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South Dakota Mines creates Center for Education Innovation to pilot alternative academic models
Summary
The Board approved the Center for Education Innovation at South Dakota Mines, a conceptual, non‑building unit intended to operate with autonomy to prototype competency‑based and alternative credential programs and rapidly scale successful models across the system.
South Dakota Mines asked the board to approve a Center for Education Innovation — an academic incubator designed to experiment with alternative delivery models, accelerated programs and competency‑based credentials. Darcy Briggs described the center as a conceptual, nimble unit operating under the university brand but with procedural autonomy to test and rapidly prototype new offerings.
Briggs said the center is not a new building but a small, responsive team that will pursue rapid prototyping, close collaboration with direct customers and iterative learning. The board approved the center and related policy revisions in a combined motion that waived additional reading requirements; members described the approach as a way to "find a need, go do it, and make it happen."
