SC Independent Colleges & Universities

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Education and accounting majors receiving Palmettos Fellows and LIFE scholarships at SCICU member institutions may be eligible to receive up to $2,500 in additional scholarship funding starting their sophomore year. The enhancements are available beginning Fall 2024. Earlier this year-the S.C. General Assembly passed Act 156 that expands the scholarship enhancements for …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy che.sc.gov) – The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education announced Aug. 20 that students in eligible programs at South Carolina-based independent institutions can now receive up to $90,000 in tuition reimbursement to pursue graduate-level nursing educator credentials. The BOLD™ (Better Outcomes, Less Debt) Career Pathways Nursing Faculty Loan Program, administered through the …

South Carolina’s 2024-25 budget bill was ratified by the General Assembly on June 26. With no challenges to Governor McMaster’s July 3 vetoes, the bill was enacted. Thankfully the budget preserved SCICU’s legislative priorities:

FAFSA problems persist — While Congress is on recess through early September, financial aid teams at SCICU member institutions and other colleges and universities throughout the United States are dealing with the ongoing FAFSA fiasco. Rollout delays for the new FAFSA continue to be compounded by myriad problems, including issues ranging from incorrect calculations of …

Fall is in the air and SCICU campuses from the S.C. mountains to the sea are again full of smiling students! Scroll to see back to campus photos from SCICU’s 21 member campuses. Learn more about each campus through their respective campus newsrooms, Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, and X/Twitter feeds. Allen University Campus newsroomInstagramFacebookX/Twitter Anderson …