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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin made the right decision when he vetoed Senate Bill 506. However, both the title and text of...
Even college presidents take tests.
University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson will answer 10 questions at the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting in Las Vegas Friday.
UNR is one of the first of the system’s eight public institutions in the hot seat after Regents, the governing body of Nevada’s higher education system, decided it will take a close look at the data of its colleges.
Johnson will spend about 45 minutes talking about tuition increases, spending, building utilization, administrator and athletic salaries, teaching loads and student performance on tests based on ten questions from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
The council is an independent, non-profit that stresses academic standards and accountability. Other universities have used these questions to measure success and set goals.
“We are an improving institution,” he said, saying the conversation will be frank about the challenges of budget cuts.
“I’m proud that our attraction to students is at an all time high and we are still growing,” he said.
He will cite record improvements including enrollment, freshman to sophomore retention, test scores, graduation rates, philanthropic giving and connections with the community.
“We are hitting on all eight cylinders but that doesn’t mean we have been invested in,” he said.
Johnson will first answer questions about tuition costs. He will show how registration fees rose during the “Great Recession” while state funding dropped and programs were closed.
He will show statistics on a 31 percent increase in undergraduate fees from 2010 to 2015 and a state general fund allocation of $186 million in 2010 to $148.7 million in 2015.
10 questions for UNR President Marc Johnson:
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin made the right decision when he vetoed Senate Bill 506. However, both the title and text of...
On April 8, 2024, Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed Senate Bill 506, legislation that attempted to circumvent the taxpayers of Virginia by allowing higher education governing boards to be beholden to the narrow interests of the institutions they serve.
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