South Dakota Board of Regents

A spokesperson for the South Dakota Board of Regents confirmed the intent to fire a USD Fine Arts Professor in response to the professor’s post on his personal social media account in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination.

While many of South Dakota’s individual public universities are seeing growth this semester, the overall state enrollment is the exact same from 2024 at 36,091 students.

The South Dakota Board of Regents has adopted a policy officially enacting a new law allowing concealed carry at the state’s public universities.

For many organizations, this legislative session brought feelings of insecurity and questions about the future as the state faced a major budget shortfall. The state’s colleges and universities now must implement mandates from lawmakers.

The South Dakota Board of Regents is planning to increase tuition at the state’s public universities for the first time in several years.

President Donald Trump has taken executive action to dismantle the federal Department of Education. While the legality of such an action is unclear, the move has the attention of the state’s education community.

The state Board of Regents made zero budget requests to the South Dakota Legislature this year.

The state Board of Regents says it’s expanding its Gateway Certificate Program.

An understanding of government and its functions may be a requirement for college graduation in South Dakota soon.

If passed, the governor’s budget calls for a reduction of millions of dollars to the state university system.