History
In the late 1990s, Lowcountry business and legislative leaders were concerned that the region was losing high-tech companies because of the limitations in graduate education available in the area. What should have been a perfect setting for economic growth in the new economy – the nation’s fourth largest seaport, a center of Homeland Security activity and a region of ecological and historical richness – was hampered by the lack of graduate opportunities needed to attract and retain employees and new businesses.
The creation of the Lowcountry Graduate Center in 2001 brought together the power of several local public universities – The College of Charleston, The Medical University of South Carolina and The Citadel (military college). Through the LGC, these institutions, plus the University of South Carolina and Clemson University, have formed new partnerships and new ways to bring graduate education to the Lowcountry, focused on the economic development needs.
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