PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Andrew Hugine, Jr., Ph.D. Board of Trustees Meeting

September 27, 2007

SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

Comparative Data on 1890 Universities (2005)

Main Grad Rate State Pct Pell Size Sector

South Carolina State University 46.80% SC 70.30% 3,669 Public

Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University 44.50% FL 55.10% 9,759 Public

Tennessee State University 44.20% TN 56.60% 6,261 Public

Alcorn State University 43.70% MS 77.70% 2,771 Public

University Of Maryland-Eastern Shore 41.80% MD 51.80% 3,255 Public

Virginia State University 40.70% VA 59.20% 4,151 Public

Lincoln University Of Pennsylvania 40.40% PA 70% 1,673 Public

North Carolina A & T State University 39.50% NC 51% 9,149 Public

Delaware State University 35.10% DE 52.10% 3,111 Public

Alabama A & M University 32% AL 72.30% 4,770 Public

Prairie View A & M University 31.30% TX 54.50% 5,327 Public

University Of Arkansas At Pine Bluff 30.30% AR 75.30% 2,931 Public

Southern University And A & M College 26.60% LA 72% 8,278 Public

Fort Valley State University 25.10% GA 68.50% 1,814 Public

West Virginia State University 22.80% WV N/A 2,762 Public

Kentucky State University 20.80% KY 53.40% 1,822 Public

The indicators are graduation rate for 2005 (First-Time Freshmen enrolled Fall 1998), location of the college/university, percentage of undergraduates receiving a Pell grant, sector.

2000 Cohort Graduation Rate Information of Full-time, First time Degree Seeking Freshmen for 4-year South Carolina Institutions

(Completers in 150% of Normal Time)Research Universities Graduation Rate

Clemson 75.1%

USC – Columbia 62.8%

Sub total Research Universities 69.5%

Teaching Colleges & Universities

The Citadel 71.3%

Coastal Carolina University 42.3%

College of Charleston 60.7%

Francis Marion University 38.0%

Lander University 40.5%

South Carolina State University 53.8%

USC – Aiken 40.0%

USC - Beaufort

USC - Upstate 35.5%

Winthrop University 58.0%

Sub total 51.6%

Total 59.5%

Percent Pell Grant RecipientsSouth Carolina Research and Teaching Universities

HeadcountEnrollment

Degree Seeking Full-Time

Number of Students Degree Seeking

Full-Time Receiving Pell

Percentage of Degree Seeking Receiving Pell

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Clemson University             8,793                  1,435                 16%

USC Columbia           12,163                  3,233                 27%

Medical University of SC                223                          -                   0%

TEACHING INSTITUTIONS

The Citadel                909                     171                 19%

Coastal Carolina University             2,696                  1,000                 37%

College of Charleston             5,254                  1,178                 22%

Francis Marion University             2,718                  1,216                 45%

Lander University             2,242                     786                 35%

SC State University             2,701                  1,870                 69%

USC Aiken             2,024                     722                 36%

USC Beaufort                489                     162                 33%

USC Upstate             3,109                  1,263                 41%

Winthrop University             3,957                  1,341                 34%

U.S. News.com: America’s Best Colleges 2008Economic Diversity Among All National Universities

Economic diversity has received growing attention in higher education, particularly at elite schools that haven't traditionally enrolled large numbers of low-income students or students from low-income families. This table shows the percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Pell grants for low-income students.

The proportion of students on Pell grants, which are most often given to undergrads with family incomes under $20,000, isn't a perfect measure of an institution's efforts to achieve economic diversity: A college might enroll a large number of students just above the Pell cutoff, for instance, and percentages at public universities may reflect the wide variation from state to state in the number of qualified low-income students.

Still, many experts say that Pell figures are the best available gauge of how many low-income undergrads there are on a given campus. Pell grant percentages were calculated using 2005-2006 data on grant recipients collected by the U.S. Dept. of Education and fall 2005 total undergraduate enrollment collected from the colleges themselves.

