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 | | The University of South Carolina admitted its first fl students in 1963; around the same time, many vestiges of segregation began to disappear from the city, fls attained membership on various municipal boards and commissions, and a non-discriminatory hiring policy was adopted by the city. |
 | | Columbia is home to the main campus of the state's flagship university, the University of South Carolina, which was chartered in 1801 as South Carolina College and in 1906 as the University of South Carolina. |
 | | Columbia's economy is set to be revolutionized within the next few years with the establishment of the University of South Carolina's research campus, dubbed Innovista. |
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