College of Charleston Mum on Donor Connection to Multimillion-Dollar Lease...
What College of Charleston officials don’t want to talk about publicly is the connection of a large college donor to a downtown Charleston building that the school is proposing to lease for seven...
View ArticleLegislative Panel Ignores Conflict-of-Interest Questions about College Lease
A state legislative committee Thursday approved – for the second time in as many months – a proposal by the College of Charleston to pay more than $9 million to lease a downtown Charleston building...
View ArticleNumber of Six-Figure Salaries Growing at USC, Clemson and MUSC
Nearly 1,700 administrators, professors and coaches at the University of South Carolina, Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina earn at least $100,000 annually – an increase...
View ArticleRejected College Lease Proposals Millions Less than Winning Donor's Bid
At last week’s S.C. Budget and Control Board meeting, Gov. Nikki Haley seemed pleased with plans by the College of Charleston to pay millions to lease a downtown office building with ties to a large...
View ArticleUSC’s ‘Fair Funding’ Plan Not So Fair to Taxpayers
To University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides, his offer to the S.C. General Assembly is too good to pass up:
View ArticleClemson Officials Keeping Presidental List Secret
“The selection of a president is the single most important responsibility of the board.” So said David Wilkins, chairman of the Clemson University Board of Trustees on April 17, the day after longtime...
View ArticleDocuments: Public Largely Shut Out of Clemson’s Presidential Search
The search committee for Clemson University’s next president kept the public from having easy access to its meetings, documents released Monday evening to The Nerve reveal.
View ArticleClemson Seeking Big Budget Increase, Sitting on Huge Reserves
Clemson University is requesting more than a 10 percent budget increase for the next school year, despite having $133 million in unrestricted reserves at the start of this fiscal year, records...
View ArticleClemson Forest Land at Risk with Proposed ‘Enterprise Division'?
In a 2006 internal report, a task force that studied Clemson University’s vast land holdings recommended that for the approximately 20,000 acres of surrounding forest and farm lands, school officials...
View ArticleBig Taxpayer Bill to Come with College of Charleston Plans?
The College of Charleston's new president, Glenn McConnell, didn’t waste any time telling students that a state commission had given the 244-year-old college the go-ahead to offer doctoral degrees.
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