News

South Dakota Universities Pushing for Faculty Pay Raises

South Dakota Universities Pushing for Faculty Pay Raises

Photo: WNAX


The South Dakota Board of Regents will hold their budget retreat next month in Pierre, and a critical issue will be finding money for faculty pay raises.

University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring says pay increases for faculty have not been consistent….

Gestring says universities in the state have a difficult time competing with out of state institutions……

Gestring says they are still putting together their salary proposal……

Gestring moved into the President’s office last month, following the retirement of long time President Jim Abbott.

Recent Headlines

8 hours ago in Local

FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA DISTRIBUTES THANSGIVING MEALS

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Feeding South Dakota has been distributing Thanksgiving Meals all month long to those…

8 hours ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUES TO INCENTIVIZE DAIRIES AS INDUSTRY STRUGGLES TO FIND WORKERS

SOUTH DAKOTA (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – As some South Dakota dairy farmers struggle to find workers and as…

8 hours ago in Local

DCI INVESTIGATES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN BERESFORD, SD

BERESFORD, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into an officer-involved shooting…

4 days ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA OPEN MEETINGS, VIOLATIONS FOUND AND TASK FORCE FORMED

PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight /Joshua Haiar) – The Lincoln County Commission violated South Dakota’s open-meetings laws when three commissioners attended…

4 days ago in Local

IOWA NURSING HOME OWNER FACES 17 CLAIMS OVER RESIDENT DEATHS OR HARM

WEST DES MOINES, IA (Iowa Capitol Dispatch) – An Iowa nursing home company has faced at least 17 wrongful-death and…