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South Dakota higher education institutions plan for more collaboration to combat costs
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) – Monday is the beginning of a brand new college yr for South Dakota’s public universities and technical universities. Whereas every new yr brings new challenges, it’s one thing they plan on dealing with collectively.
Stagnant enrollment numbers and growing prices throughout are challenges that the state’s larger training establishments say are rising rapidly. At a Rotary Membership of Downtown Sioux Falls assembly, leaders from the College of South Dakota, South Dakota State College, and Southeast Technical School voiced their considerations for the way forward for training. The answer: to work collectively on methods to save lots of prices and entice new college students.
Southeast Tech President Bob Griggs stated they’ll accomplish this by ensuring credit can switch simply between technical colleges and universities. That additionally consists of collaborating packages in in-demand fields equivalent to nursing and engineering.
“At Southeast Tech, we’re very proud and have had an extended historical past of working regionally with our four-year college companions. It’s thrilling to broaden upon that, doing extra now with the state universities,” Griggs stated. “These articulations are the muse for these college students to have the ability to proceed their instructional journey, and their profession paths actually from a two-year technical training to a four-year baccalaureate or masters.”
Vice President of USD Sioux Falls Jay Perry stated there’s been growing discuss between the general public schools and universities in South Dakota, in addition to the SDBOR and SDBOTE now greater than ever. He stated the trail for college kids getting an training is altering and changing into extra numerous within the state, whether or not they undergo a two-year or four-year training. Which means the simpler college students could make the leap from a two-year program to a four-year program within the state, the extra college students they’ll retain within the system and graduate.
“We’ve seen a number of curiosity and energy from the Board of Technical Training and the Board of Regents, and the person schools and universities about truly shifting some issues ahead within the final couple of years that by no means had occurred earlier than,” Perry stated. “It’s important for financial growth and workforce growth in South Dakota, for us to be collaborating between the two-year and the four-year colleges.”
These strikes definitely assist college students with the prices of upper training, together with a tuition freeze for SDBOR and SDBOTE establishments for this educational yr. However these establishments do have give and soak up making an attempt to collaborate with one another. SDSU President Barry Dunn stated with dual-credits and college students transferring in from tech colleges, they’ve seen tuition charges drop and college students spend much less time at college earlier than graduating. Whereas these are additionally components to think about, it nonetheless permits college students to get their training on the most cost-effective prices.
“Our job is to adapt our enterprise mannequin, to a brand new actuality of transferring younger folks in. Both from technical schools or from dual-credit,” Dunn stated. “We’re all on this collectively, and that’s to teach a workforce but in addition our communities.”
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Football
Dec. 21, 2024
Montana State vs. South Dakota: 2024 FCS semifinal highlights
Dec. 21, 2024
Montana State defeated South Dakota 31-17 to advance the FCS finals, led by Walter Payton Award finalist Tommy Mellott. Watch the full game highlights here.
FARGO, N.D. — Bryce Lance caught three touchdown passes from Cam Miller, including a one-handed game winner, to give North Dakota State a 28-21 win over two-time defending national champion South Dakota State on Saturday and a berth in the FCS title game.
The second-seeded Bison (13-2) will take on the winner of top-seeded Montana State and No. 4 seed South Dakota, played later Saturday, for the championship on Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas. NDSU, winner of nine FCS titles with its last coming in 2021, won its 20th straight home playoff game and beat the Jackrabbits for the second time this season. Those two teams and South Dakota tied for the Missouri Valley Football Conference title.
After the third-seeded Jackrabbits (12-3) tied the game at 21-all, the Bison drove 75 yards and scored with 4:18 remaining when Lance snagged a pass with his right hand and managed to get control and a foot down in the right corner of the end zone. The play was initially ruled as incomplete but overturned on review.
On South Dakota State’s final possession, Mark Gronowski was sacked on fourth-and-17 at the Jackrabbits’ 31.
The teams traded touchdowns in each of the first two quarters before both punting three times in the third quarter.
Miller found Lance deep for a 47-yard score early in the fourth and the Jackrabbits tied it midway through the period on Gronowski’s 14-yard pass to Grahm Goering.
Lance, brother of NFL quarterback Trey Lance, made six catches for 125 yards, his other TD coming on a 21-yarder. Miller was 13-of-19 for 179 yards and also rushed for 93 yards and a TD.
Gronowski was 14-of-25 passing for 204 yards and he also ran for a score. Amar Johnson rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown.
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North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State FREE STREAM today: Where to watch FCS semifinals
FARGO, North Dakota – The second-seeded North Dakota State Bison will battle the third-seeded South Dakota State Jackrabbits today – Saturday, Dec. 21– at the Fargo Dome in Fargo, North Dakota. This game is available on multiple streaming services for free.
This game will broadcast live on ABC at 12 p.m. Eastern. (11 a.m. Central). Fans without cable can catch the game at no cost via FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, which both offer free trials. Another option is SlingTV, which has promotional offers for new customers.
This game will also stream on ESPN Plus. You can get a subscription to ESPN Plus for $11.99 per month. Another option is to sign up for an annual subscription for $119.99, which saves about 17% off compared to the monthly route.
Watch North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State on FuboTV for free
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Who is announcing North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State?
Roy Philpott (play-by-play) and Sam Acho (analyst) will be the announcers while Taylor Davis reports from the sidelines.
What are the latest odds for North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State?
Spread: NDSU: (+3.5), SDSU: (-3.5)
Moneyline: NDSU: (+136), SDSU: (-162)
Point total: 48.5
Odds from DraftKings
Here’s more information on how to watch this game on TV and streaming services.
What: College football FBS national semifinal: North Dakota State vs. South Dakota State
When: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024
Time: 12 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Central)
Where: Fargo Dome | Fargo, North Dakota
Channel: ABC
Best streaming options: FuboTV (free trial and $30 off first month), DirecTV Stream (free trial), Sling TV (half off first month and ESPN Plus
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Here is more information on North Dakota State’s performance in the quarterfinals from the AP:
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Cam Miller threw three touchdown passes, ran for another and second-seeded North Dakota State blew past a 14-point deficit to beat 15th-seeded Abilene Christian 51-31 on Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs.
The Bison (11-2), in the FCS playoffs for a 15th straight season and winner of nine FCS titles, will host seventh-seeded Mercer in the quarterfinals.
Abilene Christian (9-5) took a 17-3 lead on a 13-yard TD pass from Maverick McIvor to J.J. Henry, a 90-yard run by Sam Hicks and a Ritse Vaes 29-yard field goal early in the second quarter.
The Bison then took over, starting with Jackson Williams’ 100-yard kickoff return to start a run of 31 consecutive points, 17 coming in the second quarter for a 20-17 halftime lead.
The scoring streak ended when Nehemiah Martinez’s 53-yard return helped set up Hicks’ 3-yard score to get the Wildcats within 34-24. But the Bison matched that TD on their ensuing drive on Miller’s 36-yard connection with Bryce Lance to cap their 21-point third quarter.
Again, the Wildcats got within 10 early in the fourth quarter on Rovaughn Banks Jr.’s 2-yard TD run. But NDSU’s Marcus Gulley returned an interception 37 yards to the ACU 9 and the Crosa kicked a field goal and Logan Kopp followed with a 31-yard pick-6.
Miller was 20 of 29 for 274 yards passing.
McIvor threw for 153 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Hicks ran for 153 yards on 16 carries.
ACU, champion of the United Athletic Conference, was in its first FCS playoffs since joining the classification in 2013, and beat Northern Arizona in its first-round game.
Crosa has made his 262nd career PAT to pass NDSU’s Cam Pederson (2015-18) and set an FCS record.
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