Advice for new grads in tough job market

MAY 14, 2010 – It wasn’t too many years back that a newly-minted college graduate could count on a job for life -– or at least a long time.
My, how times have changed. With global competition, off-shoring of American jobs and massive improvements in technology, finding good professional jobs [...]

More work needed on Palmetto Priorities

JAN. 8, 2010 — A slogan from an old Virginia Slims cigarette ad – “You’ve come a long way, baby – just doesn’t apply to the South Carolina General Assembly.

But, the legislature took a few positive, progressive baby steps toward dealing with generational problems identified last year in Statehouse Report’s “Palmetto Priorities” list.

A year [...]

Higher ed may be key to SC’s prosperity

DEC. 24, 2009 — For South Carolina to get out of the cellar on several generational problems – low education levels, poverty, high unemployment and more – its leaders need to make a sustained commitment to improving higher education dramatically, two state higher education leaders say.

“You’re really rolling the ball uphill if you have [...]