The South Carolina Plan for further desegregating its public colleges and universities, as approved by the U.S. Department of Education, is presented. In addition, South Carolina's response to the Office of Civil Rights on the South Carolina Plan is included. The following areas are addressed: the state's position as to the equity and equal opportunity in the state institutions and its commitment to accomplish certain goals in the next five years; missions of public colleges and universities; representation of blacks on boards of trustees of public senior colleges and universities; commitment of the state to specific measures relative to minority student enrollment; expanding mobility between two-year and four-year institutions; recruitment and retention measures; measures to increase the pool of black potential college students; increase in minority faculty and administrators in public senior colleges and universities; University of South Carolina institutional goals; increase in minority faculty and administrations in the technical and comprehensive education system; services areas, missions, and duplication of programs among Clemson University, University of South Carolina-Aiken, University of South Carolina-Columbia, and South Carolina State College; duplication of degree programs between South Carolina State College and traditionally white institutions; equitable allocation of resources at South Carolina State College and Denmark Technical College; the state's commitment to enhancing traditionally black institutions; and statewide and institutional monitoring of progress of the plan. Extensive appendices of correspondence and proposals are included. (SW)