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[="Fiyah, post: 2399411, member: 18"]Surprise move to close S.C. State temporarily halted as outcry grows
State lawmakers temporarily halted an attempt Tuesday to shut down the financially troubled South Carolina State University for at least three semesters.
The House Ways and Means Higher Education Subcommittee voted 3-1 Tuesday to suspend operations at the state’s only public historically black college, a move that would mean laying off the school’s employees and transferring academically eligible students. The goal would be to use the savings to repay the school’s mounting debt.
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, cast the lone vote against the plan. After lawmakers decided to sleep on it before taking further action on S.C. State’s future, school President Thomas Elzey held a news conference at the Orangeburg campus, vowing to keep the school open.
Source: The Post and Courier (con't)
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Damage to their reputation has been done.... smh
State lawmakers temporarily halted an attempt Tuesday to shut down the financially troubled South Carolina State University for at least three semesters.
The House Ways and Means Higher Education Subcommittee voted 3-1 Tuesday to suspend operations at the state’s only public historically black college, a move that would mean laying off the school’s employees and transferring academically eligible students. The goal would be to use the savings to repay the school’s mounting debt.
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, cast the lone vote against the plan. After lawmakers decided to sleep on it before taking further action on S.C. State’s future, school President Thomas Elzey held a news conference at the Orangeburg campus, vowing to keep the school open.
Source: The Post and Courier (con't)
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Damage to their reputation has been done.... smh