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SPARTANBURG, SC (courtesy goupstate.com) — Spartanburg Methodist College is “knee deep” in preparations to offer bachelor’s degrees. SMC, which currently offers two-year associate’s degrees, has considered expanding to offer four-year degrees about a half dozen times since 1991, college President Scott Cochran said. But those ongoing talks, combined with changing demands from students, have become …
COLUMBIA, SC — The second regular session of the 122nd South Carolina General Assembly began on January 9, 2018. One week later, Katie Harrison, executive director of the South Carolina Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission, presented the Commission’s budget request for FY 2018-19 to the House Ways and Means Committee’s Higher Education subcommittee. Securing an …
Following significant public interest/participation in College Access and Affordability Town Halls in Greenville and Columbia, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) will continue its statewide town hall series with a February 15 event at the Lowcountry Graduate Center in North Charleston. Location and meeting details may be viewed here. Town halls in Greenville …
Allen University’s Institute for Civility, along with Project South, will be hosting two workshops on February 12. The two events, which are free and open to the public, will be held in the Chapelle Auditorium on the Allen University Campus. The two February 12 events are as follows: Movement Lawyering Workshop by Project South February …
COLUMBIA, SC — The SC Commission on Higher Education (CHE) will be hosting a College Access and Affordability Town Hall in Columbia at 5:30 pm on Thursday, February 1, 2018. This event will be open to the public and will be held at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. CHE Commissioners, CHE staff, and SCICU representatives …
Six research faculty members at Benedict College, Claflin University, and Furman University are part of four teams that have been awarded funding by the SC EPSCoR/IDEA‘s Stimulus Research Program (SRP). This program was developed to strengthen South Carolina’s research capacity and research competitiveness and encourage collaboration between comprehensive research universities and predominantly undergraduate institutions in …
GREENVILLE, SC (courtesy converse.edu) — Converse College and the University Center of Greenville, Inc. (UCG) announce the addition of Converse College as the University Center’s seventh Academic Member. Converse will begin offering its co-educational Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Early Childhood Education degree at the University Center in July 2018, and plans to …
GREENVILLE, SC (courtesy furman.edu) — Furman University President Elizabeth Davis has been elected to the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Board of Directors. Davis will serve a one-year term from January 2018 to January 2019. The elections were held during a meeting of the Board of Directors on Jan. 4. “The Council is pleased to …
HARTSVILLE, SC (courtesy coker.edu) -– Kalmia Gardens of Coker College received a $77,500 grant to continue its commitment to protecting and enhancing regional waterways and the environment. The grant is part of the Water Resources Fund, a $10 million, multi-year commitment from Duke Energy that will leave a legacy of improved water quality, quantity and …
