State Compliance

State Accountability Reports

In accordance with South Carolina Article 13, Sections 810-830 of Title 1-1 , the University completes a comprehensive self-assessment and submits an annual State Agency Accountability Report to the Governor’s Executive Budget Office. This report includes the institution’s mission, goals and objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. The State Agency Accountability Report provides the Governor and the South Carolina General Assembly with an annual overview of the University's performance. The report also includes a discussion of prior year expenditures and associates those expenditures with prospective goals, strategies, and objectives to move the University forward in future years. The discussion and analysis section of the report provides University leadership with the opportunity to comment on internal and external factors affecting the University's performance in the past year, the University's current efforts and the associated results, and any plans under development to introduce additional changes. In addition to being available on this site, these reports are available on the website of the South Carolina Executive Budget Office and the website of the University of South Carolina System.

Summary Reports on Institutional Effectivesness

Section 59-101-350 of the South Carolina Code of Laws states that the Commission on Higher Education (CHE) is responsible for collecting from institutions of higher education student scores on professional examinations, with detailed information on state and national means, passing scores, pass rates, longitudinal scores, and the number of students taking exams. This information is to be included in their annual report to the General Assembly, and is used by CHE to make funding recommendations based on success factors.