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(08/08/14 2:03pm)
Beginning with the inauguration of College President Phil Hanlon, 2013-14 was an eventful year for the College with a series of transformations. As Hanlon settled into his new role and began to institute his vision, the year was defined by new initiatives, administrative departures and student protests.
(11/06/13 11:01pm)
A report released by consulting company Sightlines indicates that many college campuses are in need of massive repairs, but growing costs associated with outdated structures pose a serious financial problem, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Administrators across the country must decide which buildings to rebuild, maintain or tear down. Since funds are not available to repair everything, some buildings will need to be eliminated, and many institutions plan to reduce their current campus size. Though building investments by private colleges have increased, public university spending is flatlining. Many public colleges, in particular, have reached their debt limits and can no longer borrow money for projects.
(10/22/13 2:00am)
The 2013 Opportunity Index, an economic indicator established in 2011, reveals that "overall opportunity" in the United States has risen by 2.6 percent since the index was created, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Monday. The index, developed by nonprofit Opportunity Nation, is based partially on education indicators. While 78.2 percent of high-school students graduated on time last year, an increase of 3.5 percent from 2011, the percentage of young people who are neither in school nor employed described as "disconnected youth" has also increased. Roughly 14.6 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds are "disconnected," an increase of 0.1 percent from the 2011 index. The index also reported that national unemployment has decreased by 20 percent since the 2011 index, but overall poverty has increased and household income has dropped.
(10/11/13 2:00am)
A recent study found that the number of English-speaking master's programs at European universities has increased, Inside Higher Ed reported yesterday. This year has seen a 38 percent rise in such programs across continental Europe, which totaled 6,407 as of June. The study suggests that the number of programs offered, which is 10 times higher than in 2002, may explain why Britain is becoming a less popular provider of online courses in English. In recent years, many Scandinavian countries, including the Netherlands and Sweden, have switched nearly all of their postgraduate teaching to English. A law in France that bans teaching courses in any language other than French has become loosely enforced, and the number of master's programs available in English has risen to 494 from just 11 five years ago.
(09/18/13 2:00am)
Former Safety and Security officer Shane Harlow accepted a plea bargain for two counts of sexual assault in Windsor Superior Court last Thursday. Harlow, while under investigation for running over the body of graduate student Mikhail Lomakin last October, was arrested in an unrelated incident after two underage girls came forward with allegations of aggravated sexual assault.
(09/11/13 2:00am)
In January, students at North Carolina filed a Title IX complaint, alleging that the school did not provide impartial investigations of sexual violence complaints and failed to offer sufficient resources for sexual assault survivors.
(06/07/13 2:00am)
On Sunday, when members of the Class of 2013 walk across the Green to accept their diplomas, some will wear special pins on their robes to commemorate Crispin Scott '13.
(05/22/13 2:00am)
In total, 44 percent of students voted in this year's elections, down by 394 ballots from the previous election. The attendance at the four Assembly debates was also low, with most debates drawing a crowd of around 20 students.
(05/17/13 2:00am)
Despite Major Lazer's recent canellation, students say they are excited for to see his replacement, Shaggy.
(05/13/13 2:00am)
Participants walked, ran, jumped and threw as they competed in the ninth annual Upper Valley Special Olympic Games on Saturday, hosted by the College and the town of Hanover. The games, with roughly 70 athletes from seven teams around the Upper Valley, ran smoothly despite bad weather.
(05/06/13 2:00am)
The College extended offers to 2,252 students earlier this spring. The yield decreased slightly from last year, when 49.5 percent 1,080 of 2,180 students accepted admission offers by May 1. 1,098 students matriculated to the Class of 2016 last fall.
(05/05/13 11:23pm)
The College extended offers to 2,252 students earlier this spring. The yield decreased slightly from last year, when 49.5 percent 1,080 of 2,180 students accepted admission offers by May 1. 1,098 students matriculated to the Class of 2016 last fall.
(04/30/13 2:00am)
Sunde listed Dartmouth Outing Club trips and student relationships as examples of strong community, but primarily focused on pre-health students in the Nathan Smith Society helping each other prepare for medical school interviews by sharing questions.
(04/23/13 2:00am)
Former Safety and Security officer Shane Harlow was charged with aggravated sexual assault of two girls, who were both under age 12 when the alleged assaults occurred, according to an affidavit from the Windsor Criminal Division of the Vermont Superior Court. Harlow was also charged with a misdemeanor for leaving the scene of a crash in December, after he alledgedly ran over the body of physics graduate student Mikhail Lomakin who was found dead on I-91 last October.
(04/17/13 2:00am)
Months after Bucknell University announced that it had reported false SAT and ACT averages of accepted students from 2006 to 2012, York College of Pennsylvania also admitted that it reported average test results that omitted the SAT and ACT scores of certain low-performing students, Inside Higher Ed reported. For the past few years, the college has undertaken a program which admits "high-achieving students" with lower than average SAT scores. This group, defined by the college as "special admissions" students, averaged a combined math and critical reading score of 800-950 of 1600, the lowest of admitted students. When including the scores of all enrolled first-time, first-year students, as is required by the U.S. News and World Report university rankings, the most recent York College SAT average drops to 1052 from 1081.
(04/09/13 2:00am)
"Defiance" is composed of two stand-alone experiences, a television series and a massively multi-player online role-playing game that occur in the same futuristic universe. The television show will premiere on SyFy on April 15. The series, Stern's brainchild, is a science fiction Western set in a futuristic version of St. Louis.
(04/03/13 2:00am)
Iowa State University's College of Business announced three finalists for its vacant dean position, including Dartmouth senior vice president and advisor to the president David Spalding, the Iowa State Daily reported. A search committee reviewed 50 applications for the position over the past few months and invited the top eight candidates to an interview in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 24 and 25. Spalding, J. Chris Leach and Jay Sa-Aadu will come to campus for a final interview this week. Spalding worked at First National Bank of Chicago, the Cypress Group, GE Capital Corporate Finance Group and Chase Manhattan before serving at the College. He will be visiting Iowa State for an interview on April 4. The new dean will oversee the College of Business and work to raise educational standards, according to the Iowa State Daily.
(03/26/13 3:00am)
Following a successful completion of a formal site plan review process by the town, the Board will vote on whether the College should fund the construction project, Eckels said. Once these steps are completed, construction is projected to take about 10 months. Based on current plans, the house will accommodate 23 students.
(03/06/13 4:00am)
French police and Nazi soldiers under Vichy rule rounded up over 75,000 Jews, the vast majority of whom would be systematically exterminated in the Holocaust.
(02/26/13 4:00am)
Mitchell Kurz '73, unanimously selected by the Alumni Council to fill the vacancy in the College's Board of Trustees, seeks to replace Peter Robinson '79 in the election ending March 12. The election process involves mailing ballots and maintaining an election website, and will cost an estimated $70,000, Alumni Association President John Daukas '84 said.