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Tuition Grants Commission: director and commission chair describe program that subsidizes private college attendance
Summary
The Tuition Grants Commission administers a state program providing grants to South Carolinians who attend eligible independent colleges; Director Katie Harrison and commission chair Boone Hopkins gave personal and programmatic perspectives on effectiveness and cost avoidance.
Katie Harrison, executive director of the Tuition Grants Commission, and Boone Hopkins, chair of the commission and president of a private college, told the oversight committee the state program helps make private-college attendance affordable for low- and middle-income South Carolina residents.
Harrison said the commission administers grants exclusively for eligible students…
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