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Higher-ed leaders approve Nevada State College’s campus expansion

Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 | 1:37 p.m.

Nevada's higher-education leaders on Friday approved construction of two new buildings on Nevada State College's campus. Nevada State College's student enrollment has surged from 177 students in 2002 to 3,389 students a decade later. To meet the demands of its burgeoning student body, Nevada State College constructed a 42,500-square-foot liberal arts building in 2008 at a cost of about $24 million, the majority of which was borne by the state. The four-year public college also leased 52,000 square feet of space, the majority of which constitutes the college's satellite campus in downtown Henderson. Nevada State College pays about $1.5 million ...

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By FreedomRadio (Joan Respondi)

Jan. 11, 2013

3:35 p.m.

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Liberal Arts is a worthless endeavor and a waste of taxpayer money. Liberal Arts won't prepare students for the real world...well, maybe the unemployed real world.
By Aaron_B (aaron bautista)

Jan. 12, 2013

3:47 a.m.

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Someone doesn't know what Liberal Arts actually consist of. The Liberal Arts & Science (LAS) program at NSC includes Criminal Justice, English, Biology, History, Law Enforcement, and Mathematics just to name a few. Those all sound like pretty important things to use in the real world to me.