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Today's headlines — Wednesday, January 27, 2010
 
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Aiken Standard

Anderson
Independent-Mail

Beaufort Gazette

Charleston
Post & Courier

Chester News & Reporter

Florence Morning News

Fort Mill Times

Gaffney Ledger

Georgetown Times

Greenville News

Hilton Head Island Packet

The Kingstree News

The Index-Journal

The Lancaster News

Lexington County
Chronicle

Myrtle Beach Sun News

Orangeburg Times & Democrat

Rock Hill Herald

The State

The Sumter Item

Spartanburg
Herald-Journal

The Union Daily Times
 
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State
Veteran speaks up for lottery tuition funds
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, SC) – January 27, 2010
While the speech itself was only 12 minutes, Zach Pitts hopes the impact of his message on the steps of the Statehouse in Columbia will last a lifetime for college students across South Carolina.
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College classes precede high school diploma on Grand Strand
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, SC) – January 26, 2010
In middle school, Tina MacBay had relatively good grades, but as the daughter of a single working mom with limited resources, college might not have been an option before she enrolled four years ago in the pilot class of Horry County School's Early College High School.
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Defense contractor could bring jobs to Indian Land
The Herald (Rock Hill, SC) – January 26, 2010
In a county with an 18.5 percent unemployment rate, help could be on the way in the form of new, high paying jobs.
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Enrollment Skyrockets At Aiken Tech
WJBF-TV (Augusta, GA) – January 25, 2010
They’re seeing record enrollment this year at Aiken Technical College.
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National
Online Enrollment Up 17%
Inside Higher Ed – January 27, 2010
Fall 2008 online enrollments were up 17 percent from a year before, with about 4.6 million students taking at least one class online, according to the 2009 Sloan Survey of Online Learning.
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Taking The Alternate Route
Community College Week – January 25, 2010
They are doctors and lawyers, chefs and waitresses, journalists and brokers. They have college degrees, life experience and share an admirable work ethic.
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Carnegie Nursing Study Riles College Leaders
Community College Week – January 25, 2010
Despite the fact that community colleges educate almost half of all new nurses entering the profession, organizations like the American Nurses Association have long argued that an associate degree is nursing is inadequate preparation for working in the field.
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