Word: randomed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...listed random House assignments, quotas, and more vigorous recruitment of a variety of students by Masters as possible alternatives. The Dean added, however, that none of these changes would be adopted in the "foreseeable future" because of widespread opposition from students and administrators...
...first option, called a "total random" system, is modeled after Yale College's housing lottery. It would assign individual students to a House by random when they register as freshmen...
...second option, known as the "modified random" proposal, would randomly assign student-chosen rooming groups to the Houses during the spring of their freshman year...
...Masters reached, three said they prefer a more random system, five favor the current system, and four declined to state an opinion...
North House Co-Masters Hanna and J. Woodland Hastings both approve of the random assignment system. "We have 100 percent diversity, and we've come to believe that a random system would benefit the community," Hanna Hastings says...