"Some underestimate the importance of our CGPS programs, mistakenly thinking that if it is not about the Corps, it doesn’t count. But I can tell you that The Citadel is a far stronger academic institution because of CGPS. CGPS strengthens our faculty by attracting those who want to teach graduate as well as undergraduate students. CGPS strengthens our ties to South Carolina and the Lowcountry. And CGPS contributes financially to our overall health, allowing The Citadel to sustain its commitment being a teaching college with hands-on personal interaction between faculty and students, a model that is becoming more scarce in higher education today. "  Click here to read the entire address  http://inauguration.citadel.edu/node/2