P RESIDENT’S R EPORT

1. PRESIDENT’SREPORT Andrew Hugine, Jr., Ph.D. Board of Trustees Meeting September 27, 2007 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

2. Comparative Data on 1890 Universities (2005) 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.

3. 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)

4. Percent Pell Grant RecipientsSouth Carolina Research and Teaching Universities

5. 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.

6. Economic Diversity Among All National UniversitiesTop Tenth

7. Economic Diversity Among All National UniversitiesBottom Tenth Other Schools of Interest Website: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/

8. Accreditation of Degree-Granting Programs

9. Full Time Headcount Faculty with Terminal Degrees as defined by SACS

10. Percentage of Minority Faculty Fall 2006 *White Non Hispanic 65 or 21.24%

11. Faculty Salaries * Estimated based on institutions within the sector increasing salaries by 3%

12. Five Year Salary ComparisonTeaching University Sector *Projected based on a 3% increase

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

14. Grant AwardMay 1, 2007 – September 27, 2007

16. Federal Operating Grants and Contracts (2004-2005)

18. Alumni Giving And Giving RateThree Year Comparison *Source: TMCF 2006 Annual Report

22. Profile of 2007 First-time Freshmen(Preliminary Enrollment) *FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT UP 50% RATIO OF MALES TO FEMALES ** 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.

24. U.S News And World ReportCollege RankingsCarnegie Classified National Universities Note: Tier 3 and Tier 4 Universities are listed in the rankings alphabetically. Website: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/

25. Washington Monthly Rankings

26. www.scsu.edu South Carolina State University