A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN EDUCATING AND AND TO TRAINING OUR STATE’S WORKFORCE DECLARE APRIL 4, 2018, CAROLINA AS “SOUTH TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM DAY”. Whereas, serving more than 112,000 students across our State through credit programs, the South Carolina Technical College System is dedicated to providing training and education opportunities that promote economic and workforce development in the Palmetto State; and Whereas, located across South Carolina, the system’s sixteen institutions have established an unparalleled record of excellence in meeting the education and training needs of business and industry in their respective communities; and Whereas, these institutions make a quality higher education accessible and affordable to all South Carolinians and educate and train the majority of our firstgeneration college students; and state’s Whereas, nearly sixty percent of all South Carolinians enrolled as undergraduates in the public institutions of higher education state’s attend one of the technical colleges; and system’s sixteen Whereas, these colleges educate and train South Carolinians to live and work in our State, with ninetyfive percent of students being residents of South Carolina and eightynine percent remaining in the State after graduation; and
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND EXPRESS DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOR ITS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN EDUCATING AND TRAINING OUR STATE’S WORKFORCE AND TO DECLARE APRIL 4, 2018, AS “SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM DAY”. Whereas, serving more than 112,000 students across our State through credit programs, the South Carolina Technical College System is dedicated to providing training and education opportunities that promote economic and workforce development in the Palmetto State; and Whereas, located across South Carolina, the system’s sixteen institutions have established an unparalleled record of excellence in meeting the education and training needs of business and industry in their respective communities; and Whereas, these institutions make a quality higher education accessible and affordable to all South Carolinians and educate and train the majority of our state’s firstgeneration college students; and Whereas, nearly sixty percent of all South Carolinians enrolled as undergraduates in the state’s public institutions of higher education attend one of the system’s sixteen technical colleges; and Whereas, these colleges educate and train South Carolinians to live and work in our State, with ninetyfive percent of students being residents of South Carolina and eightynine percent remaining in the State after graduation; and
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