South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
Good news from the BEA — Last week the S.C. Board of Economic Advisors reported the General Assembly would have considerably more resources at its disposal for the next fiscal year (2021-2022) than previously projected. In January, the BEA anticipated additional revenues of $440.2 million, but at its April 8 meeting the BEA upped that …
Title IX — The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Tuesday that, responding to the president’s executive order, it would review the Title IX regulations put in place last August. It is doing so as part of implementing President Biden’s March 8 Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SCICU is proud to announce Rep. Gary Simrill (R-York) as the Legislative Champion for the annual Independent Colleges and Universities Week, this year April 12-16. Simrill is majority leader in the S.C. House of Representatives and serves as the second vice-chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. He also chairs the …
Students on SCICU campuses across South Carolina are busy penning thousands of letters to members of the South Carolina General Assembly expressing their thanks for the S.C. Tuition Grants program. S.C. Representatives and Senators know that budget time in the Statehouse means student letters. Over the years, members of the General Assembly have grown to …
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 …
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 …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Continuing its 65-year relationship with SCICU member colleges and universities, Dominion Energy is increasing its scholarship investment to $100,000 – 100 scholarships worth $1,000 each – for eligible SCICU students beginning fall 2021. “We are committed to equitable educational opportunities across the communities we serve,” said Rodney Blevins, president of Dominion Energy …
Push for enhancing S.C. Tuition Grants — SCICU joined Governor McMaster, the SC Commission on Higher Education and the SC Technical College System at a press conference advocating an increase in the state lottery’s contribution to needs-based aids, including the South Carolina Higher Education Tuition Grants Program. In his Executive Budget the governor proposed an …
