Petition is successful with 723 signatures
To: South Carolina State University
Replace the 14 yr old SCSU.edu website with a Modern, Attractive, Mobile Friendly Website
We obtained the necessary amount of signatures and will present our petition to the school next month.
Please sign this petition demanding SC State University act urgently to create, 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. We need action not talk.
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 The current website does not work on smartphones and is outdated (made before smartphones).
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Over 41% of visitors to college websites use a smartphone but the outdated SCSU.edu website doesn't work with smartphones.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.
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 Our SCSU.edu website is severely outdated.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.
1) Visit the SCSU.edu website on a desktop/laptop then visit on a smartphone.
2) Notice how difficult it is for prospective students, donors and supporters to make a decision about attending SC State, donate money or take a virtual tour when visiting SCSU.edu on a smartphone.
3) Sign the petition to get the website revamped, rebuilt, refreshed and mobile optimized before the 2021 Fall Semester. We can't wait any longer.
Background facts behind the call to action:
African Americans have the lowest Desktop computer ownership rates and the highest smartphone ownership rates. Yet the outdated South Carolina State University website that's inadequate on desktops does not work properly on Smartphones.
85% of adults think that a company’s mobile website should be as good or better than their desktop 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.
The average student visiting a college site spends:
2 minutes on average on a college site
2 pages on average are viewed on college site
57% is the bounce rate (leaving a college site without visiting more than the page they landed on) for most college websites.
A website that isn't mobile optimized will:
Have a higher than average bounce rate.
Reflect poorly on the institution.
Make it harder for students that don't own a desktop to navigate, apply, or take a virtual tour
How it will be delivered
Press Conference and hand delivered