1. Faculty Meeting Provost Ralph Byington March 14, 2018

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3. State Funding

4. Tuition

5. Southeast
Source: "Average Published Tuition and Fees by State in Current and in 2017 Dollars to Public 4-Year colleges" The College Board. Annual Survey of Colleges. October 2017 SHEEO(2016 Appropriations Map)

6. Increases in tuition are highly correlated to cuts in state funding (Marketwatch; Acenet)
South Carolina has cut state funding of higher education by 37% since 2008, only three states have cut higher education funding more (Center for Budget and Policy Priorities).
Forecasted growth in 18 year olds in SC between is 2.5%-7.5% (Grawe, 2016). This is higher than most other states.
About a third of the country’s high school graduates were located in the south in the early 2000s. That portion had grown to about 43 percent -- or 1.23 million graduates -- by It’s expected to jump to nearly 47 percent of graduates, 1.35 million people, by about 2025 (Inside Higher Ed).
Four-year regional institutions in SC are predicted to grow between % between (Grawe, 2016).
Four-year national institutions in SC are predicted to grow more than 7.5% between (Grawe, 2016).

7. By 2025, 60 percent of Americans will need some type of high-quality credential beyond high school. Lumina tracks the post-high school educational attainment of Americans ages Since 2008, that figure has increased by 9 percentage points. That’s progress, but it’s not enough to reach 60 percent by Dramatic action is needed to meet the nation's need for talent.
A Bachelor’s degree is worth $2.8 million on average over a lifetime (Georgetown University).
Bachelor’s degree holders earn 31% more than those with a AA/AS and 84% more than those with a HS diploma (Georgetown U).
The likelihood of having health insurance, a retirement plan, being employed, not going to prison, reporting good health, and being very happy is significantly higher in college grads (lumnia).