From higher education to lifelong learning, here’s how the Sioux Falls area is getting educated.
Educating today’s workforce requires a fundamental shift in thinking about how students learn and how professionals work. That’s central to how Augustana University is envisioning academics approaching 2030.
She’s the head of the National Science Board and has worked with ExxonMobil, IBM and Pfizer. Hear from her Thursday at Dakota State University while taking a look at impressive research from students.
The nation’s top revenue-producing tutoring franchise is a family business going through big changes. Huntington Learning Center’s second-generation leader will share her experience next month in Sioux Falls.
“We have businesses knocking on our door to get these students before they graduate.” Sioux Falls-area students are finding they don’t have to go far to find a college that prepares them for next-generation jobs.
Ask business leaders what skills they would like to improve in their teams and you’ll typically hear things like critical and creative thinking, problem solving and decision making. It’s possible to hone these skills in as a little as a day with the right expertise.
Augustana University is maintaining its near-perfect five-year average of 98 percent job placement among new graduates.
Celebrity Mike Rowe’s visit to South Dakota last year to promote technical school education has inspired him to help fund scholarships for those students.
Former South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has been named administrator of the Avera Academy, a new partnership with Sioux Falls School District and Southeast Technical Institute.
“The more we learn, the more we can build better and better robots to help us drive cars, explore space, do very detailed surgery and many other tasks unimaginable to our parents and our parents’ parents.” That’s a fifth-grader explaining why this program is so important. Doesn’t that make you want to learn more?
“The vast amount of opportunities that DSU offers veterans is comforting. It’s nice to know they care about our veterans’ education.” We think you’ll be impressed by everything DSU does to help military students succeed.
