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The Role of Higher Education In South Dakota’s Future

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WELCOMEStewardship of South Dakota’s Public Universities

John W.

Bastian

Secretary

Joan

Wink

Jim

Morgan

Conrad

Adam

Pam

Roberts

Bob Sutton

President

Kevin Schieffer

Vice PresidentRandy

Schaefer

Jim

Thares

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Higher Education in South Dakota

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Attracts Annual Income

• $270 million in federal money in FY16

Source: SDBOR FY2017 Fact Book 4

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Private Support

• $11.6 million in private research funding

• $32.3 million in foundation donations excluding facilities

• $396 million has been donated for university facilities since 1997

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Generates Income

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Economic Impact of the SD Public University System

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• $2.66 BILLION• South Dakota public

universities generatedabout $2.66 billion ofannual economic impactto South Dakota.

• State Investment: $197 million

Source: The Economic Impact of the SD Public University System, November 2016

Generates Income

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• $162 MILLION• Sales and property tax revenues

of $162 million due to economic activity generatedby the public universities.

Source: The Economic Impact of the SD Public University System, November 2016

Generates Income

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• System: 5,628 full-time jobs

• Generated 21,950 other jobs

10Source: The Economic Impact of the SD Public University System, November 2016

Generates Income

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• Workforce

• Family benefits

• Social and economic climate

• Business expertise

• Research partnerships

Attracts Business

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Research is Economic Development

$84,975,686

$30,492,014

$0 $50,000,000 $100,000,000 $150,000,000

Expenditures

SDBOR Non-State Funded Grant and Contract Expenditures

FY00 FY17

Source: SDBOR Office of Academic and Research Affairs 12

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• FY17 Job creation - Faculty research efforts (FTE): 604

• Research innovations – FY07-FY17

• Invention disclosures – 581

• Patent & intellectual property protections filed – 266

• Patents/licenses issued – 158

• Licensed 35

technologies to

startups.

13Source: BOR system office

Research is Job Development

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Milken Institute Study on Economic Development

A Matter of Degrees:The Effect of Educational Attainment on

Regional Economic Prosperity

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Milken Institute StudyA Matter of Degrees: The effect of educational

attainment on regional economic prosperity

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• GDP per capita jumps by 17.4% for each additional year of college added to the region’s workforce

• Education increases regional prosperity

• Better educated, bigger benefits

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Enhances Individual Income

$0.973 M

$1.547 M

$1.727 M

$2.268 M

$2.671 M

$3.252 M

$3.648 M

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Median Lifetime Earnings in Millions+275%

+59%

+78%

+133%

+175%

+234%

Source: Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce. (2011). The college payoff: Education, Occupations, Lifetime

Earnings. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/tasha.dannenbring/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/IE/QG3X22NQ/collegepayoff-

complete.pdf

Note: Salary wage calculations based on median earning data, numbers in millions. 16

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Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (2015). Good Jobs are

Back: College Graduates are First in Line

New High-Paying Jobs, by Degree Level

2,800

152

-39-500

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Higher

Some College or

Associate Degree

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2010-2014(in Thousands)

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• Higher state revenue

• Less welfare

• Better Health and Retirement

• Less Crime

• More charitable giving

• Increased voter participation and civic engagement

Source: The College Board (2013). Education Pays; Institute for Higher Education Policy (1998). Reaping the Benefits: Defining the

Public and Private Good of Going to College

Strengthening South DakotaEconomic, Social, and Human Capital

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Affordability and Accessibility

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• Goal is based on projections that 65% of all jobs in our state will require some level of postsecondary education by 2020.

Data from Georgetown University Public Policy Institute’s Center on Education and the Workforce.

65 Percent by 2025!

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Projected State Revenues from Meeting 65% Goal

$107,600,000

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$120,000,000

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

State Revenues

(NCHEMS/CLASP)

Source: NCHEMS; CLASP 21

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Source: Peace Bransberger and Demarée K. Michelau. Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates, 9th Edition.

Boulder, CO: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2016.

Projected SD High School Graduates

9,391

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Source: Peace Bransberger and Demarée K. Michelau. Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates, 9th Edition.

Boulder, CO: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2016.

