Universities weigh new performance funding impact across state
Officials at USC Clemson and MUSC voiced mixed views on the revamped funding model as the Higher Education Commission prepares to approve scores. They note differing criteria for teaching universities versus technical colleges, caution against cross sector comparisons, and anticipate only modest funding increases despite improvements in mission statements and post tenure review policies.
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Kathleen Noble
ATC
Higher Education Commission
Rayburn Barton
Commission
Barton
University of South Carolina
Clemson
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Jerry Odom
USC Columbia
Lee Vickers
Francis Marion University
Coastal Carolina University
Lindy Smith
Open air concert series in Hopeland Gardens schedule
City of Aiken Parks and Recreation presents Monday night free concerts at 7 at Hopeland Gardens sponsored by The Screen Print Factory. Upcoming acts include Bungle Rye July 13 Brett Alan Haselden July 20 BNFL Brass Band July 24 Aiken Community Band July 27 All That Jazz Aug 3 Ft Gordon Band Aug 10 Doug and Bunny Williams Aug 17 Catherine Stapleton Aug 24 and Aiken Community Band Aug 31. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. picnics allowed. no alcohol.
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City of
Aiken
Aiken Choral Society
All That Jazz
Ft. Gordon
Doug
Bunny Williams
Catherine Stapleton
Hopeland Gardens
Truck Collision In Regional Center Bus Wreck
Coroner says a truck driver attempted to stop but could not as a tractor trailer slammed into a bus. The force pushed the tractor into a bathroom and left blood present. An autopsy is planned while investigators map the cause and trucking company rosters are checked to identify the driver.
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Trucking Company
School gun safety debate follows Pelion incident
State Sen Darrell Jackson backs felony conviction for unsafe gun storage after a first grader found a loaded 9 mm at Pelion Elementary. The event prompted discussion of a national law funding school resource officers and South Carolina’s School Safety Act.
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Darrell Jackson
Columbia
Pelion
Hollings
South Carolina
Vicki Jerideau
Gunman surrenders after tense stand off in Aiken County
A gunman sat on a neighbor’s porch as crisis negotiators from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office talked by phone. After multiple talks with High Risk Entry Team members and deputies, the man surrendered. Thomas Widener, 31, of Winder, Georgia, is charged with first degree burglary assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature kidnapping and discharging a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is held at the Aiken County Detention Center.
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Black
Aiken County
Aiken County Detention Center
Local Schools See MAT7 Gains Across Fifth to Ninth Grades
The superintendent praised principals and five elementary schools Oakwood Windsor J D Lever Busbee Gloverville and Greendale for double digit improvements in 1998 MAT7 scores versus 1997 in many areas. Administrators cited full day kindergarten lower ratios varied teaching methods stronger home and community support and ongoing parent communication as key factors. State MAT7 results release set for August 11.
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Oakwood-Windsor
J.D. Lever
Busbee
Gloverville
Greendale
Eldridge
Mary Pat Cleland
Teresa Pope
Frank Roberson
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