We Demand a New Website by 2021 Fall Semester

We demand SC State University act urgently to develop and launch a modern, attractive, mobile friendly website before the 2021 Fall Semester and replace it's current 14 year old website. We're tired of waiting on a new website. A college's website is considered the gateway to recruitment.

A recent national survey showed that 1 out of 5 prospective students removed a University from their consideration after a bad mobile experience. We believe the failure to ensure SC State has a first class website is tied to the record low enrollment and 5 years of declining or severely flat growth.

A new mobile friendly, modern website will meet the needs of students and supporters especially those visiting on a smartphone. The current website does not work on smartphones and is outdated (made before smartphones). The SC State Administration has promised a new website 7 times between 2016-2021. We have heard about RFPs and Procurement and a lot of optimistic talk about a website coming soon. But we still have the same old, outdated website. We don't want promises we want a new Website!

Why is this important?

Over 41% of visitors to college websites use a smartphone but the outdated SCSU.edu website doesn't work with smartphones. That's unacceptable. A non-functioning website is bad for recruiting and enrollment. Lower enrollment means fewer resources and more cuts and more pleas for funding.

SC State is the only HBCU in South Carolina without a mobile friendly website!

88% of users are less likely to return to a website after a bad user experience

Mobile users are 5 times more likely to abandon a task if the website isn't optimized for mobile use

85% of adults think that a company’s mobile website should be as good or better than their desktop website.

We want a New Mobile Optimized Website for South Carolina State University. We're tired of the delays and lack of urgency. Our SCSU .edu website is severely outdated. It's 14 years old.

We deserve a website that makes all SCSU supporters proud and meets the needs of Gen Z prospective students. Let's not drag this process out. We call on the Administration to create, develop and launch a new website before the Fall Semester. It can be done if this situation is treated like the emergency it is.