Item 4: MUPTE for Student Housing Project

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experience and are opportunities for personal and educational growth. The University currently houses 3,800 students in its residence halls. That number will increase by 450 to 4,250 when the Global Scholars Hall opens this fall. Over the next ten years the University plans to increase residence hall space by another 800 beds. The University has set a goal of being able to house 25% of the undergraduate student population. The University’s top priority is to house all of the first-year students that desire university housing. In addition, the University wants to offer housing to interested upper class students. However, the University's projects must a) be self-supporting, as there is no central subsidy, and b) coordinate all campus construction through the Oregon University System and the legislature, who establish limits on borrowing based on best practices for government financing. Therefore, future U of O construction projects will possibly compete with state provided bonded projects from across the state and the other six state universities when limits on binding capacity are reached.