With more than 20 comfy examination rooms and a pharmacy stocked with both prescription and over-the-counter medications, UNLV’s Student Health Center is the nicest place on campus that students never want to visit.
Education
For ninth-grader Cristian Lopez, visiting the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was “like a whole other world.”
More than 20 teachers, administrators and other employees at Clarksville High School will carry concealed weapons during the school day, making use of a little-known Arkansas law that allows licensed, armed security guards on campus.
On Monday, the College of Southern Nevada received 750 backpacks from Revive, making it the largest order the local company has fulfilled to date. CEO Jonathan Santos said that’s just the beginning.
Most colleges offer an array of business courses from principles of microeconomics to statistics and financial accounting. But one former University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor thought their curriculum should include venture capital.
Upperclassmen and graduate students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas might be able to enjoy a different kind of living starting in fall 2015.
Gov. Brian Sandoval will be picking from a list of three Nevadans when he hires the state’s next superintendent of schools, according to a state Board of Education decision made Thursday.
The class of 2018 will be the first group of Nevada students not required to take the state’s current proficiency exams.
Teach for America, a group that enthralls education reformers and rankles some traditionalists, will provide an influx of teachers to downtown Las Vegas schools with an assist from the City Council.
WASHINGTON — Borrowing for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive for college students and their parents this fall but the costs could soon start climbing under a bill the Senate passed overwhelmingly Wednesday.
From California to Maine, Florida to North Dakota, teenagers pour into the Las Vegas arena from all over the country chanting cheers.
WASHINGTON — Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae.
Kick. Push. Coast. Turn. Heels down. Chest up. Jump. Hands out. Bend knees. Land. Hands down. Kick. Push. Coast.
WASHINGTON — Alasia Smith was bullied by a girl she thought was a friend. Jordan Anderson was the victim of a stepfather’s violence.
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