1. 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

2. 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

3. Updates and Initiatives
Updated Bridge 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Board of Trustees Report
February 24, 2017
Table 1
Spring 2017 Enrollment
Spring 2015
Spring 2016
Spring 2017
% Change
(final)
(preliminary)
( )
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%

9. Freshmen by Indicators
Table 2
Freshmen by Indicators
Fall ( )
Fall ( )
% Change ( )
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%

10. Table 3 Freshman Retention 86.6% 88.1% 88.2%
College
Fall to
Fall to
Fall 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%