Nevada State College faces grim future - K.M. Cannon, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Gov. Brian Sandoval's budget proposes major cuts in funding for public schools and higher education. The college might be killed outright, or folded into one of the state's other institutions, as lawmakers try to figure out how to run the government with less money coming in than is scheduled to go out. Higher education is a huge target. The higher education system -- four community colleges, the state college, two universities and a research institute -- accounts for about 15 percent of all state general fund spending in Nevada. It's a big chunk of the pie. Gov. Brian Sandoval has proposed cutting the higher education budget by $92 million next year and $162 million the year after that when compared to this year. (This year's higher education budget is $558 million.) He opposes any tax increase, so cuts might be the only way to go.