Dakota State University, Northern State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota exceeded their enrollment targets for the 2000-2001 year. Incentive fund three supports demonstrated improvement in academic performance of undergraduate students enrolled in the universities. Incentive fund four encourages the universities to share faculty and facilities and to enroll South Dakota high school students. All of the universities exceeded their target for 2000-2001. Incentive fund five encourages the universities to raise external funds.
Performance is measured separately for gifts, grants and contracts, scholarships, and capital funds.
The Board received a performance report on this fund in October 2000. Performance targets for the 2002 fiscal year were approved by the Board for funds one, two, and four. The Regents consider several factors in determining the performance targets. For incentive fund two the Board considered recent enrollment growth which affects the number of students available for the designated programs. The Board also considered changes to the program lists and the popularity of each university's programs.