Lower ed? - Dennis Myers, Reno News & Review

Nevada’s higher education system braces for more cuts as the state tries to attract energy development. As state revenues continue their seemingly unending decline, there’s apprehension on the hill—the hill on which sits the University of Nevada, Reno and the headquarters office for the state’s higher education system. “If it’s a statement of priorities that no legislator’s speaking up and saying ‘Wait, we’ve hit higher education hard enough …’” said UNR faculty leader James Richardson, letting the thought dwindle without completing the sentence. “I’m trying to avoid being depressed.”