The university offers all underclassmen the opportunity to live in university housing.
And of the students who enroll, a greater percentage are seeking university housing, he said.
"Also, this more open policy is susceptible to abuse by people seeking lower-cost university housing."
University disciplinary hearings are also scheduled, and two of the white students have been suspended from university housing.
In the process the president built the nation's largest university housing system.
Some of the students who attend Mark's Meadow also live in university housing.
Eighty-nine percent of undergraduate students live in on-campus university housing.
Ideas include a mixture of park land, university housing and commercial space.
The students did not take down their flags, although they faced a $25 fine and possible eviction from university housing.
Five white students now face disciplinary hearings in the case; two have already been suspended from university housing.