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Post by donna on Mar 26, 2015 22:55:05 GMT
South Carolina State is 10s of millions of dollars in debt. Some sources say 80+ million. Here is a link to a story about the school. www.wistv.com/story/28617799/sc-states-president-clean-slate-needed-for-university-to-thrive-againThe college is a historic black college, but should that fact keep the state from shutting it down? When do you stop putting money into the situation? I feel so bad for the students there. Why would anyone new go there when things are so uncertain? What do you think the state should do? |
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Post by epeanymous on Mar 26, 2015 22:58:27 GMT
I'd be curious to know -- and that article doesn't tell me -- the extent to which the school's debts reflect state spending cuts in the first place. I worked for a state university in SC, and we went through substantial state funding cuts -- that we were called a "state" school was kind of amusing given the small percentage of our budget that was made up by state funds.
I had colleagues who went to SC State and they were pretty awesome. I otherwise do not know enough about the school and where it fits into meeting state educational needs to know how important it is to maintain as a campus.
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Post by donna on Mar 26, 2015 23:02:17 GMT
epeanymous I am so glad you replied! I don't know much about college funding. I am sure it is complicated.
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Post by epeanymous on Mar 26, 2015 23:18:23 GMT
epeanymous I am so glad you replied! I don't know much about college funding. I am sure it is complicated. If you want a really short overview, here is a link to the declines nationwide in state support for public universities (note that it features South Carolina as an example of deep cuts): State Funding: A Race to the Bottom
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Mar 27, 2015 0:21:22 GMT
What I would want to know is how does their debt compare to other universities in the State.
Are they the only school in that much debt?
I think that supporting the Historical Black Colleges is important but too a point!
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