South Dakota Board of Regents

The Board of Regents has constitutional responsibility for governing the unified system of public higher education in South Dakota, which encompasses its supervision, coordination, management, and regulation. The Board sets policy direction for the system, oversees management of its resources (personnel, facilities, and financial), and establishes and monitors its educational program. The Board executes its authority through the adoption of policies, approval of programs, selection and evaluation of system and institutional executives, and the setting of annual budgets, tuition and fees, and legislative budget requests.