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Colleges in Nevada that have closed, merged, or changed their names
Colleges in Nevada that have closed, merged, or changed their names
| College
Name |
City |
State |
Start Date |
End Date |
Affiliation |
Other Information |
Source |
| Nevada
Southern University |
Las Vegas |
Nevada |
1951 |
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state supported |
founded as Southern Regional
Branch of the University of Nevada, became Nevada Southern University in 1965
and the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 1969 |
Songe, Alice H. American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978. |
| Nevada
State University |
Elko |
Nevada |
1874 |
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state supported |
name change to University of
Nevada at time of move to Reno in 1887; Blackmar refers to the institutionas
University of Nevada at Elko |
Brenner, Morgan G. The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.
2003.
Blackmar, Frank W. "The History of Federal and State Aid to Higher
Education in the United States," in Herbert B. Adams, ed. Contributions to American Educational
History. 1890. |
| Old
College |
Reno |
Nevada |
1980 |
1988 |
|
began with programs in law and
humanities; offered to University of Nevada System in 1987 |
www.nevada.edu/board/minutes/1980/1987/19870417.htm |
| Nevada
College of Pharmacy |
Henderson |
Nevada |
1999 |
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private |
name change to University of
Southern Nevada in 2004; a second campus opened in South Jordan, Utah in
2006; name change to Roseman University in 2011 |
http://www.usn.edu/pages/142/History_of_USN |
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