Goals 1, 2, and 3
Goal 1—Access for all qualified South Dakotans: All qualified residents will have convenient and affordable access to higher education.
Goal 2—Enrollment in economic growth programs: The universities will increase enrollments in selected programs within their respective missions that are of particular importance to the state’s economy in order to graduate students who can contribute to the development and expansion of the state’s economy.
Goal 3—Academic improvement: The academic programs offered by universities will be of high quality and the universities will regularly provide evidence of quality based on measures of their students and graduates.
When the nine state policy goals were formulated, the students were the first concern of the Regents. Goals 1, 2, and 3 are directed toward ensuring that South Dakota and its students have available to them a first-rate higher education system. That system should reach as many residents as possible with programs that have a future for the graduates and for the state. That system should also demonstrate that it has added value to the knowledge and skills of its students. Performance toward these three goals is rewarded through incentive funding.
| Historical
Fall Headcount Enrollment Census Date |
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Year |
BHSU |
DSU |
NSU |
SDSMT |
SDSU |
USD |
Fall Total |
Percent Change |
Spring |
1998 |
3,639 |
1,831 |
2,873 |
2,265 |
8,635 |
7,317 |
26,560 |
3.27% |
24,395 |
1997 |
3,445 |
1,409 |
2,623 |
2,260 |
8,818 |
7,164 |
25,719 |
-2.98% |
24,671 |
1996 |
3,549 |
1,274 |
2,832 |
2,245 |
9,067 |
7,541 |
26,508 |
-3.36% |
25,746 |
1995 |
3,623 |
1,360 |
2,724 |
2,372 |
9,323 |
8,027 |
27,429 |
-5.00% |
26,857 |
1994 |
3,915 |
1,439 |
3,077 |
2,472 |
9,650 |
8,319 |
28,872 |
-0.08% |
27,147 |
1993 |
3,952 |
1,585 |
3,036 |
2,497 |
9,535 |
8,289 |
28,894 |
0.87% |
26,351 |
1992 |
4,002 |
1,504 |
2,905 |
2,459 |
9,554 |
8,220 |
28,644 |
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Source: Regents Information Systems
Under the new funding framework, revenues will be distributed to the universities as base funding accompanied by targeted investments and incentives for demonstrated improvement. As a result of this change, separating students enrolled in state-supported courses from those who enroll in self-support courses is no longer necessary. Beginning in the fall of 1998, the Regents will report all enrollment as of the census date which is the tenth class day in the semester. In order to provide a historical perspective on total enrollment, historical fall headcount enrollment and historical fall FTE enrollment tables have been recalculated to reflect total enrollment on census date in past years.