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...decision to remove the 1.2 to 1 gender ratio controls was terribly misguided. The administration's pursuit of engineered diversity ignored the undesired byproducts which often accompany the most well-intended policies. The fact that 70 percent of the rising sophomores in Pforzheimer are male--in contrast to a collegiate male to female ratio of 55 to 45--testifies to the inherent problems of randomization and the need for gender controls...
...There is a lot of sex at Harvard, but the talk-to-sex ratio is at about four to one," says Michael B. Smith...
...Over the years, the gender ratio has been important," he added
...same report recommended the retention of the computer controls that ensured a fairly even ratio of males to females in the houses...
...under the randomization policy, computer controls which once ensured close to a 50:50 ratio of males to females in each house, have been removed. There will not be any controls added for race or other factors, Lewis said in last week's interview...