South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Beginning with the 2021 session of the South Carolina General Assembly, SCICU is expanding its state advocacy efforts to include issue/topic-focused infographics delivered regularly and directly to state Representatives and Senators. “After reviewing the advocacy efforts of other state’s higher education organizations like SCICU, we decided to develop and launch a data-driven …
Message from SCICU President and CEO Jeff Perez – When I share that I’m associated with SCICU, there are several questions that always seem to come up: Q. How do you describe SCICU? A. We celebrate independent higher education in South Carolina. We applaud the achievements of our campuses and their students and let as …
We are extremely pleased that the S.C. House Ways and Means Committee has recommended a substantial increase for the Tuition Grants Program, which provides scholarships to S.C. resident undergraduate students attending private colleges and universities in South Carolina. The committee included in its proposed state budget the governor’s executive budget recommendation for an additional $10 …
The American Rescue Act — The big news from Washington, D.C. is a very big COVID-19 relief package, called the American Rescue Act, which provides $1.9 trillion in aid. Of that $40 billion is slotted for higher education. To put that number in perspective, the CARES Act included $14 billion for higher education and the …
GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — Limestone University Assistant Professor of English and Spanish Dr. Jack Knipe will present his research on the language attitudes of international students toward African American Vernacular English at the 65th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Originally scheduled to take place in Seattle April 25-May 2, …
SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Morris College alumna Dr. JiMiesh Green Crane has donated a Sharp Interactive Smart Board to the college to help make online STEM instruction more effective for Morris students. To express gratitude for Morris College helping her navigate her career path, Dr. Crane contacted Dr. Radman Ali, her biology major advisor, …
NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu and cic.edu) — Newberry College has received a $25,000 Vocation across the Academy Grant from the Council of Independent College’s Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE). The grant will support an ongoing program to integrate two key pieces of the Newberry College mission — meaningful vocation and engaged citizenship. The …
TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — In November 2019, Impact 360 Institute and NGU announced a partnership leading to the development of a new graduate-level program, Impact 360 Masters. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states, has …
CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Theresa R. (Terri) Tibbs, associate vice chancellor of human resources at Fayetteville State University (Fayetteville, N.C.), will serve as PC’s next vice president of human resources and Title IX. Tibbs, who will become the first African American executive in Presbyterian College history, starts on April 1. “I am honored and …
