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Study: Labor shortage looms in South Dakota

State needs to retain more of its grads to meet future needs

A new study by the Board of Regents suggests South Dakota does a good job of keeping its home-grown university and college students in its workforce but needs to do a lot more to meet a looming labor shortage.

Seventy percent of South Dakotans attending one of the state’s six public universities will remain here after graduation to either work or pursue more education, the study found. And further, three out of every 10 out-of-state students also will remain in South Dakota once they graduate from the public universities.

The trouble is, it’s not nearly enough.

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