| Nevada colleges offer an excellent opportunity for | | | | The board of Nevada system of higher education |
| students to increase their knowledge with both online | | | | wishes to advance students learning to the topmost |
| and campus based programs. This provides students | | | | level and expands their knowledge through teaching |
| with the required skills needed for employment in | | | | and research. They also encourage community |
| various fields like graphic design, medicine, engineering, | | | | service thus, enriching the lives of students, |
| languages, arts and many more. Nevada colleges | | | | communities, state and the nation. In order to fulfill |
| offer courses for dual credit. | | | | the above purpose, the values of integrity, creativity, |
| There are three types of colleges in Nevada. | | | | innovation, excellence and accountability are |
| Traditional colleges, career and technical colleges and | | | | encouraged among the student community. |
| colleges offering online degrees | | | | The colleges in Nevada have some of the best |
| Traditional colleges offer two and four degree | | | | science, arts and humanity programs in the country. |
| programs. The requirement for joining this type of | | | | Also, the students have access to beautiful landscape |
| college is the basic course work in a major field of | | | | that provides countless hours of exploration. |
| study and offer majors in subjects, which are career | | | | In some colleges, classes are held in the evening or |
| specific. In addition to this, completion of liberal arts | | | | at the weekends so that students can continue |
| core curriculum is required. New York University is | | | | working while studying. Students enrolled in such |
| one of the top grade traditional colleges in Nevada. | | | | course need to allocate time for both studies and |
| Career and technical colleges offer degree programs, | | | | work. The hurdles faced by them are staying |
| which are related to preparation for specific careers | | | | focused on classes, tight schedules, academic |
| like graphics, computers, automobile engineering, | | | | deadlines and physical exhaustion. |
| medicine and the like. | | | | In recent years, Nevada colleges have begun using |
| Nevada also has several colleges offering online | | | | "green building technology." Green buildings are those, |
| degrees. This is a very different system introduced in | | | | which are designed to minimize environmental impacts |
| Nevada. In this type of system, students can earn | | | | by protecting the air quality, by being energy efficient |
| their degrees online, studying almost whenever they | | | | and by conserving water. |
| wish. | | | | |