Projected Growth of HS Graduates, by State

2.48% 2.07%

12.05%

65.99%

5.68%

13.58% 14.90%

7.62%

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Nebraska Wyoming SouthDakota

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Projected Growth in South Dakota, by race (2017-2032)

1,297

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Asian/Pacific Islander(Combined)

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14.9%

179.1%

7.2%

124.2%

10.1%

175.5%

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Examples:

• Enact proactive admission (You’re Accepted! campaign)

• Increase first-year enrollment of traditional age students

• Market to non-traditional students/students with credits

• Increase use of Prior Learning Assessment

• Expand College Application Week

• Revised general education core to make it easier to transfer

• Improve student retention

65 Percent by 2025 Strategies

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Affordability and Accessibility

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Credit Hour Standard for Undergraduate Degree Programs

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• Baccalaureate standard - 120 credits; Associate standard – 60 credits

• An average $1,870 savings to students from 2012-2016

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Dual Credit Enrollment

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• Pre-College Students Earn General Education Credit

• Reduced student cost of Regental General Education courses

• 92% Pass With a “C” or Higher

• $48.33 Per Credit Hour

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Exploratory Pathways

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• Provide undecided students a broad academic pathway that leads to specific academic programs

• Expand credit hours that apply for graduation at Regental universities (i.e. Credit for military service)

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Decreasing the Time to Completion

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• Communicating how students can graduate college without unnecessary costs

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Affordability and Accessibility

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Instructor And Lecturer Ranks

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Faculty is the largest recurring expense

Creation of the lecturer ranks allow institutions to maintain a core faculty with instructional workload responsibilities.

26.7% of faculty are instructor rank, compared to 18.3% in FY12

Save $5.5 million per year

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Section Size

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• Institutions are required to maintain a minimum number of students per section

• Monitored each year through Dashboard to ensure compliance

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Collaborative Program Development

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• Collaborative academic programs use shared courses and instructional resources across Regental universities

• Master of Engineering – SDSU & SDSM&T

• Master of Public Health – SDSU & USD

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering – SDSU & SDSM&T

• Master of Analytics and Data Science – SDSU & DSU

• Accelerated Nursing – USD & SDSU

• Physics – SDSM&T & USD

• Elementary Education – SDSU & DSU

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Centralized Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

• Centralized systems• Student Information and Alert systems

• HR

• Student billing

• Common catalog and transcript

• Reduces annual costs associated with duplication for:• Staffing and hiring

• Software Licensing

• Hardware and maintenance

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Tuition And Fees Change

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), 2017

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Cost To Degree

$63,827 $63,866$65,187

$68,006

$70,330$68,982

$79,667 $79,050

$75,498$76,390

$78,468

$83,874

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SDBOR System All US Public Universities

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Cost Comparisons

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General Funds Support

• Costs remain consistent with years past

• Adjusted for inflation, efficiency of delivery improved from year’s past

44%

56%

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35%

40%

45%

50%

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65%2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

General Student

COMPARISON OF STUDENT SUPPORT TO GENERAL FUND SUPPORT

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South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship

0

500

1,000

1,500

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4,000

2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

1,217 1,220 1,239 1,252 1,300

2,432 2,533 2,606 2,577 2,575

New Recipients Continuing Recipients

3,649 3,753 3,845 3,829 3,875

• Currently, there are 3,875 recipients receiving funding for the 2016-17 academic

year.

• Total of 14,721 recipients over the lifetime of the program.

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Dakota’s Promise

Source: WICHE: States in the Drivers Seat

1. Student - As the principal beneficiary,

is expected to contribute toward his/her

own educational costs (Earnings, savings,

borrowing, or scholarships).

2. Parents/Family – Contribution

determined by the federal methodology.

3. Federal Government – Pell , tuition

tax credits, income support payments.

4. State – Grant Awards fill remaining gap

to match Recognized Cost of Attendance.

5. Institution – Responsible for difference

between the recognized COA and its own

actual COA.

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State Fiscal Impact

$3,504,243

$5,943,081

$8,149,545

$9,672,055

$10,307,752

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$8,000,000

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Partnership with Technical Institutes Technical Leadership Degree

• Provides unique option for students with an AAS degree looking for targeted certificates or a bachelor’s degree.

