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Request for Proposals for the FY 2010 SCWRC Competitive Research Program Read More. . . Planning for College: A Comprehensive Guide for S.C. Families This incisive and objective publication targets South Carolina families wishing to learn more about affording college and will serve as a practical handbook for students seeking a college degree. It resulted from a unique collaboration by all sectors of higher education and is tailored to the specific needs and interests of all South Carolinians. Read more. The Self Portrait: How Are We Doing In South Carolina? The Self Portrait: How Are We Doing in South Carolina? is an ongoing biannual survey developed in collaboration with the University of South Carolina's Institute for Public Service and Policy Research Survey Laboratory. The project is designed to help us better understand South Carolinian's perceptions of the state's current and future outlook, if attitudes are changing over time, and where changes in priorities may be in order. The Self Portrait: Results to Date Why focus only on the Middle East? Read Senior Fellow Clint Whitehurst's Editorial in the Christian Science Monitor. The Notable State Document Award For publications written by Holley Hewitt Ulbrich and Ada Louise Steirer to inform citizens about state and local public policy issues and provide the information and tools they need to take action.

WHAT'S HOT!    (Visit our Publications page for a complete listing of reports, newsletters, documents and brochures. Topics include: economical development, educational issues, environmental issues, government & taxation, history, intergenerational issues, national security issues, opinion pieces, travel & tourism development, and transportation issues.)

Policy Briefs on Taxation This series of policy briefs written by Senior Scholar Holley Ulbrich offers clear, concise analysis of current tax issues in South Carolina aimed at the average interested citizen who wants to understand what is at stake in proposed legislation or in reconsidering existing tax policies. Assessment Caps and Point of Sale Provision Comparing Taxes Across States Why Should You Care about the Index of Taxpaying Ability   Economics for Holley-days STI Senior Scholar and economist Holley Ulbrich takes a whimsical tour through the year linking holidays to economic ideas and issues, from health care to corporations, intergenerational equity to economic forecasting. This series is eventually destined to be published as a book. Health Care Never Takes a Vacation Labor Day: Minimum Wage, Living Wage The Autumn Equinox: Turning Points and the Business Cycle Columbus Day: The First Wave of European Immigration Hallowe'en - Taking Chances Veterans' Day - Paying What We Owe   Policy Brief - Carbon Trading: Opportunities, Challenges and Distributional Effects in the United States - by G. Michael Mikota   An Assessment Of Shoreline Management Options Along The South Carolina Coast - by James B. London, Caitlin S. Dyckman, Jeffery S. Allen, Courtney C. St. John, I. Leigh Wood, Samantha R. Jackson A report submitted to the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control   Options for Anderson County School Districts - by Holley H. Ulbrich, Ellen W. Saltzman and Catherine E. Watt Link to the report prepared for the Anderson County Board of Education, which commissioned the study in order to see how the county might best balance the desire for autonomy and diversity represented by five school districts and the need to provide equal educational opportunities for all of Anderson County' s children. Options explored in the report include school district consolidation or redistricting, expanded tax base sharing, expanded service sharing, and rethinking the centralization and decentralization of various school- and district-level functions. The do-nothing option was also considered. Report PowerPoint Presentation   Financing Education in SC - A Citizen's Guide - by Holley H. Ulbrich and Ellen W. Saltzman This updated 2009 Financing Education in South Carolina: A Citizen's Guide outlines K-12 public education finance and school governance in South Carolina and current policy issues.   The Economic Situation - September 2009 - by Dr. Bruce Yandle   Policy Brief: Education in SC - A Capital Investment for All - by Donna London and Jeff Parkey   Transportation Mergers In The NAFTA Area - by Clinton H. Whitehurst, Jr.   Upstate SC Growth Model - by Craig E. Campbell, Jeffrey Allen, and Kang Shou Lu An 18-page report describing, in moderate detail, how the 8-County Upstate Growth Model was created and run, and presenting the final results. For more detailed information on the model, click here.   Fiscal Sustainability In SC - Trends and Issues - by Ellen W. Saltzman and Holley Hewitt Ulbrich This report is the fourth in an intermittent series on South Carolina state revenue and spending. The purpose of this series is to stimulate an ongoing dialogue about an important issue facing the state of South Carolina: the development of a revenue structure and budgetary policies and practices that ensure stable and adequate funding for essential and important state government services in future years. The current report examines trends in state revenue and expenditures, especially during the last recession, and identifies current challenges to revenue and spending. The report also examines whether or not the stateÕs revenue system is likely to be able to support future spending through fiscal year 2012-13. Earlier fiscal sustainability publications were issued in 1997, 1999, and 2001.   Of Cabbages, Kings and Vice Presidents - by Clinton H. Whitehurst, Jr.   Winning Or Managing 21st Century Wars - by Clinton H. Whitehurst, Jr.   Request for Proposals for the FY 2009 SCWRC Competitive Research Program - by Dr. Jeffery Allen   Managing Residential Growth in SC - A Citizen's Guide - by Holley Hewitt Ulbrich and Donna S. London   The Economic Impact of Ubiquitous Wireless Internet in South Carolina - by Dr. Robery Carey and Camilla Hertwig   A Growth Policy for the 21st Century in South Carolina by Holley Hewitt Ulbrich Three Kind of Caps and their Consequences - Assessment, Millage and Spending Caps by Holley Hewitt Ulbrich Paying for Government in South Carolina: A Citizens Guide -- by Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, Sandra Lee Sanderson and Ellen Weeks Saltzman   January, 2008 Special Issue:   The Economic Situation Report - by Dr. Bruce Yandle   Funding and Managing South Carolina's Roads and Highways   - by Clint Whitehurst Planning for the Community Forest in South Carolina   - by Donna S. London and Donald L. Ham The Potential Economic Impact of an Off-Shore Wind Farm to the State of South Carolina   - by Roger J. Flynn and Robert T. Carey Revenue and the South Carolina Budget   - by Holley H. Ulbrich and Ellen W. Saltzman

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