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South Dakota Mines highlights quantum center, enrollment and deferred maintenance needs
Summary
Leaders from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology told the Joint Appropriations Committee the institution is expanding research in quantum information, keeping tuition frozen and managing rising facility and insurance costs while pursuing enrollment growth and workforce pipelines.
Nathan Lucas, executive director for the South Dakota Board of Regents, and Brian Tandy, president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, told the Joint Appropriations Committee about the school’s enrollment trends, research funding and facilities needs.
The school said its programs are producing high-paying graduates and noted specific investments the legislature has already made in campus facilities and in quantum research.
The presentation emphasized why Mines views state support as an investment in workforce and research capacity. ‘‘Postsecondary education in South Dakota pays,’’ Executive Director Nathan Lucas said, noting Mines’ contribution to workforce readiness. President Brian Tandy said the recently opened Core Mineral Industries Building and the state’s investment in a Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology are already having positive effects on campus, including leveraged…
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