The student and faculty review committee recommendations on the College's Social Event Management Procedures, presented to Dean of the College Thomas Crady in mid-April, will be released this fall and are likely to see implementation in January 2009, Crady told The Dartmouth on Monday. Crady, who has supported the implementation of a more liberal alcohol policy in forums at the College, said the report presents an alcohol management program that is both "less restrictive" and "less cumbersome" than Dartmouth's current procedures. Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman, who led the committee, said he could not comment on the content of the report until its release. Redman previously said he expected the group to specifically address the number of students permitted at "closed events" and "misconceptions" surrounding Dartmouth's keg policy. The committee was convened in October as part of a semi-annual review of SEMP.
A program that seeks to expose undergraduate students to topics in computer security will bring seven students to Dartmouth from June 16 to June 23, the College announced on Monday. The students, who hail from Dartmouth and other institutions, will receive instruction on subjects including identification authentication and vulnerability assessment and assistance in finding internships in the field. The program will also help faculty at the students' base institutions to expand computer security curricula. The program, Secure Information Systems Mentoring and Training, was created by Michael Locasto, a research associate and post-doctoral fellow at Dartmouth, in conjunction with a team including Ph.D. student Scout Sinclair, who identified the need for such a program as an undergraduate student at Wellesley College, Dartmouth's press release reported. The program is being conducted through the College's Institute for Security Technology Studies and received funding from the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division.
State spending on student aid saw a six percent increase during the 2006-2007 academic year, according to an annual study by the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs. Last year, the increase dropped to 3.4 percent, after a spending increase of 5.4 percent from 2004-2005 to 2005-2006, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Monday. Non-need-based loans and grants, however, saw faster growth than need-based funding, which grew only 3.4 percent. New Hampshire has seen 21 percent increases in total grant aid in the last five years. In 2006-2007, funding in the state for need-based grants was $3,718,000, while support for non-need-based grants was $9,000 and non-grant aid was $339,000.
