Nevada Revised Statutes 396.532 – Report concerning participation of ethnic and racial minorities, women and other protected classes in System; submission to Legislature; availability to general public
1. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shall, not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year, prepare and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislature, a report concerning the participation of ethnic and racial minorities, women and other members of protected classes in the System. The report must cover each of the immediately preceding 2 academic years.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 396.532
- Board of Regents: means the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada. See Nevada Revised Statutes 396.005
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- System: means the Nevada System of Higher Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 396.005
- University: means all of the universities within the Nevada System of Higher Education. See Nevada Revised Statutes 396.005
2. The Board shall make the report submitted pursuant to subsection 1 available to the general public, including publishing it on the website maintained by the System.
3. The report must include, but is not limited to:
(a) The number of students divided by ethnic category;
(b) The number of employees divided by ethnic category and occupational classification, as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics;
(c) The number of students divided by gender;
(d) The number of employees divided by gender and occupational classification, as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics;
(e) Any information necessary to determine the impact of policy changes on the number of protected classes specified in subsection 1 who are enrolled at or employed by the System;
(f) The efforts of each institution to increase the enrollment in underrepresented ethnic and racial categories through outreach programs and recruitment to maintain levels of minority enrollment comparable to the distribution of the population of the State; and
(g) The efforts of each institution to retain and graduate students in underrepresented ethnic and racial categories through retention and other related programs.