• Students select individual certificates that can stack toward the bachelor’s• Management• Small Business Entrepreneurship• Healthcare Leadership• Personnel Supervision• Communication and Leadership

• No time limit on when credits must be earned

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• Over 30 new or revised articulation agreements with USD or SDSU in last five years, including but not limited to:

• Dental Assisting Health Sciences

• Environmental Technology Health Sciences

• Building Trades Technology Construction Management

• Financial Services Economics

• Joint AAS in Agriculture/AS in Agricultural Sciences

• LATI/SDSU Opening Doors Initiative

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• 16 new or revised articulation agreements with USD or SDSU in last five years, including but not limited to:• Agricultural Technology Agricultural Science

• Medical Lab Technician Medical Laboratory Science

• Radiologic Technology Health Sciences

• Human Services Technician Health Sciences

• USD BS in Technical Leadership

Mitchell Tech

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• Over 10 new or revised articulation agreements with BHSU in last five years, including but not limited to:

• Criminal Justice Human Services

• Allied Health Human Services

• Pharmacy Technician Human Services

• USD BS in Technical Leadership

Western Dakota Tech

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• Over 20 new or revised articulation agreements with USD or SDSU in last five years, including but not limited to:

• Healthcare Leadership Health Sciences

• Surgical Technology Health Sciences

• Civil Engineering Technology Construction Management

• Electronics Technology Operations Management

• STI/USD Partnership on BS in Technical Leadership

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• Partnership of SDSU, DSU, & USD. USD Serves as lead institution for efficiency and community responsiveness.

• Emphasis on Sioux Falls workforce related programs.

• Renewed engagement with business community.

• Six new associate degree programs, nine new certificates. Examples include:

AS in Manufacturing Technology

AS in Integrated Science

AS in Software Development

University Center

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Institutional Impact

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• AACSB Accreditation places BHSU in top 5%

• Significant commitment to American Indian Studies

• BHSU Underground Campus

• Underground Robotics Competition

• Graduate the most teachers in the state

• Among the best on-line graduate programs in the U.S.

• Serve lower-income students

in 26 schools across 14 districts

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BHSU

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• $800,000 grant to expand computer science curriculum in SD high schools

• Black Hills State University - Rapid City

• Block Scheduling

• Evening classes

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DSU

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• MadLabs

• 11 Labs or institutes

• Cyclops Lab

• PATRIOT Lab

• CybHer Lab

• DigForce Lab

• Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences

• K-12 Cyber Security Education

• Cyber security program for middle schools in the region

• NSF GenCyber camps

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• 4 NSA National Centers of Excellence Designations

• Maintain a significant teacher education program

• Dual and concurrent enrollment has grown 106% since 2014

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NSU

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• E-learning program

• 1,755 SD high school juniors and seniors

• Has grown by over 900 students in 2 years

• Upcoming Regional Science Education Center

• STEM Certificate for K-12 teachers

• Arts & Music outreach to students and K-12 educators

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• South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired collaboration

• Specialized accreditation in Mental Health and School Counseling programs

• Entrepreneurship collaboration withAberdeen community

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SDSMT

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• Graduates are in demand in cutting edge, high tech businesses in South Dakota

• Sanford Underground Research Facility – Projected $300-million in investment to South Dakota.

• $11.5m in federal and private grants and contracts

• Project-based learning programs that support the community.

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• Spawning fast-growing startups

• VRC Metal Systems and Nanopareil were named in the Top 40 university startups in 2017

• Extensive internship program - 96% placement rate

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South Dakota State University

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• Largest institution with 2,062 degrees awarded

• Wokini Initiative

• Supports 9 tribal nations in SD

• Enhances research and outreach collaboration with tribes and tribal colleges

• Providing opportunities for students to gain an education that can benefit themselves and their communities

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SDSU

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• 40 Programs with specialized accreditation or approval

• Better than the nation pass rates for

• Pharmacy

• Engineering

• Dietetics

• First Dakota National Bank E-Trading Education Lab

• Precision Agriculture

• First B.S. degree nationwide

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USD

• USD Sanford School of Medicine - #1 in rural health care

• Community Support

• Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment

• Center for Brain and Behavior Research

• Nationally ranked

Beacom School of

Business

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USD

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• Strengthening Economic Development in SD

• Nationally-ranked Beacom School of Business

• The GEAR Center focused on biomedical research

• Upcoming USD Discovery District

• B.S. in Technical Leadership

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South Dakota University System

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