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COLUMBIA, SC — The House Ways and Means Committee has completed the first draft of the state’s $8.2 billion general fund budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts July 1. With very little unallocated general fund revenue ($292.9 million) available and over $2 billion in requests, the committee struggled to meet as many of …
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 …
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 …
Dr. Luns C. Richardson, former president of Morris College, passed away on January 13 at age 89. Richardson was president of Morris College for 43 years and was the longest-sitting college president in South Carolina. The United Negro College Fund recognized Dr. Richardson as their longest-serving member president. After 43 years of service as Morris …
COLUMBIA, SC — The second regular session of the 122nd South Carolina General Assembly will begin on January 9, 2018. SCICU’s Public Policy Committee has prepared the 2018 Legislative Strategic Plan to address issues related to the FY 2018-19 state budget and a long list of pending legislation. Securing an additional $2.13 million for the …
