• Upcoming Events
• Speaker Events & Series
• Award Events
• 2023 Riley-Wilkins OneSouthCarolina Legislative and Civic Leadership Awards

Broadening perspectives around pressing contemporary policy issues, the Riley Institute hosts expert speakers and scholars on the university’s campus as well as across South Carolina. Hundreds of expert speakers have spoken at Riley Institute events since its founding in 1999.

• Diversity Leaders Initiative
• Diversity Partnerships
• Riley Fellows Roster
• Diversity Leadership Awards

The Riley Institute’s Center for Diversity Strategies recognizes excellence in diversity leadership and equips leaders and community stakeholders with the tools needed to harness the power of diversity in their organizations and communities, drive positive change, and enhance the economic and civic vitality of South Carolina.

• Our Research Areas
• Nonprofit Strategic Learning Initiative
• Montessori Education
• Publications & Reports

The Institute’s research consultancy promotes evidence-informed practices and policies and supports entities that serve children and families across the state. It provides external research and evaluation services, serves as an evaluation partner, and helps organizations build strategic learning skills.

• Afterschool and Expanded Learning
• WhatWorksSC Award & Clearinghouse
• Project-Based Learning
• Personalized Competency-Based Learning

The Riley Institute’s Center for Education Policy and Leadership supports and recognizes highly effective and innovative approaches to public education, from afterschool and summer learning to public school Montessori, that drive better and more equitable outcomes for all the people of South Carolina and beyond.

• Advance Team
• Advantage Scholars
• APEC Voices of the Future
• Internship & Research Opportunities

For students wanting to become thought leaders, learning from one of the 20th Century’s top presidential cabinet members is not a bad place to start. The Riley Institute cultivates leaders among students and broadens perspectives about issues critical to progress in South Carolina and beyond.