Benedict College grading policy under SACS review
Benedict College faces scrutiny from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools over its Success Equals Effort grading system that weights effort for freshmen at 60 percent and 40 percent for performance. Two science professors were fired for refusing to apply the policy, while the college defends it as raising academic standards.
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Columbia — Benedict College
Commission On Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
John O. Dwyer
SACS
Milwood Motley
Larry Williams
David Swinton
Swinton
Benedict
Clemson University
Jim Barker
American Association of University Professors
Washington, D.C
Congressman Fined for Forest Fire Incident Near Cordesville
U S Representative Henry Brown was fined 250 dollars after an investigation found he started a blaze March 5 on his land near Cordesville that spread to 20 acres in Francis Marion National Forest. He will not be charged for firefighting costs, pending policy review by the Forest Service.
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Charleston
U.S
Henry Brown
Francis Marion National Forest
Forest Service
Brown
Capitol Hill
Department
Dan Jiron
Cordesville
Moncks Corner
National Forest
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Pickens
Pickens County
James Mahones
Rayfus Hagood
Easley
Hagood
Mahanes
Two Charleston businessmen plead guilty in $40 million bank scheme
Thomas Christensen of Eutawville and Howard Lee Ray of Ridgeville admit conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a Bargain Equipment Sales inc case. They falsified financial records to secure a $35 million loan from Deutsche Financial Services and instructed staff to mislead an auditor.
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Charleston
Thomas Christensen
Eutawville
Howard Lee Ray
Ridgeville
Bargain Equipment Sales Inc
U.S
Christensen
Ray
Deutsche Financial Services
St. Louis
North Charleston
Charleston Naval Weapons Station changes command
Capt Gary W Edwards took command of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station from Capt Robert Zalaskus who led since 2002. Edwards came from Norfolk to oversee a ceremony marking the station's 17th change of command since 1941 as Zalaskus moves to Norfolk to head the Navy Network Warfare Command. Both officers served on submarines including the Seahorse.
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Charleston
Gary W. Edwards
Charleston Naval Weapons Station
Edwards
Robert Zalaskus
Zalaskas
Norfolk
Carrier Group 2
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