[Updated 8 PM]

Princeton will allow gender-neutral housing for undergraduate students in Spelman Hall next year, making the University the last Ivy League school to consider a gender-neutral option.

Students drawing into Spelman will no longer be required to be in groups of four of the same gender.

The proposal was written by the Undergraduate Life Committee earlier this month, and it was approved by the Council of Masters this week.

Update:

USG president Connor Diemand-Yauman ‘10 sent a campus-wide email earlier this evening detailing the new policy, which will be a one-year pilot program. Along with members of the ULC, Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson was a key figure in the University’s policy change. Dickerson announced her retirement last week, and University has formed a search committee to name her replacement. The administration hopes to have a final list of candidates sometime in late February or early March.

Excerpt from Diemand-Yauman’s email after the jump: