Enough visitors are expected to pour into Las Vegas for New Year’s celebrations to temporarily move the city and surrounding communities up five spots on U.S. metropolitan population rankings.

For a relatively young university such as UNLV to be classified as a top research institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is a major accomplishment.

For a relatively young university such as UNLV to be classified as a top research institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is a major accomplishment.

She was raised in Silicon Valley, the black daughter of two well-paid IBM employees. He was a white child who lived with his mother and grandmother in Las Vegas — some days not having enough money to eat — before moving back to a rural West Virginia county to finish high school.

More and more Californians are calling Nevada home, and Las Vegas has become the 30th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S.

The Nevada System of Higher Education only cares about itself — and the University of Nevada, Reno.

Nevada’s higher education system suffers from a bloated administration, inequitable funding that favors UNR at the expense of other schools, mismanagement that has destroyed trust among donors, and a dismal graduation rate despite strong per-student funding from the state.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released five-year estimates documenting a multitude of trends in Clark County and other areas across the country.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released five-year estimates documenting a multitude of trends in Clark County and other areas across the country.

In enriching the diversity of their administrations, school districts face a challenge but also can offer a remarkable incentive in recruiting minorities for leadership positions.

Daniel Waqar’s U.S. government class at Advanced Technologies Academy planned to send eight students to the Sun Youth Forum.

The high school students would compose an essay, which would be used by their teacher in determining who would attend the annual event, designed for young people to express their opinions on topics such as school violence and foreign policy. Many in Waqar’s class wanted to be included.

The 2018 midterm elections brought about considerable political change in our state. We discuss these changes with an expert panel of election analysts – the reasons for our state’s shift to blue in our key state and federal seats, shifting voting patterns, the ushering in a new era of women leadership, and what or how may prompt a shifting tide again in the coming 2020 election.