. >> our next question comes from taylor eubanks. he is a senior political science mentor -- major from -- the question is for senator sheheen. >> thank you to the candidates for being here this evening. i'm very concerned with the future of higher education in the state . as governor, what are your plans to address issues that of all around colleges and universities in the state? >> i think you very much for being here today and i hope you will remain in south carolina as well upon graduation. i have some specific elements i think need to be followed in the future. number 1, over the next four years, as our budget increases, as we see revenue growth, as the economy turns around, we have to commit a higher percentage of that higher education. over 10 years we have seen that support steadily declined. i also think we need to have a more coherent system of higher education. it makes no sense to me that classes taken at one public college cannot be transferred to another public college. many can, but some cannot. we need to streamline t

. >> our next question comes from taylor eubanks, the student body president of coastal university. he's a political science major. your question is for senator sheheen. >> i'd like to thank the candidates for being here. as a representative of coastal carolina university, i'm concerned with the future of higher education in this state. as governor, what are your plans to address the issues that revolve around colleges and universities in this state? >> thank you for your question. i thank you very much for being here today and i hope that you will remain in south carolina as well upon graduation. i have some specific elements i think would be followed in future. number one, over the next four years as our budget increases, as we see revenue growth, we have to commit a higher percentage of that to higher education. it is critical. over 10 years, we have seen that support steadily decline. also i think we need a more coherence system of higher education. it makes no sense to me that classes taken at one public college can't be transfered to another public college. many can, but some

. >> our next question comes from taylor eubanks, the student government president at coastal university in conway, south carolina. your question is for senator sheheen. >> i would like to first think both candidates for being here this evening. -- think both candidates for being here. i am very concerned about the future of our education in this state. as governor, what are your plans to address issues revolving around colleges and universities in this state? >> thank you for your question, and i hope you will remain here in south carolina as well upon graduation. number one, over the next four years as our budget increases come as we see revenue growth, as the economy turns around, we have to commit a higher percentage of that to higher education. over 10 years we have seen that support steadily declined. also, we need to have a more coherent system of higher education. it makes no sense to me that classes taken at one public college cannot be transferred to another public college. many can, some cannot. we also need to have an e empowered commission that has the opportunity to do long