Economic Diversity Among All National UniversitiesTop Tenth

InstitutionPercentage of

Undergraduates Receiving Pell Grants

University of La Verne (CA) 90%

Jackson State University (MS) 74%

South Carolina State University 69%

Polytechnic University (NY) 58%

Tennessee State University 54%

University of Texas–El Paso 54%

Texas A&M Univ.–Kingsville 52%

Univ. of Southern Mississippi 50%

Utah State University 50%

North Carolina A&T State Univ. 49%

Economic Diversity Among All National UniversitiesBottom Tenth

Institution Percentage of Undergraduates Receiving Pell Grants

Duke University (NC) 9%

George Washington University (DC) 9%

Lehigh University (PA) 9%

Rice University (TX) 9%

Tufts University (MA) 9%

University of Notre Dame (IN) 9%

Yale University (CT) 9%

College of William and Mary (VA) 8%

University of Delaware 8%

Princeton University (NJ) 7%

University of Virginia 7%

Wake Forest University (NC) 7%

Washington University in St. Louis 6%

Univ. of South Carolina–Columbia 22%

Clemson University (SC) 14%

Other Schools of Interest

Website: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/

Accreditation of Degree-Granting Programs

Areas Eligible for Accreditation

Areas with one or More Programs Accredited

% Accredited

Clemson 15 15 100%

USC Columbia 27 27 100%

MUSC 16 16 100%

The Citadel 4 3 75%

Coastal Carolina University 5 4 80%

College of Charleston 8 7 88%

Francis Marion University 6 5 83%

Lander University 7 6 86%

SC State University 14 13 93%

USC – Aiken 4 4 100%

USC – Beaufort 2 0 Programs approved 2004

USC - Upstate 5 5 100%

Winthrop University 14 14 100%

Full Time Headcount Faculty with Terminal Degrees as defined by SACS

Research Universities Percent

Clemson 97.1%

USC – Columbia 79.5%

MUSC 99.0%

Sub total Research Universities 88.1%

Teaching Colleges & Universities

The Citadel 95.0%

Coastal Carolina University 94.2%

College of Charleston 86.1%

Francis Marion University 86.2%

Lander University 85.7%

South Carolina State University 95.5%

USC – Aiken 84.0%

USC - Beaufort 82.8%

USC - Upstate 79.2%

Winthrop University 88.9%

Sub total Teaching Colleges & Univ. 88.5%

Percentage of Minority Faculty Fall 2006

Research Universities Total Minority Total Faculty Percentage of Minority

Clemson 168 1,357 12.4%

USC – Columbia 232 1,910 12.1%

MUSC 43 340 12.6%

Sub total Research Universities 443 3,607 12.3%

Teaching Colleges & Universities

The Citadel 25 272 9.2%

Coastal Carolina University 32 449 7.1%

College of Charleston 77 849 9.1%

Francis Marion University 18 259 6.9%

Lander University 15 188 8.0%

*South Carolina State University 241 306 78.8%

USC – Aiken 29 251 11.6%

USC - Beaufort 11 109 10.1%

USC - Upstate 44 377 11.7%

Winthrop University 60 547 11.0%

Sub total Teaching Colleges & Univ. 552 3,607 15.3%

*White Non Hispanic 65 or 21.24%

Faculty Salaries

YEAR YEAR

RANK Fall 2006 Fall 2007

Professor

SCSU Average $66,193 $74,494

SECTOR Average $70,261 $72,369*

Associate Professor

SCSU Average $60,283 $63,827

Sector Average $59,623 $61,412*

Assistant Professor

SCSU Average $51,137 $55,444

Sector Average $50,505 $52,021*

* Estimated based on institutions within the sector increasing salaries by 3%

Five Year Salary ComparisonTeaching University Sector

RANK Fall 2003

SCSU Average

Fall 2003

Sector Average

Fall 2004SCSU

Average

Fall 2005

SCSU Average

Fall 2006

SCSU Average

Fall 2007

SCSU Average

Fall 2007 Sector

Average *

Per Change Sector *

Percent ChangeSCSU

Professor $55,282 $60,333 $62,599 $64,848 $66,193 $74,894 $72,369 20% 35.5%

Associate Professor

$51,394 $52,819 $56,815 $58,297 $60,283 $63,827 $61,412 16.3% 24.2%

Assistant Professor

$44,375 $44,094 $47,811 $49,066 $51,137 $55,444 $52,021 18% 25%

*Projected based on a 3% increase

FIVE YEAR COMPARISON OF RESEARCH FUNDS

(1890 Research and Extension Excluded)

$28.60

$18.30

$27.40$24.40

$20.40

$0.00

$5.00

$10.00

$15.00

$20.00

$25.00

$30.00

$35.00

FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07

Note: FY 03 and FY 05 include building funds for the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center

Grant AwardMay 1, 2007 – September 27, 2007

Project TitlePI Last Name

PI First Name Agency Amount

Calhoun/Orangeburg Counties Transit Feasibility Study Whitney Thomas

Lower Savannah Council of Government $50,000

Developing A Sustainable Cometary Research Program in Astrobiology Walter Donald NASA $10,000

Summer Feeding Program Martin SteveUnited States Department of

Agriculture (USDA) $37,848

Rural Entrepreneurial Outreach Development Program Whiteside Louis USDA $ 99,000

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership University Lewis Kenneth DOE/Idaho Field Office $ 100,000

DOD/ONR Laboratory Instrumentation for Energy Research Lewis Kenneth Dept of the Army $ 262,325

South Carolina State NEP Scholarships Lewis Kenneth Nuclear Regulatory Commission $ 42,696

Center for Energy Research Lewis KennethUnited States Department of

Education $ 198,423

Institutions for Students in Nuclear Science Lewis Kenneth

United States Department of Education $ 89,337

SCSU RSA Administrators Training Staten DavidUnited States Department of

Education $ 271,650

RUI Surface Engineered Nanoparticles to Inhibit Protein Aggregation Mahtab Rahina National Science Foundation $ 127,488

