College administrators said yesterday they would consider granting students the option of co-educational rooming groups--if a recent report advocating such a change receives enough campus support.

Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said he would not oppose the recommendation, issued by the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) in an 18-page study released Wednesday.

"As long as we think we can handle the logistical problems, I do not have any principles against the proposal," Jewett said.

The CLUH report says students should be able to decide if they want to "share bathrooms, bedrooms, common rooms and other elements of housing" with members of the opposite sex.

A survey, included in the study, indicated that 85 percent of Harvard students support co-ed rooming groups.

Jewett and Thomas A. Dingman '67, associate dean for human resources and the house system, said the Committee on House Life, the house masters, the Freshman Dean's Office and the Undergraduate Council will thoroughly discuss the CLUH report.

Dingman, who would be responsible for implementing the policy change, said he doubts all those groups will approve of the co-ed rooming proposal. The final decision would rest with Jewett.

Dingman added that co-ed rooming would not present serious administrative difficulties.

"I don't think [co-ed rooming] would be a problem to administer if it were approved. But that's a big 'if,"' Dingman said.

Jewett said a shift to co-ed rooming groups is a definite possibility if the majority of parties involved favor such a move.

"My own goal is that the housing system is as reasonable and well-supported as possible," Jewett said. "We have to see if co-ed rooming will create more problems than it solves."

A limited number of co-ed rooms already exist in Mather House and Adams House.

Anne F. Aubrey, assistant to the master of Mather House, said the house's high-rise building has a five-bedroom suite with only one bathroom that houses four men and one woman.

"The reason we allow it is because the bedrooms in the tower suites can be locked," Aubrey said.

Jewett also said the College currently allows the Mather setup because of the private bedrooms. "But in other houses, many students have to share bedrooms," he said.

In Adams House, one senior rooming groupconsists of four women and one man.