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Aiken Standard

Anderson
Independent-Mail

Beaufort Gazette

Charleston
Post & Courier

Chester News & Reporter

Florence Morning News

Fort Mill Times

Gaffney Ledger

Georgetown Times

Greenville News

Hilton Head Island Packet

The Index-Journal

The Lancaster News

Lexington County
Chronicle

Myrtle Beach Sun News

Orangeburg Times & Democrat

Rock Hill Herald

The State

The Sumter Item

Spartanburg
Herald-Journal

The Union Daily Times
 
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State
Budget cuts wound all in Horry and Georgetown counties
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC) – January 4, 2009
The cuts affect all agencies and will be felt by nearly every resident in Horry and Georgetown counties: Medicaid recipients will no longer be able to use hospice services; college students will face larger classes taught by professors strained by greater work loads; state employees have to take days off without pay; physical education teachers will be reassigned in Horry County Schools.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/730480.html

FDTC to plan expansion
Morning News (Florence, SC) – January 4, 2009
Florence-Darlington Technical College President Dr. Charles Gould said the college hasn’t given up on the next phases of the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology, despite another wave of state budget cuts.
http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/article/fdtc_to_plan_expansion/25711/

Bill would restructure higher ed governing
The Item (Sumter, SC) – January 3, 2009
State Rep. Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, has filed a bill he hopes will get people in South Carolina talking about the structure of the state’s higher education system. Specifically, he wants to unify state colleges and universities under one governing board.
http://www.theitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090103/ITNEWS01/701039987/-1/ITNEWS

Safety became '08 campus issue
Spartanburg Herald Journal (Spartanburg, SC) – January 3, 2009
While there was plenty of news and accomplishments coming out of the seven Spartanburg and Cherokee County colleges and universities in 2008, several events from the past year undoubtedly transcended any one school.
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090103/ARTICLES/901031034/1083/NEWS01?
Title=Safety_became__08_campus_issue



  
 
National
Colleges Protect Workers and Cut Elsewhere
The Chronicle of Higher Education – January 5, 2009
Most colleges have steered through the first jolts of the recession without resorting to layoffs, cutting employee benefits, or imposing across-the-board freezes on hiring.
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i18/18a00102.htm

Can't reach highest rung without funds
Statesman.com (Austin, TX) – January 4, 2009
Higher education is a cause of hand wringing at every legislative session because Texas wants top-ranked colleges but doesn't want to pay the cost for reaching the highest rung of state-supported universities.
http://www.statesman.com/editorial/content/editorial/stories/insight/01/04/0104agenda_hied_edit.html

Affordable New Ways to Get Job Skills
U.S. News & World Report – January 2, 2009
A study of laid-off workers in Washington state during the early '90s found that those who went to community college to get new skills and credentials earned about 9 percent more, over the long term, than those who didn't get extra education.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2009/01/02/affordable-new-ways-to-get-job-skills.html