This annual report provides information about the institutions under the South Dakota Board of Regents including six universities and the schools for the deaf and visually handicapped. The first section provides information on general concerns (such as the Regental Committee structure and institutional mission statements). The bulk of the report consists of tables and charts that summarize the following (with sample sub-topics): (1) financial affairs (operating budgets and budgeted mean salaries); (2) tuition and fees (historical tuition rates--1971-1996 and Fiscal Year 1996 tuition and fees schedule; (3) financial aid (student financial aid by program and state funded financial aid programs); (4) enrollment (student profile, fall 1995 headcount data, enrollment by site of instruction); (5) student right-to-know (campus crime reports and student persistence rates); (6) special schools (the South Dakota Schools for the Deaf and Visually Handicapped); (7) human resources (faculty salaries by professorial rank and turnover report); (8) management ratios (historical costs per student full time equivalent and student faculty ratio; (9) degrees conferred (numbers, trends, and by discipline); (10) physical plant (residence facility utilization and academic/revenue buildings); and (11) regional/national comparisons (full-time faculty salaries--regional/national comparisons.) (DB)