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Non-ordered choice is clearly not the solution. Statistics prepared by Dean K. Whitla, director of the Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation, indicated that the proposal might take the edge off of some stereotypes, but Whitla relied on data from last year's lottery in which first-year students...
In essence, non-ordered choice would introduce randomization into all the houses except those that need it most.
THE current scheme of maximizing choice produces a less-than-optimal outcome year after year. Either you deny that there is a problem and retain the status quo, or you recognize that the magnitude of the problem calls for action--and not the token action of non-ordered choice.
That action must be full randomization.
An entirely random process would assure that diversity is more than a frequently-trumpeted virtue. It would put the athlete, academic, musician, artist, political activist in the same house, allowing them to bounce their ideas off each other.