South Carolinians know that one of the most powerful investments we can make is in the future of our best and brightest young people. We already do that at the undergraduate level with our Palmetto, Hope and Life scholarships. We also are building a great infrastructure of research excellence with our Centers of Economic Excellence endowed chairs program. South Carolina should now take the next and final step, by making sure our investment in the best and brightest undergraduate students is translated into retaining them in South Carolina as graduate students who will remain in the state once they receive their graduate degree.
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