COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 26 -- The South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: Last week the House passed its version of the state budget, and it contains plenty of good news for SCICU member institutions. At the top of the list is the Tuition Grants Program, which retained its $20 million allocation from the state lottery. This along with its other state funding has permitted the Tuition Grants Commission to approve increasing the maximum gra  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 26 -- The South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: * * * Congress has approved the FY 2024 federal budget. We dodged a bullet. The House had pressed to eliminate entirely the Federal Work-Study (FWS) and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) programs, and the Senate proposed a $10 million dollar cut to each program. However, the version approved over the weekend retains their funding at current levels -  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 26 -- The South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities issued the following statement by President and CEO Jeff Perez: * * * Do you know what lactate dehydrogenase is? Neither do I. Deanjay Knight knows. She's a student at Benedict College. Her project as part of the SCICU Undergraduate/Faculty Research Program was, "Lactate Dehydrogenase as a Biomarker of Poultry Wood Breast Syndrome." This year, thanks to generous donors, SCICU funded Deanjay's and 2  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 26 (TNSres) -- The South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: Undergraduate student researchers from South Carolina's private colleges and universities showcased their 2023 project findings at the Feb. 22, 2024 SCICU Research Symposium hosted by Milliken & Company at their Spartanburg Customer Center. Thirty-one undergraduates representing 13 SCICU member colleges and universities presented research findings for 26 pr  more