"I’m Neal Smatresk,
President of UNLV. After a period of rapid growth where UNLV never
caught up to student demand we faced a huge cut in our budget - we lost
$73M in four years - 43% of our state budget.
This was devastating and combined with salary cuts and benefits cuts
left us with about 700 full time faculty, down from over 1000 faculty.
Our research faculty brings in grants, train students in cutting edge
technologies, and are the fountainhead of innovation
in our region, but we are struggling to keep them when they are getting
great offers from other states."
Welcome to the new reality Dr. Smatresk.
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