No doubt about it. Technology companies are red hot in Charleston, South Carolina. In the 2012 Wage and Growth Survey recently released by the Charleston Digital Corridor, a remarkable 100% of the corridor’s participating companies reported job additions and 73% anticipated continuing to hire throughout the year. Equally important, the survey found that the [...]

It takes time to move a needle – especially one that’s tracking numerous facets of a regional economy. By the looks of things, the three-county region has made some serious – and seriously fast – progress on many of the measures it sought to affect with its Opportunity Next strategic plan. Launched last summer with [...]

If a robot can shoot hoops as well as LeBron, will kids begin to see math and science as “cool?” That’s the central idea behind FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The 2012 annual brain-bending competition kicked off recently, fueled by a record number of area high schoolers (10 teams), tapping [...]

Just a generation or two ago, the entire College of Charleston student body could convene in one building. Today, more than 10,000 undergrads populate the central-city campus. And they share the stage with thousands of students at the Medical University of South Carolina, The Citadel, Trident Technical College and satellite Clemson and USC programs. The growth of the [...]

The concept of Brain Drain has been much discussed over the decades, with most of the focus aimed at the factors that drive young people away. A new study focuses on the magnetic forces that attract the best thinkers to new places. And those forces, it turns out, are evolving. As a result, new “brain [...]