Board of Regents
Academic probation rates declining
The number of University of South Dakota students placed on academic probation is on the decline, said Stephen Ward, director of the Academic and Career Planning Center. BREAKOUT: According to USD’s website, “If a student’s cumulative grade point average falls below a 2.0, they will be placed on ‘Academic Probation.’ Student who are placed on […]
USD officials anticipate state employee health insurance shortfall for second year in a row
The underestimation of state employee health insurance for the second year in a row could jeopardize the South Dakota Board of Regents’ push for a freeze in tuition and fees, university officials of said. They might also need attorneys help for health insurance litigation cases, as stated by the officials. A shortfall was announced at […]
Board places exact value on state compensation for freeze
Students at the University of South Dakota and around South Dakota might finally be receiving something they have wanted for the past few years — a freeze in tuition. At the Sept. 24 Student Government Association meeting, former SGA Vice President Dennis Smith officially reported to the SGA that the South Dakota Board of Regents […]
Uncertainty of freeze threatens education
It’s taken a lot for sophomore Jesus Meza to get to where he is today. At 15 years of age, he joined his family in the logging business, wielding a chainsaw during 11-hour workdays. He’d log on the weekends during the school year in high school and still logs during long breaks. Meza’s education has […]
BOR requests $6 million in tuition freeze
Story by: Emily Niebrugge and Trent Opstedahl The South Dakota Board of Regents is setting a freeze in tuition and fees its number one priority for the 2015 fiscal year. In an overall request for $11.6 million made this month, the BOR has asked for the state to consider designating more than half of the funding […]
BOR adds five days to 2013 term
The 2013-14 academic calendar has undergone some changes from years past. Approved by the South Dakota Board of Regents in March 2012, the 2013-14 academic calendar will feature an amended finals week schedule, and will push the fall semester to 76 days. The 2012 fall semester totaled just 74 days. In total, the 2013-14 academic […]
Regents announce increase of tuition, fees
The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase South Dakota public universities’ tuition and fees by 4.4 percent. The vote happened during a BOR meeting April 4 in Aberdeen, S.D. Regents voted 6-3 to approve the tuition hike, which will go into effect this summer. BOR system’s Vice President of Finance and Administration Monte […]
Raise in GAF fees await Board of Regents’ approval
The South Dakota Board of Regents will vote on the approval of an increase in student fees at the University of South Dakota for the 2013-14 school year, according to Jessica Priester, director of Budget and Finance at USD. The need to increase student fees is because of an expected 15 percent hike in student […]
Decision eliminates Welcome Day, splits finals week over two-week period
The Board of Regents has accepted a plan to change the academic calendar for the 2013-14 to 2019-20 academic years that would include starting the first week of every semester with a full week of classes and splitting the week of finals into two weeks that would fall immediately before and after the last weekend […]