2010 Education

Progress Reports

Governor's 2010 Education Initiative


Finishing Strong
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Goal 3: By 2010, the postsecondary education system will fully meet the needs of the state’s changing economy and its citizens.
Objective 3A: Offer transferable general education courses from Board of Regents’ institutions at all technical institute sites, and establish up to 250 program-specific transfers for technical institute graduates at regents’ institutions.
Initiatives:
  1. Approve institutional agreements with the technical institutes.
  2. Increase the number of program-to-program articulation agreements from four to 250.
  3. Prepare marketing plan to promote program.
Objective 3B: Expand the number of citizens with postsecondary education and training by 20 percent.
Initiatives:
  1. Increase the number of graduates from Board of Regents’ associate degree programs by 10 percent.
  2. Increase the number of graduates from bachelor degree programs by 20 percent.
  3. Double the number of persons ages 25 and older engaged in postsecondary education.
  4. Increase retention of students in public higher education by 8 percent.
Objective 3C: Support postsecondary education programs designed to enhance the state’s long-term economy.
Initiatives:
  1. Double the number of Ph.D. programs.
  2. Double the number of Ph.D. graduates.
  3. Enhance Ph.D. program support infrastructure.
  4. Achieve the national average of people with graduate degrees, moving from 6.5 to 9.4 percent.
  5. Objective 3D: Recruit and retain quality faculty and staff.
Objective 3D: Recruit and retain quality faculty and staff.
Initiatives:
  1. Complete the Board of Regents’ salary competitiveness program by reaching surrounding states’ average salaries for faculty/staff at public universities.
  2. Develop faculty/staff development plan for technical institutes.
Objective 3E: Double the number of students receiving South Dakota Opportunity Scholarships.
Initiatives:
  1. Implement rigorous high school graduation requirements.
  2. Strengthen South Dakota CollegePrep program.
  3. Develop approved high school course inventories.
  4. Standardize scholarship application process through single point of review.
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