Ian Grenier
Education Reporter at Post and Courier
Education Lab reporter in Columbia for @postandcourier/@pccolumbia | find me at [email protected] | alum @vicadvocate, @thegamecock, @uofsc | he/him
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Ian Grenier
COLUMBIA — Students who credibly threaten to hurt someone in a South Carolina school with a weapon would face a state-mandated expulsion under a proposal advancing in the state Senate. The bill comes amid concern over the disruption and fear that comes from threats against people on campuses, which have been cited as a force driving teachers away from an already short-staffed profession.
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1 week ago |
postandcourier.com | Ian Grenier
COLUMBIA — The University of South Carolina will require almost all of its employees to work from campus starting July 1, ending remote work in a return to pre-pandemic status for the flagship university. About 730 of the school's 5,496 employees currently have a remote or hybrid work set-up, according to university spokesman Jeff Stensland.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Ian Grenier
COLUMBIA — "Several" international students studying at the University of South Carolina have had their U.S. visas terminated by the federal government, according to university spokesman Jeff Stensland. The revocations come as colleges and universities across the country have reported similar terminations, the Associated Press reported, including at Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, UCLA and Ohio State University. USC has been in contact with the students with revoked visas, Stensland said.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Ian Grenier
NEWBERRY — Maurice W. "Morrie" Scherrens, longtime president of Newberry College, died the morning of April 6 after an unspecified illness, according to a statement from the chair of the college's board of trustees. He was 76. Scherrens had led the small college as its 22nd president since 2012.
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2 weeks ago |
postandcourier.com | Ian Grenier
COLUMBIA — State senators this week advanced a bill meant to increase accountability over South Carolina's growing charter school sector by upping state oversight of their sponsors and fleshing out the system for schools to transfer between them. The legislation comes amid concerns that some of the independently run public schools have tried to skirt oversight by switching sponsors, the organizations that authorize the schools and oversee their operations.
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RT @IAmNickReynolds: Shortly after this was mentioned, Senate Finance President Harvey Peeler started talking about a healthier state. Said…
RT @IAmNickReynolds: "'Several' international students studying at the University of South Carolina have had their U.S. visas terminated by…
NEW: US visas for "several" international USC students have been terminated, according to a university spokesman. Comes as universities across the country have reported similar revocations, sometimes with little explanation from federal officials. https://t.co/QQBQFWXfYd
