{"id":3994,"date":"2010-09-24T01:47:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T06:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/?p=3994"},"modified":"2010-09-24T01:47:04","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T06:47:04","slug":"governor-exposes-myth-2-about-higher-education-in-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/governor-exposes-myth-2-about-higher-education-in-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Exposes Myth #2 about Higher Education in SC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <\/span><\/strong>Contact: Ben Fox <\/span>803-734-2100<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span>Governor Exposes Myth #2 about Higher Education in SC<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Columbia, S.C. – September 21, 2010 – <\/span><\/strong>Leading up to the statewide Higher Education Summit planned for next week Tuesday, the Governor has committed to helping clear away several misperceptions about higher education, student body composition, and college affordability. The second of these myths is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

MYTH #2: <\/span>Importing large numbers of out-of-state students improves affordability for in-state SC students.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span>REALITY:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>\u2022 South Carolina\u2019s public colleges\/universities are Number Two in the nation in importing students \u2013 taking in six out-of-state students for every one South Carolina student that goes out-of-state.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Out-of-state enrollment at USC between 1999 and 2008 increased 105 percent while in-state enrollment grew less than nine percent. Looking statewide, the out-of-state student population grew from 24.6<\/span> percent in 1999 to 28.2 percent in 2008, while states like Florida have cut their out-of-state populations almost in half over that same time frame.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 In 2008, Clemson and USC spent on average $31,000 on out-of-state student\u2019s education annually, but out-of-state tuition as these two schools only averaged close to $22,000. South Carolina taxpayers were forced to make up the difference.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At USC and Clemson in 2008, South Carolina taxpayers subsidized out-of-state students to the tune of around $9,000 per year, per student \u2013 meaning that South Carolina taxpayers are effectively handing out-of-state students a $40,000 check for their South Carolina education. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 In 2008, USC and Clemson had a combined out-of-state enrollment of 10,778 students. Given the $9,000 annual subsidy for out-of-state students, that means South Carolina taxpayers shell out $97 million every year to help non-South Carolinians attend South Carolina schools.<\/p>\n

\u2022 South Carolina\u2019s in-state tuition at its largest public universities remains 145 percent higher than Florida, 80 percent higher than North Carolina and 60 percent higher than Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis massive influx of out-of-state students does not, as some would argue, lower costs for South Carolina students to attend South Carolina colleges,\u201d Gov. Mark Sanford. \u201cInstead, it forces South Carolina taxpayers to actually subsidize out-of-state students\u2019 education, while in many cases making it that much harder for South Carolina families to send their children to South Carolina schools, even if their parents and grandparents are alumni. This is simply unfair, unfortunate and frankly unknown by many taxpayers across South Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCompare this roughly $40,000 subsidy South Carolina taxpayers give to out-of-state students to the much-heralded HOPE scholarships \u2013 roughly $2,500 annually \u2013 meant to help South Carolina students get a college education in-state. HOPE scholarships provide around $10,000 in aid to in-state students over the average collegiate career \u2013 only one-fourth of the taxpayer subsidy lavished on out-of-state students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis raises the question: why would South Carolina taxpayers be subsidizing out-of-state students\u2019 education to a greater degree than South Carolina\u2019s own students? So while we certainly welcome out-of-state students who want a first-class South Carolina education, the reality is that our state\u2019s current higher ed situation may in fact be favoring folks from the Jersey Shore over the Grand Strand, the Upstate, the Lowcountry and everywhere in between.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Next week\u2019s Higher Education Summit will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 28, in the Academic Center Auditorium (Room 116) at Midlands Technical College, Airport Campus (1260 Lexington Drive, West Columbia). All interested South Carolinians, college students, parents, community leaders, legislators, stakeholders, and members of the media are invited to attend. Given the number of RSVPs already received, please call or email Leigh LeMoine (803-734-0067; llemoine@gov.sc.gov) with any questions and to confirm your attendance.<\/p>\n

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