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...more personal level, even first-year students who have acknowledged the value of diversifying the houses say they are reluctant to become the "guinea pigs" of Jewett's experiment...
...even if several houses do have an imbalance of one group over another, some of the masters' opposition to the Jewett plan seems to stem from the fear that increasing the similarities among houses will decrease their overall importance to the life of the College...
Further, some of these dissenting masters argue that Jewett's plan is an attempt by the central administration to gain control over house life. Having each house essentially the same would allow the central administration to have interchangeable tutors, advisors and programs and would consequently lessen the authority of the masters...
...Jewett maintains that the present situation heightens first-year student anxiety over where they will live and fosters feelings of exclusion by some houses. And that must be changed, the dean insists...
Although he has not yet discussed the matter with masters formally, Jewett says he plans to send them a detailed report outlining the lack of diversity in some houses by providing specific data on student concentrations and activities within the houses...