Catherine Treyz / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth offered admission to 9.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2015, accepting 2,178 applicants and marking a record-low for the College, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Dartmouth offered admission to 9.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2015, accepting 2,178 applicants and marking a record-low for the College, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted down House Bill 176 which would have prevented students from voting in state or local elections on March 8, according to State Rep.
The expansion of the concept of discrimination and a loss of distinction between permissible actions in public and private spheres have eroded individuals' First Amendment freedom of association, Stanford University Constitutional Law Center director Michael McConnell said in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Wednesday. "If we prevent the government from regulating the content of what we say, but allow it to regulate and control the membership, leadership or institutional structure of the groups that are the seedbed of ideas and communication, we will have given the government a powerful instrument for controlling speech, press, religion, assembly and petition," McConnell said. McConnell represented the Christian Legal Society in the 2010 Supreme Court case Christian Legal Society v.
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Brian Kim '97, founder and chief investment officer of the investment firm Liquid Capital Management, was indicted on Feb.
Although Turnitin for Admissions a service that detects plagiarism in college applications by using pattern-matching technology may be incorporated into the Common Application review system, the Dartmouth Admissions Office has no plans to use the service, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Laskaris declined to speculate on what actions the College would take if the Common Application were to adopt Turnitin, but said the Common Application "does a great job of surveying the member institutions before making major policy decisions." Laskaris said she would be concerned about the Common Application's adoption of Turnitin because she prefers the Admissions Office to believe "in the honesty and integrity of the students and the process." "It presumes that everybody's dishonest from the get-go," Laskaris said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Correction appended This year's increase in submitted applications to the College which rose 15.7 percent for the Class of 2015 reflects a developing trend among higher education institutions, according to David Hawkins, director of public policy and research at the National Association of College Admissions Counseling.
Correction appended Evelynn Ellis, former director of equal opportunity and affirmative action, has been appointed the vice president for institutional diversity and equity, Provost Carol Folt announced in a campus-wide e-mail on Wednesday.
Evelynn Ellis, former director of equal opportunity and affirmative action, has been appointed the vice president for institutional diversity and equity, Provost Carol Folt announced in a campus-wide e-mail Wednesday afternoon. In her new position, which she assumed earlier this month, Ellis will lead initiatives involving diversity and equity, including the development of a diverse workforce and the reinforcement of College compliance with affirmative action and equal employment opportunity requirements.