Following last Sunday's overwhelming majority vote by the University of Pennsylvania's undergraduate assembly to support on-campus coeducational housing, administrators at that school will continue to consider the possibility of offering such an arrangement.
Coeducational dormitories are commonly offered as a way to avoid potential discrimination against transsexuals and other individuals who may feel uncomfortable in a same-sex environment.
Brown University, another Ivy League school, currently offers cohabitation to approximately 315 students, and officials there said the policy has been generally well-received.
--Compiled by Jason Amirhadji
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