Nevada State University President DeRionne Pollard is leaving after leading the institution for four years. She was the first Black woman to permanently lead a Nevada institution of higher education.

State treasurer says “dramatic adjustments” are needed to ensure sustainability for the scholarship program that helps thousands of Nevada students.

A lack of consistent federal investment will lead to shrinking research operations, the loss of “promising scientific and social innovations” and the disappearance of programs serving vulnerable populations. 

Starting next month, the Education Department says student loans that are in default will be referred for collections. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans.

Saying research on gender identity is “unscientific,” the National Institutes of Health revoked $5 million in grants.

Most of the new inquiries are focused on colleges’ partnerships with the PhD Project, a nonprofit that helps students from underrepresented groups get degrees in business.

He cited family matters, but Whitfield’s resignation is the latest example of UNLV’s higher turnover that some trace to a long-standing North-South rivalry.

The state helped college students work around the financial barriers of lacking legal status, but students are feeling the limits of schools’ ability to support them.

After leading UNLV through the pandemic and the 2023 on-campus shooting, Keith Whitfield announced late Monday he is stepping down as president effective at the end of that day. 

On Feb. 7, the NIH announced that it would cap the rate it would spend on so-called indirect costs for research grants at 15 percent, tantamount to cutting billions of dollars for biomedical and public health research.

Graduate assistants, who teach and perform research, say their stipends don’t provide liveable wages. They also claim they face harassment and discrimination.

A new task force announced Monday by Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony (R) will support a bill barring transgender athletes from women’s sports and block them from competing against cisgender female athletes.

Although the ballot question would have only removed the constitutional guarantee of the board’s existence and not repealed any other existing laws, it marked the latest tension point between Nevada lawmakers and the Board of Regents. 

The heads of Southern Nevada higher education institutions are bracing themselves for possible changes coming next year under President-elect Donald Trump and what it could mean for their institutions. 

The wife of Jerry Tarkanian, her family recalled their mother as a lifelong education advocate. She served as a regent, councilwoman and school board member.

Two candidates with ties to Moms for Liberty, a conservative group that has advocated for book bans and against policies that accommodate LGBTQ+ students, won their races on the Clark County School Board.

UNR and Truckee Meadows Community College are launching programs this fall that aim to increase turnout and make it easier for college students to vote.

For months, the university has worked to erase any traces of physical damage left behind in the aftermath of the Dec. 6 shooting.

The plan collapsed after a souring relationship between UNLV and the Nevada Health and Bioscience Corporation. Two years ago, the groups celebrated the construction of a medical school building.

The Engelstad Foundation will no longer provide financial support to UNLV, blaming a “poor and unacceptable” relationship with the university’s leadership.