ACLU representatives have said the group will sue the district. Condon said he is afraid the organization would win the suit. Steven Reynolds covers education issues and general assignments in the Lakelands. He can be reached at 223-1811, ext. Those were the words of Dr. Sheila Marino, an education professor at Lander University, in reference to the South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program at the university.
Lander is one of nine colleges and universities across the state that participate in the program.
The state-funded program aims to help alleviate the state's teacher shortage by recruiting high school seniors statewide into the profession and help them develop leadership qualities. Twenty-six of those fellows are enrolled at Lander. The program provides fellowships to 26 students for up to four years. To earn a fellowship, applicants should have an SAT score of at least 954, be in the top 25 percent of their class, and be involved in school activities and community service. Once a student has completed school, they must teach for one year in the state for each year of the fellowship.