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Mechanical intervention, which involves placingquotas on certain variables in the computerprogram used for assignment, raises questions ofexactly what areas would require caps, somemasters said...
...preference is still to leave it alone, butif it came down to something political, likenon-ordered choice, I would go along with it,"said Kiely, a long-time opponent of change in thelottery system...
Davidson added that while there are stillextreme opinions all sides, the majority of thehouse masters would not oppose non-ordered choice...
...lack of statistical information about theeffects of these other plans has limiteddiscussion, masters said. A study two weeks ago byDean K. Whitla, director of the Office ofInstructional Research and Development, indicatedthat although a non-ordered choice system allowingthree choices would significantly lower the numberof students receiving their first-choice houses,about 90 percent would still receive one of theirchoices...
...There seemed to be a lot of consensus that allother things equal, a plan readjusted would be alot better than one that wouldn't beadjustable--the more flexible the plan, thebetter," Davis said...