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Legacy- July 2019, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
Legacy- July 2019, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina
SCIAA Newsletter - Legacy & PastWatch
Contents:
Search of Old St. Augustine, Florida…p. 1
Director’s Notes…p. 2
Shipwrecks of America’s Lost Century Symposium…p. 4
Search Resumes for Le Prince…p. 7
Follow Up on the SUBMERGED Educational Programming…p. 8
Students Dive in for Maritime Archaeology Internships at MRD Charleston Field Office…p. 10
Cobble Cluster Features and the Occupation of 38AK155…p. 11
New Investigations at the Mulberry Site (38KE12) …p. 14
De Soto in Mississippi- Chicasa Project Update…p. 18
Investigations of an Old Bridge and Road on Property of Judy Bramlett in Travelers Rest, South Carolina…p. 22
SCAPOD: Looking to the 10th Anniversary and Beyond…p. 24 …
The Evolution Of State Higher Education Public Funding Policy, Angela Rogers
The Evolution Of State Higher Education Public Funding Policy, Angela Rogers
Senior Theses
In the past several decades, public colleges and universities have increasingly struggled to fund all of the programs demanded of them as states slowly drain funding from their coffers. This discussion will examine different policies and frameworks that have been used by states to determine funding for their public institutions. Different factors that will be considered include political relationships, governance structures, and accountability models. The political trend of “free college” will also be considered. Then, the discussion will narrow to South Carolina funding policy, how it has changed over the years, and what the current challenges are. A policy proposal …
Essays In The Economics Of Education, Breyon J. Williams
Essays In The Economics Of Education, Breyon J. Williams
Theses and Dissertations
I examine, separately, the impact of three education programs on student achievement, using difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-in-differences designs. First, I examine whether spillover benefits on achievement exist from preschool. I estimate the effect of exposure to a South Carolina preschool program that targets disadvantaged four-year-olds on students’ test scores in grades 3 through 5, where exposure means residing in a school district once the program was made available and disadvantaged students are those eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or Medicaid. I find that exposure to the preschool program not only increases the math and reading scores of targeted students, but …