lResearch Space as a percentage of Total Academic Space :
l - National
Average: 29%
l - Average
among (3) South Carolina Universities: 11%
l - University
of South Carolina 6%
lOnly 27% of the University’s existing facilities are considered
to be “suitable for use” with normal maintenance
lOnly one new USC Research Facility has been completed since 1990 (Graduate Science
Research Center)
lThe University was losing
its edge in the competition for Intellectual
Capital ! ! !