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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Four of South Dakota's public universities will work together to create a new master of education degree in principal preparation.
The South Dakota Board of Regents approved the new degree program this week at its meeting in Rapid City.
Starting next summer, the degree will be offered by Black Hills State University in Spearfish, Northern State University in Aberdeen, University of South Dakota in Vermillion and South Dakota State University in Brookings.
Regents executive director and CEO Jack Warner says the program will emphasize unique challenges principals in rural parts of the state deal with.
The program will be delivered through a combination of face-to-face coursework, online instruction and field-based learning experiences.
A group of educators developed the program with grant support from the Bush Foundation.
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