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South Dakota Tech Schools Working on Enrollment Gains

South Dakota Tech Schools Working on Enrollment Gains

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Maintaining enrollment growth in the face of rising tuition will be a challenge for South Dakota’s tech schools.

Nick Wendell, Executive Director of the Technical Education Board, told the Government Audit and Operations Committee they expect slow growth next year…

Wendell told the committee enrollment at the four schools totaled six thousand eight hundred twenty five students this year.

He says the schools are cooperating in contacting prospective students…

Wendell told the committee that national trends are not encouraging….

The committee had told Wendell at an earlier meeting to come back with more complete information.

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