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Executive Budget Proposal’s Impact on CSN

This morning’s RJ includes an excellent article by Richard Lake on how the proposed cuts to higher education are calculated, how tuition at four-year institutions might be raised, and other reactions to the governor’s executive budget recommendations. I thought, however, you might like to know more about the impact on CSN.

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December Cabinet Minutes

Cabinet Notes December 13, 2010  Cabinet Members: President Mike Richards Vartouhi Asherian, Chair, Administrative Faculty Assembly John Bearce, Director of Institutional Research K.C. Brekken, Communications Director Thomas Brown, Chief Campus Administrator, Cheyenne Art Byrd, Vice President, Student Affairs – absent   … Continue reading

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Turning 40

This year promises plenty of challenges and frustrations for those of us at the College of Southern Nevada as we embark upon an ominous legislative session. But there is something to celebrate in 2011. Continue reading

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November Cabinet Notes

November 08, 2010 Cabinet Members: President Mike Richards Vartouhi Asherian, Chair, Administrative Faculty Assembly John Bearce, Director of Institutional Research – absent K.C. Brekken, Communications Director Thomas Brown, Chief Campus Administrator, Cheyenne Art Byrd, Vice President, Student Affairs – absent   … Continue reading

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CSN is a Sound Investment for Nevadans

“Worthwhile public projects often generate negative taxpayer perspective returns, because the role of government is to provide services that the public wants but that the business sector may find unprofitable … But unlike most government endeavors funding for CSN generates strong results from both the social and taxpayer perspectives. Economists generally assume a 3% discount rate in analyzing government investments, assuming that governments can obtain unsecured loans at a rate of 3% or receive a 3% return on any excess funds, if they were invested. Since CSN’s taxpayer rate of return of 9.2% is greater than 3%, state and local governments actually make money on the investment. By funding the college, therefore, other recipients of state and local funding are actually subsidized through the revenues generated by the college.”
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October Cabinet Notes

October 11, 2010 Cabinet Members: President Mike Richards Vartouhi Asherian, Chair, Administrative Faculty Assembly John Bearce, Director of Institutional Research K.C. Brekken, Communications Manager Thomas Brown, Chief Campus Administrator, Cheyenne Art Byrd, Vice President, Student Affairs Patty Charlton, Senior Vice … Continue reading

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September Cabinet Notes

September 13, 2010 Cabinet Members: President Mike Richards Vartouhi Asherian, Chair, Administrative Faculty Assembly John Bearce, Director of Institutional Research K.C. Brekken, Communications Director Thomas Brown, Chief Campus Administrator, Cheyenne Art Byrd, Vice President, Student Affairs Patty Charlton, Senior Vice … Continue reading

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Nevada and the White House Summit on Community Colleges

Last week, under the leadership of President Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, a historic White House Summit on Community Colleges convened in Washington D.C.   This was a very special experience for me and for the entire national system of colleges … Continue reading

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White House Community College Summit

For those who were unable to watch the White House Summit on Community Colleges live on the web on Tuesday, Oct. 5. We have posted the opening and closing sessions here.

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August Cabinet Minutes

August 09, 2010  Cabinet Members: President Mike Richards – absent Vartouhi Asherian, Chair, Administrative Faculty Assembly John Bearce, Interim Director of Institutional Research K.C. Brekken, Communications Manager Thomas Brown, Chief Campus Administrator, Cheyenne – absent Art Byrd, Vice President, Student … Continue reading

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