College town news from 3/3/2008 from the Internet's #1 source for college town news and information. Student housing: then and now Crimson White - 3 Mar 2008 ... TUSCALOOSA, AL - The University could house just 96 students when it opened in 1831. But when the 2008 fall semester begins, on-campus bed spaces will total more than 6,000 - with nearly 1,000 more on their way with the construction of Ridgecrest South. [UA has an on-campus enrollment of approximately 17,000] Though campus housing has grown considerably over the University's 176-year history, demand for it has always managed to stay higher. What started as two buildings has grown into more than 20 residence halls, made up of dormitories, apartments and high-rises ... From the 1960s, no new residence halls were built until 2000, when the Blount Undergraduate Initiative building was built. ... Faculty at WFU are told to move University to convert units for student use Journal - 3 Mar 2008 ... WINSTON-SALEM, NC - For more than 50 years, Faculty Apartments at Wake Forest University has provided homes and a sense of community for faculty, staff and others connected to the campus. Earlier this month, Wake Forest told the residents of the 72 apartments that it plans to convert the complex to student housing, and that they have to move out ... 3 more housing projects planned near Notre Dame -All to go before plan commission in March. Tribune - 3 Mar 2008 ... SOUTH BEND, IN - Despite the national downturn in the housing market, three new developments are being planned near the University of Notre Dame. All are condominiums, townhouses or other planned-unit developments. They would add more than 100 new housing units to the mix near campus ... After four years, Plan re-examined Academic Enrichment plan gets new focuses Brown Daily Herald - 3 Mar 2008 ... PROVIDENCE, RI - The review sets a goal of having 90 percent of undergraduates live on campus, an increase from the 80 percent who currently do so. It calls for building rooms more attractive to upperclassmen, such as apartment-style housing. An increase of 10 percent in housing would mean making room for 600 new beds, according to the review of the Plan. But that plan will depend heavily on when financing becomes available, since plans for a new dorm have been sidelined by other building priorities, such as new athletic facilities and a student center. Still, administrators know that Brown will have a new dorm, Spies said - they just don't know when ... The Preiss Company Announces Formation of Private Investor Division NewsWire - 3 Mar 2008 ... USA - The Preiss Company ("TPCO"), the largest off-campus student housing provider for North Carolina State University, Clemson University, UNC Charlotte, and the University of Texas in Austin, has announced the formation of their Private Investor Division. Led by Jim Morton and Bo Winn, this new division specializes in working with small to medium investors, which includes investors owning a few rental homes to those holding several hundred apartments ... ‘University town’ plan Star - 3 Mar 2008 ... TELFORD, UK - Telford could become a university town under plans by the Government to expand the number of higher education colleges and “unlock the talent” of local people The idea was welcomed by MPs for the borough. Universities secretary John Denham announced today that up to 20 new universities could be created over the next six years ... UCU response to new university towns plan Politics - 3 Mar 2008 ... UK - Responding to an announcement today by John Denham, secretary of state for innovation, universities and skills, inviting towns and cities to bid for new university campuses and centres of higher education, the University and College Union (UCU) said it welcomed ideas to open up higher education to more of the population but warned that contradictory government funding policy and the high price of studying could severely limit many people’s choice of degree ... http://www.collegetownlife.com/news/index.htm 2008-03-03 06:01:00 http://www.web2express.org/ufeed/viewitem?uuid=378017ad-604e-4338-ac4d-cb7b284ce763 2008-03-03 09:19:17 2008-03-03 09:06:22