South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Student Loan Corporation (SCSL), a long-term partner of SCICU, is deepening its Power:Ed program support with SCICU institutions through a grant to support undergraduate research at SCICU’s five historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Power:Ed, S.C. Student Loan’s philanthropic arm, in its third cycle of awarding grants to local nonprofits, …
SCICU and its 21 member colleges and universities mourn the passing of Sen. Hugh K. Leatherman (R-Florence). “The SCICU family honors Sen. Leatherman’s dedication to all South Carolinians,” said Jeff Perez, SCICU president and CEO. “Sen. Leatherman used his leadership to strongly advocate for accessible and affordable higher education in South Carolina, including independent colleges …
Quentin Seegars, a senior business major at Claflin University, was announced as the 2021 McLean-Smith SCICU Student of the Year at SCICU’s board meeting on Sept. 28. Honoring the combined legacies of leadership at SCICU and the S.C. Tuition Grants Commission, the award recognizes academic achievement and campus/community involvement made by S.C. Tuition Grants recipients. …
You may have seen a movie in which two of the characters play a game of “chicken” with their cars: in this test of nerves, they drive straight at each other; the first to swerve out of the way is the chicken and loses. I’ve also heard the way to win at “chicken” is, once …
SCICU and its 21 member colleges and universities are participating in a national #DoublePell campaign on Twitter. The major emphasis of the campaign is the NAICU-produced #DoublePell 30-second video and Pell Grant student recipient stories and posts from SCICU’s 21 member campuses. Please click here or click the photo to view the #DoublePell video. Follow …
This is a brief update, as we await the return of the General Assembly to the State House. While the Senate has announced no plans, the media is reporting House Judiciary Chairman Chris Murphy (R-Dorchester) expects the House will return to address redistricting by the first week of December. That’s not soon enough for the …
Reconciliation budget bill / Double Pell We received some bad news from the House Education and Labor Committee, which proposed in its part of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill a $500 increase in the Pell Grants Program, but funded free two-year college. Typically, a $500 increase would be good news, but with so much money …
