Guest Column- South Dakota Board of Regents

Paul B. Beran, Executive Director & CEO South Dakota Board of Regents

October 15, 2019

Scientific American published a special report in 2014 on how diversity powers science and innovation. An article accompanying the report’s release observed that “being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder working.” Why does higher education care...

Security operations center launched on campus

University Marketing and Communications

January 11, 2019

Facing more than 20 million cyberattacks each day, South Dakota State University’s Division of Technology and Security and other South Dakota Board of Regents institutions are under constant stress. That cyberattack total does not include spam or phishing emails, which exceeded 1.4 million in the first...

Enrollment drops 3.3 percent at SDSU

Brianna Schreurs

September 24, 2018

Figures released Sept. 20 by the South Dakota Board of Regents show 12,107 students are enrolled at South Dakota State University for the 2018-19 academic year. The total is down from last year’s enrollment of 12,527 but marks the 10th consecutive year SDSU has had an enrollment of over 12,000 st...

Arkansas Education Leader Named Board of Regents’ Chief Executive

July 27, 2018

PIERRE, S.D. – The chancellor of the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith was appointed Friday to lead South Dakota’s six public universities and two special schools. Paul B. Beran will become the South Dakota Board of Regents’ executive director and chief executive officer on or before Sept. 4. Beran’s...

Regents’ Executive Director Announces Plans

April 14, 2018

SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS NEWS RELEASE PIERRE, S.D. – Michael G. Rush, executive director and CEO of the South Dakota Board of Regents since 2015, announced today his resignation effective May 29, 2018. “I have appreciated my affiliation with South Dakota and its excellent system of public uni...

SDBoR approves increase in tuition and SDSU college realignment

Brianna Schreurs

March 29, 2018

This week the South Dakota Board of Regents approved tuition and mandatory fees for the upcoming academic year and South Dakota State's realignment of colleges plan. Tuition will increase 3.0 percent or $256.13 next academic year for South Dakota public university students. The  South Dakota Board...

National enrollment trend hits home as SDSU, international numbers fall short

Alison Durheim

October 25, 2017

South Dakota State’s fall 2017 enrollment decreased from last year and only half of South Dakota public universities experienced growth. According to the South Dakota Board of Regents, although SDSU stayed above a 12,500 threshold, fall enrollment decreased by 86, a less than 1 percent decrease. Micha...