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3,000 at Birdwood

According to the University's enrollment
projections, 3,000 of the 9,000 students
expected to be enrolled in the College by 1980
would be enrolled in the six proposed
residential colleges at Birdwood.

To deal with the many facets of growth, the
Future of the University Committee has been
reactivated this year at the request of the
faculty. Alarmed at the complexities of the
growth issue, the faculty of the College called a
special meeting last spring to deal solely with
growth.

David Shannon, newly appointed Provost
and chairman of the committee, stated this fall
that the committee would concentrate on
enrollment projections and plans for the
Birdwood tract. "We must decide how to
develop Birdwood to the best advantage for the
students who will be living there," he said.