USC committee approves plan for new dormitories

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina will consider a $191 million construction and renovation plan for dormitories when it meets next month.

The (Columbia) State reported (http://bit.ly/rmrhhC) that a committee of USC trustees heard and approved the plan Friday. It would add almost 1,200 bed beds to the approximately 7,000 that USC now has. All affected residence halls would be renovated or rebuilt and back in use by 2021.

About 35 percent of USC’s undergraduates live on campus, including all freshmen, who are required to live there.

USC would sell just more than $156 million in revenue bonds, with the remaining $35 million coming from students’ housing fees.

USC admitted a record-sized freshman class in 2010 and again this past August.

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Information from: The State, http://www.thestate.com