The Board of Regents spent the day hearing from Republican legislators’ out-of-state conservative allies who jetted here to whine they don’t receive the same civil…
Tag: higher education
Laurie Stenberg Nichols got a nice homecoming present yesterday. After getting the surprise boot from the president’s chair at University of Wyoming (which wasn’t paying…
Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sounds a lot like some South Dakota Republicans in his disdain for higher education. He’s threatening to yank state support…
After two years of Trump, fewer international students are coming to pay big tuition dollars to soak in knowledge, skills, and a love of America…
Hey, Governor Noem! Still looking for South Dakota’s “Next Big Thing“? Instead of paying kids to kill varmints, how about investing in research and development?…
While I was enjoying the thrilling parliamentary wrangling of the South Dakota Democratic Party’s state central committee meeting last month, a fellow Democrat turned to…
From the fervid imagination of Rep. Tim Goodwin—phantom teachers! Senator Lance Russell said it best when he identified the school aid formula as a “reverse…
Listening to the absurdities pouring from the mouths of Kristi Noem and Donald Trump isn’t just hard; it’s hazardous to the mental and intellectual health…
The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association reports that South Dakota is one of 32 states that are investing less per student now on higher…