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Tag Archives: University of South Carolina
SmartState Job, Investment Numbers Leave Questions
Many of South Carolina’s high-ranking researchers are hobnobbing with politicians and business leaders today at the swanky Charleston Place Hotel, site of the first-ever SmartState program national conference. The three-day event, which ends Tuesday, is designed to expose state, national … Continue reading
Report: S.C. Needs Higher Education Overhaul
From a troubled transportation center at South Carolina State University to a botched biomass plant at USC, South Carolina’s taxpayer-supported colleges and universities have pursued some costly misadventures in the recent past. But these problematic projects, notably the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education
Tagged American Council of Teachers and Alumni, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, College of Charleston, Mark Sanford, S.C. Commission on Higher Education, S.C. Education Lottery, South Carolina Policy Council, South Carolina State University, University of South Carolina
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State Agencies Cry Poverty While Amassing Large Surpluses
South Carolina’s 33 public colleges and universities collectively amassed nearly $900 million in “unrestricted” assets – generally surplus money that can be spent on anything – as of June 30, according to year-end financial statements reviewed by The Nerve. In … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Budget, General Assembly, Higher Education, Other Funds, State Agencies, Transparency
Tagged Clemson University, College of Charleston, Medical University of South Carolina, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, S.C. Department of Health and Human Services, S.C. Department of Transportation, University of South Carolina
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Pastides Shows He’s No Renaissance Man
There’s no doubt that University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides is well-educated. With a doctoral degree in epidemiology from Yale University Graduate School, a master’s of public health from Yale University School of Medicine, and bachelor’s degrees in biology … Continue reading
Tuition Link Raises Questions about USC Building Projects
University of South Carolina administrators were not necessarily acting out of the goodness of their hearts when they admitted more freshmen than ever to the Columbia campus this fall. And last fall. Indeed, as Carolina collegiates begin hitting the books … Continue reading
USC Skims Grants to Finish Innovista Building
It’s been nearly half a decade since the University of South Carolina began the Discovery I building on its Innovista research campus, but the school finally appears to have a plan in place to complete the structure. Continue reading
Posted in Innovista
Tagged Budget and Control Board, Innovista, University of South Carolina
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Proviso Aims To Eliminate State-Funded Lobbying
South Carolina taxpayers would save $1 million under a state budget proviso the S.C. House has adopted that aims to eliminate publicly funded lobbying by state agencies. Continue reading
Posted in Legislation
Tagged 90.20, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, College of Charleston, Eric Bedingfield, Francis Marion University, Glenn McConnell, Greenville Technical, Judiciary Committee, Kevin Bryant, Medical University of South Carolina, Mike Rose, Office of State Budget, proviso, S. 335, Sen. Vincent Sheheen, South Carolina State University, State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, The Citadel, Tri-County Technical, University of South Carolina, Winthrop University
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Political Turbulence Over Aviation Center?
S.C. Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt supports a proposed University of South Carolina aviation research center, though he couldn’t change Gov. Nikki Haley’s mind about her opposition to a $5 million appropriation for the project, according to a lawmaker who pushed … Continue reading
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