Editing Las Vegas (section)

=== Public higher education ===
Public higher education is provided by the [[Nevada System of Higher Education]] (NSHE). Public institutions serving Las Vegas include the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] (UNLV), the [[College of Southern Nevada]] (CSN), [[Nevada State University]] (NSU), and the [[Desert Research Institute]] (DRI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Institutions |url=https://nshe.nevada.edu/our-institutions/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=[[Nevada System of Higher Education]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

UNLV is a public, land-grant, [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|R1 research]] university and is home to the [[UNLV School of Medicine|Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Abel |date=April 18, 2024 |title=UNLV's School of Medicine taking steps to fill physician shortage in Nevada |url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/unlvs-school-of-medicine-taking-steps-to-fill-physician-shortage-in-nevada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419235412/https://www.ktnv.com/news/unlvs-school-of-medicine-taking-steps-to-fill-physician-shortage-in-nevada |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |work=[[KTNV-TV|KTNV ABC 13]]}}</ref> and the [[William S. Boyd School of Law]], the only law school in Nevada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacob |first=Matt |date=2018-11-29 |title=How Nevada Finally Got a Law School {{!}} University of Nevada, Las Vegas |url=https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/how-nevada-finally-got-law-school |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=News Center |publisher=[[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] |language=en}}</ref> The university's campus is urban and located about two miles east of the Las Vegas strip. The Desert Research Institute's southern campus sits next to UNLV, while its northern campus is in Reno.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Desert Research Institute |url=https://www.dri.edu/about/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=[[Desert Research Institute]] |publisher=[[Nevada System of Higher Education]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

CSN, with campuses throughout Clark County,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.csn.edu/about-us |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=[[College of Southern Nevada]] |language=en}}</ref> is a [[community college]] with one of the largest enrollments in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-10-12 |title=Biggest Community Colleges |url=https://www.campusexplorer.com/student-resources/biggest-community-colleges/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Campus Explorer |language=en-US}}</ref> In unincorporated Clark County, CSN's Charleston campus is home to the headquarters of [[Nevada Public Radio]] ([[KNPR]]), an [[NPR]] member station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Nevada Public Radio |url=https://knpr.org/about-nevada-public-radio |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=[[Nevada Public Radio]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Charleston Campus |url=https://www.csn.edu/about-us/campus-locations/charleston-campus |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=[[College of Southern Nevada]] |language=en}}</ref>