The Heartland Institute

The S.C. Budget and Control Board recently announced a moratorium halting construction at four-year public institutions that raised tuition by 7 percent or more for the 2010-2011 school year. The moratorium applies only to institutions that raised tuition by 7 percent or more. This means it does not apply to the University of ...

While South Carolinians can take pride in our state’s higher educational system, costs and tuition have skyrocketed in recent years, even as graduation rates remain below 40 percent. At the same time, South Carolina’s leading universities have been drawn away from their core mission and increasingly become conduits for the Legislature ...

Using money that’s only available for one year to fund ongoing functions of government Legislators are taking $150 million from various earmarked/restricted funds to pay for ongoing obligations at the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (Medicaid). Using millions in “anticipated” revenue to fund ...

For years, the General Assembly has shut the door, cut deals with lobbyists and given away billions of dollars in incentives. Deals are hatched and negotiated by a few powerful legislators – in many cases not even their legislative colleagues know what they’re doing. Once the deals are negotiated, legislation is rammed through ...