos have a 2-year degree or higher
compared to 29% of all adults. As the largest college in Nevada, the
College of Southern Nevada can
help change this.
Monday, November 12, 2012
CSN
The College of Southern
Nevada is proud to be the most diverse higher education institution in
Nevada with no ethnic majority among its student body.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Clinton / Obama
I always thought that President Clinton was the
most intelligent, best read and best educated of any of the 43
presidents through his administration. I’m told that as brilliant as
Clinton is that those around him always had to deal with
his ego which in some instances got in the way of his intellect. Those
same people tell me that Obama may actually be smarter than Clinton but
that the great advantage in dealing with Obama, is that his ego never
gets in the way. I feel very comfortable
with Barack Obama as President. He’s smart enough, sound enough,
thoughtful enough and energetic enough to help solve this country’s
social and economic problems.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Qualifications
Take a look at the qualifications, including
education and experience, of the commentators on MSNBC and then compare
those qualifications to those of the commentators on Fox and other
lunatic conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Rachel Maddow is a Stanford graduate, a Rhodes Scholar and has a PhD
from Oxford University. Lawrence O’Donnell is also a Harvard graduate.
Chris Matthews is a graduate of a top 20 university and worked for
leaders of the House and Senate for many years.
Glenn Beck never graduated from high school. Rush Limbaugh flunked out
of a mediocre university and the rest of the crowd certainly does not
have a Rhodes Scholar. How can anyone listen to the total lack of
intelligent thinking exhibited by some commentators?
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Solve This Country’s Problems
I’ve never been in a discussion with anyone who had a view
different from mine where that differing view did not have merit. The conservative Republicans had better learn
that in spite of their belief, they alone do not have the answers to this
country’s problems. There is at least
one opposing side that has substance.
Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman John Boehner actually believe
that they, and they alone, can solve this country’s problems. That belief makes them incompetent.
"Dawn & Jim"
Today,
we debut a new segment during News 3 at Noon. “Dawn & Jim” - I sit
down with Dawn Gibbons, the former first lady of Nevada, for a lively
conversation. Today’s topic? It’s
the big talker …. the presidential election. Please watch and share
your thoughts.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Election Day
Today is finally Election Day. In every election
since I became old enough to vote, I voted. I cannot imagine anyone
being so irresponsible that they failed to use a fundamental right that
no other country in this world has, or has ever
had. Any study of history shows that all of the fundamental rights
fought for by the general public, all terminated in the concept of the
right to vote. I’m sure that in any dictatorship that if the public had
been given the right to vote, 98% would have
voted and 100% of those 98% would have voted to eliminate the
dictatorship. Of all the rights of Americans that have been taken for
granted, and in many instances have made those rights have little or no
value, the right to vote stands out as number 1. If
you think for just one moment about your reactions if you were denied
the right to vote, that single thought should drive you to the polls
today.
Monday, November 5, 2012
The Election
I cannot understand how the public, that is the
great majority of Americans, can vote against their own interests in a
Presidential election like the one tomorrow. If Romney wins, it will be
the most successful con job ever pulled on the
American public. Romney represents himself and his very rich friends
who really believe that it is they, and they alone, who built this
economy that although presently weak, will again become the strongest in
the world. Romney publicly writes off 47% of
Americans as being freeloaders. I would bet one of my favorite classic
cars against $1 that at dinner parties at the Romney house, all the
rich folks sit around patting each other on the back on how they have
created an economy that dares to ask them to pay
more than 1% of their net income as a tax. They may be financial
wizards but that qualification doesn’t make them human beings with any
real worth. To protect yourself against these vultures, you have to
vote and you have to vote for Obama and his team
Friday, November 2, 2012
Tax Burden
TAX BURDEN ON NEVADA. Nevada gets the short end of
return to it on taxes Nevada citizens have paid into the federal
government. For every dollar of taxes paid to the federal government,
the State of Nevada receives 70 cents. Bad deal.
For every dollar in taxes paid by the citizens of Montana to the
federal government, Montana receives about $1.75. Something is terribly
wrong with this allocation. Nevada has infinitely more power in the
federal government than does Montana. The Republicans
seem to believe that all taxes are bad and therefore they tend to
overlook the inequities in tax burdens. Nevada gets short changed in the
distribution of federal taxes. You only need look at the difference
between the funds returned to Montana and the funds
returned to Nevada. I trust the entire Nevada Democrat members of
Congress will protect Nevada’s need better than the Republicans.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Mark Amodei vs. Samuel Koepnick
Mark Amodei vs. Samuel Koepnick. I know
nothing about Samuel Koepnick. He may be the most qualified person in
the world but his history doesn’t prove that to be true. As for Mark
Amodei, in my limited contacts with him,
I found him to be a thoughtful, reasonable, truly interested individual
who will certainly protect Nevada’s interest in Congress. If I could
vote in this election, I’d vote for Amodei.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Dina Titus vs. Chris Edwards
Dina Titus vs. Chris Edwards.
Before we get into the race between Mark
Amodei and Samuel Koepnick, I have this brief comment about Dina Titus. She is a very bright, knowledgeable and
enthusiastic person who genuinely believes in Nevada’s future. I generally feel that the public, through a
long a torturous process, comes to the correct conclusion on the best person to
represent it in public office. The
Titus-Gibbons election was totally contrary and inconsistent with my
theory. Gibbons was the disaster of
Nevada’s leadership during the last 100 years.
Nevadans made a big mistake when they didn’t elect Dina Titus. I’m sure that mistake will not be repeated
and she will be reelected to Congress.
I do not know anything about Chris Edwards other than he was
in the Navy for 25 years.