Las Vegas

Las Vegas is the setting for Lee Ryan Miller’s new book, Teaching Amidst the Neon Palm Trees.  This book tells the true story of political intrigue and corruption in Nevada’s system of higher education.

 The book features some of the most powerful figures in Las Vegas, including Senator Harry Reid, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Senator Raymond Shaffer, and University and Community Colleges System of Nevada (UCCSN) Regent Steve Sisolak. 

 Scandals swirl around administrators at the Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) and Nevada State College at Henderson (NSCH).  President Richard Moore, President Robert Silverman, and Vice President Orlando Sandoval are in the center of scandals involving enrollment fraud, misappropriation of funds, cronyism, and nepotism that shake the foundation of higher education in the state of Nevada.

 “A SHOCKING INDICTMENT OF OUR SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE POLITICS THAT PERMEATE IT."

~ Raymond Shaffer
   Nevada State Senator

“THIS BOOK IS EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING AND VERY ACCURATE. IT IS A VERY GOOD READ.”

~ Steve Sisolak
   Regent, 
   University & Community College System of Nevada

 “THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BOOK. IT SHOULD SERVE TO PREVENT SUCH MADNESS FROM OCCURRING AT OTHER COLLEGES.”

~ Alexander Greenfeld
   former professor, 
   University of California at Berkeley 
   Graduate School of Journalism

LEE'S NEW BOOK

Teaching Amidst the 
Neon Palm Trees

Click Here.

"A SHOCKING INDICTMENT
 OF OUR SYSTEM OF HIGHER
 EDUCATION AND THE POLITICS
 THAT PERMEATE IT."

~ Nevada State Senator,
 Raymond Shaffer