As the state's coordinating board, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education facilitates institutional data submission from the state's public and independent colleges and university through the CHE Management Information System (CHEMIS), a higher education database. Data is collected throughout the year and is used for research, responding to inquiries at the state and national levels, and carrying out higher 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

Institutional Reporting of Proviso 11.15 (CHE Abatement) to CHE 2017 (Public Institutions)

Public Institutions

(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.”

Memo: August Reporting for FY22 Proviso 11.15 (CHE Abatement) (PDF) Reporting on Abatement of Tuition Rates for Out-of-State Undergraduates (PDF)

 

For questions please contact us at chedata@che.sc.gov or 803-737-2260

• 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.