Expansion & Enhancement of NEP Lewis KennethUS Nuclear Regulatory

Commission $ 120,000

Creating An Effective Compliance Process Teal Rita Southern Education Foundation $ 15,000

High School Students Summer Nuclear Institute Lewis Kenneth US Department of Education $ 89,337

Summer Nuclear Science Institute for High School Guidance Counselors Lewis Kenneth

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission $ 170,326

Educational Opportunity Centers Aburime TonyUnited States Department of

Education $ 226,000

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Aburime Tony

United States Department of Education $ 354,908

TRIO - Student Support Services Scott SandraUnited States Department of Education $ 235,689

Enhancement of NEP at SCSU/Global Energy Partnership Lewis Kenneth

US Department of Energy Idaho Field Office $ 100,000

Rehabilitation Long Term Training -Rehabilitation Counseling Staten David

United States Department of Education $ 150,000

Personnel Development Collaboration: Project Create McIntyre Leonard

South Carolina department of Education $ 33,385

Project Create McIntyre LeonardSouth Carolina Department of

Education $ 126,086

4-K Expansion Program / First Steps Littlejohn Sheila"SC First Step"

scgov. $ 78,620

HBCU-UP Carpenter CarlNational Science Foundation

(NSF) $ 499,433

Talent Search Program Aburime TonyUnited States Department of

Education $ 226,600

Total Amount Funded to Date $3,714,151

South Carolina State University $25,535,284

College of Charleston $9,351,476

University of South Carolina - Upstate $6,866,073

Winthrop University $5,548,926

Coastal Carolina $5,494,217

Francis Marion University $4,780,671

University of South Carolina - Aiken $3,855,709

Lander University $3,217,450

Citadel Military College of South Carolina $2,084,826

University of South Carolina - Beaufort $981,658

Federal Operating Grants and Contracts (2004-2005)

PRIVATE GIVING THREE YEAR COMPARISON

$1,923,047

$2,388,441

$1,903,759

$1,031,069$848,338 $936,448

$0

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

$2,500,000

$3,000,000

Private

Alumni

Private $1,923,047 $2,388,441 $1,903,759

Alumni $1,031,069 $848,338 $936,448

FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007

Alumni Giving And Giving RateThree Year Comparison

FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 Average Average Thurgood Marshall College Fund HBCU*

Alumni Giving Rate

5.7% 7.2% 8% 6.96% 5.6%

Alumni Giving

$1,031,069 $848,338 $936,448 $ 938618.3 $514,314

*Source: TMCF 2006 Annual Report

HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT FIVE YEAR COMPARISON

44664294

4446 4384

4915

3800

4000

4200

4400

4600

4800

5000

Number 4466 4294 4446 4384 4915

Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007

UNDERGRADUATE HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT FIVE YEAR COMPARISON

3585 3704 3888 38394312

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

Number 3585 3704 3888 3839 4312

Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007

FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT FIVE YEAR COMPARISON

810960 1013

881

1328

0

500

1000

1500

Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007

Profile of 2007 First-time Freshmen(Preliminary Enrollment)

Fall 2006 Fall 2007

Enrollment 881 1329*

Average SAT 832 819

Average SAT Females 832 804

Average SAT Males 831 835

Average High School GPA** 2.97 3.00

*FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT UP 50%

RATIO OF MALES TO FEMALES

University Freshman Class

Female 58% 50.6%

Male 42% 49.4%

** In a study reported by the College Board in its Research Notes entitled “The SAT I and High School Grades: Utility in Predicting Success in College,” high school GPA had a validity coefficient of .59 or r2 of 35%, SAT had a coefficient of .56 or 31%, and combined, SAT and HSGPA had a coefficient of .65 or 42%. The report concludes that “overall, high school grades predict freshman GPA slightly better than do SAT scores.” However, the combination of SAT and high school grades is better, even though SAT scores add very little explanatory power of success beyond High School GPA alone.

LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS FIVE YEAR COMPARISON

314372

461 478590

0

200

400

600

800

Number 314 372 461 478 590

Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007

U.S News And World Report College RankingsCarnegie Classified National Universities

RANKINGS REPRESENTATIVE UNIVERSITIES

SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITIES

HBCUS

Top Universities (Tier 1)

PrincetonHarvard UniversityYale UniversityStanford UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Virginia

Top Universities (Tier 2)

University of DelawareMichigan State UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityFlorida State UniversityOhio University

Clemson University (67)University of South Carolina (112)

Howard University (96)

Tier 3 Ball State UniversityGeorge MasonKent State UniversityOld Dominion UniversityRutgersSeton Hall

South Carolina State University South Carolina State University

Tier 4 East Carolina UniversityEast Tennessee State UniversityGeorgia State UniversityIndiana State UniversityWayne State University

Clark Atlanta UniversityFlorida A & M UniversityJackson State UniversityMorgan State UniversityNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityTennessee State University

Note: Tier 3 and Tier 4 Universities are listed in the rankings alphabetically. Website: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/

Washington Monthly Rankings

www.scsu.edu

South Carolina State University