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Albert Einstein once mocked, "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
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Albert Einstein once mocked, "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."
As administrators undertake the task of improving the advising system, students interviewed by The Dartmouth offered a variety of criticisms of the current system such as students being paired with advisors who were unfamiliar with their academic interests and suggested ways of implementing the advising overhaul. While some said they had positive experiences with advising, others expressed dissatisfaction, citing incomplete advice and poor student-advisor matching.
Fewer minority students, particularly blacks and Hispanics, are being admitted to elite colleges and universities, instead being sent to less competitive schools, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. This trend, which has resulted in wealthier and less diverse student bodies at top schools, coincides with an increase in the academic preparedness of members of minority groups. Increasing selectivity at elite schools, however, has outpaced the rise in minority students' qualifications. The study also found that colleges are giving increasing weight to applicants' extracurricular activities, without regard to race.
Kellerman, who is spending the Fall term at the College while on leave from her post at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, emphasized the importance of teaching leadership as a "holistic whole."
Editor's Note: This is the fourth installment in a four-part series profiling professors who were recently awarded endowed chairs.
The Thayer School of Engineering graduate said he first felt the rush of competition in go-kart races in junior high school. Now his go-kart replaced by a 30-inch wide, 35-foot long land speed race car he has set the world record for the fastest normally aspirated, single-engine car.
Over 400 seniors participated in resume drop this month, 86 more students than last year's total, according to acting co-director of Career Services Monica Wilson. Students submitted a total of 5,032 applications before the Oct. 4 deadline to consulting, finance and education firms through DartBoard, an online Career Services database.