The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education facilitates institutional data submission from the state's public and independent colleges and universities through the CHE Management Information System (CHEMIS), a higher education database. Data is collected throughout the year and is used for research, response to inquiries at the state and national levels, and carrying out regulatory program administration requirements.
- Primary CHEMIS Contacts for Public Institutions
(As of July 14, 2022) The Citadel Lisa Pace pacel@citadel.edu Director of Institutional Research Clemson Dr. Juan Xu jxu2@clemson.edu Director of Institutional Research Coastal Carolina University Holly J. Legg hlegg@coastal.edu Interim Director, Institutional Research College of Charleston Michelle L. Smith smithm@cofc.edu Executive Director of Institutional Research Francis Marion University Dr. Charlene Wages cwages@fmarion.edu Vice President for Administration and Planning Lander University Mr. Mac Kirkpatrick mkirkpat@lander.edu Director of Institutional Research Medical University of South Carolina Mr. Stan Sulkowski sulkowsk@musc.edu Director of University Reporting South Carolina State University Cammie Berry cberry@scsu.edu Director of Institutional Research SC Technical College System Moses E. Brown brownm@sctechsystem.edu Associate Vice President, Data Management and Reporting University of South Carolina Dr. Cheryl Addy CADDY@mailbox.sc.edu Interim Executive Director, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics Winthrop University Maria Linn linnm@winthrop.edu Director of Institutional Research - Reporting of Abatement Data to the CHE for Public Institutions (Proviso 11.15)
Text of Proviso 11.15 (CHE: Abatements)
“By November first of each year, state supported institutions of higher learning must submit to the Commission on Higher Education the total number of out-of-state undergraduate students during the prior fiscal year that received abatement of rates pursuant to Section 59-112-70 of the 1976 Code as well as the total dollar amount of the abatements received. The report must include the geo-origin of the student, class of the student, comprehensive listing of all financial awards received by the student, number of semesters the student has received the abated rate, as well as the athletic status of the student. The report must also include the calculation method used to determine the abatement amount awarded to students as well as the number of students that received educational fee waivers pursuant to Section 59-101-620.”
Related Guidance and Forms:
- Memo: August Reporting for FY22 Proviso 11.15 (CHE Abatement) (PDF)
- Reporting on Abatement of Tuition Rates for Out-of-State Undergraduates (PDF)
- File Layout for Abatements/Waivers (PDF)
- Supplemental Reporting Information (Word)
- CHE Abatement Template (Excel)
- Cumulative list of questions that were asked regarding the proviso from 2015 (PDF) (Note: Question seven has been updated to reflect only undergraduate students.
For additional information, please contact us at chedata@che.sc.gov or 803-737-2260.