Associate Provost of Summer Initiative and First-Year Success Bridge and CEaL Program Updates Dr. Daphne Holland Associate Provost of Summer Initiative and First-Year Success

Fall 2016 Stats Fall 2017 Goals Fall 2016 - 145 students began program End of Fall 16 term - Average GPA for the 127 active Bridge students was 2.106 Of 127 active Bridge students – 39 admitted to CCU for Spring 2017 (26.8%) Fall 2017 Goals 250 students Average GPA Fall 2017 = 2.5 Admit and transfer 30% Spring 2018 = 75 students Admit and transfer 40% Fall 2018 = 70 students Overall goal = transfer 58% of students admitted into Bridge program

Updates and Initiatives Updated Bridge 2017-2018 catalog Increased program fees to cover academic support initiatives to include Friday academic programming, workshops, tutoring specific to HGTC courses Process of hiring 6 Bridge Peer Guides and developing training Process of creating Bridge program informational videos Process of creating Bridge program specific orientation at CCU and HGTC Working with Student Life to include Bridge students in CINO TIE Working with Housing to move Bridge students in at the same time as regular students Working with HGTC to increase academic support to students through utilizing Academic Alerts

Coastal Education and Leadership CEaL Program Coastal Education and Leadership Summer 2016 Stats 130 students Admitted 99% Fall 2016 = 129 students Summer 2017 Goals 250 students Admit 90% Fall 2017 = 225 students Retain 90% to Fall 2018 = 203 students

Updates and Initiatives Updates and Initiatives Created first CEaL program catalog Met with UNIV110 and ENGL 103 instructors to re-develop curriculums On The Big Read committee to select novel for Freshmen Working with offices of Leadership and Civic Engagement, Multicultural Services and Training, Development and Service Excellence to develop weekend activities Working with Student Life, LAC, Intramural Sports, Chant Life, Chant 411 and Academic Deans to schedule nightly activities Working with Student Life to include CEaL students in CINO Quest Process of hiring 5-6 CEaL Peer Guides and developing training

Fall 2016 Students Admitted to Coastal Carolina but Enrolled at Another Institution within South Carolina   Institution School Type Affiliation State # of Students COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 4 Year Public SC 337 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 317 HORRY-GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE 2 Year 163 MIDLANDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE 160 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY 146 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 127 TRI-COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE 114 FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY 107 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Private 64

Fall 2016 Students Admitted to Coastal Carolina but Enrolled at an Out-of-State Institution Institution School Type Affiliation State # of Students   EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 4 Year Public NC 154 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AL 125 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WV 124 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-WILMINGTON 119 UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA Private FL 106 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PA 104 TOWSON UNIVERSITY MD 95 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY VA 78 HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY 74

Board of Trustees Report February 24, 2017 Table 1 Spring 2017 Enrollment   Spring 2015 Spring 2016 Spring 2017 % Change (final) (preliminary) (2016-2017) New Freshmen 47 32 67 109.38% Transfer/Readmit/Non-Degree Students 757 790 844 6.84% Continuing Undergraduates 7,625 7,988 7,951 -0.46% Undergraduates 8,429 8,810 8,862 0.59% Graduates 661 682 660 -3.23% Total Enrollment 9,090 9,492 9,522 0.32%

Freshmen by Indicators Table 2 Freshmen by Indicators   Fall 2016 (2-19-2016) Fall 2017 (2-17-2017) % Change (2016-2017) FR Applications 15,959 16,673 4.5% In-State 6,476 7,206 11.3% Out-of-State 9,362 9,373 0.1% International 121 94 -22.3% FR Accepts 8,821 9,954 12.8% 2,874 3,490 21.4% 5,908 6,439 9.0% 39 25 -35.9% FR Deposits 798 1,006 26.1% 258 360 39.5% 536 644 20.1% 4 2 -50.0%

Table 3 Freshman Retention 86.6% 88.1% 88.2% College Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 to Fall 2016 to Spring 2015 Spring 2016 Spring 2017 (final) (preliminary) Business 84.8% 89.5% 88.9% Education 87.2% 89.0% 89.7% Humanities and Fine Arts 85.1% 93.5% 88.4% Sciences 87.8% 88.6% University 83.9% 80.5% 84.2% Overall 86.6% 88.1% 88.2%