97 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
(09/14/11 2:00am)
Student loan defaults rose to 8.8 percent in the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, marking a 1.8-percent increase from last year, according to Department of Education data released on Monday. These rates are at their highest point since 1997, when the share of federal student loans was also 8.8 percent. Borrowers at for-profit colleges and universities who defaulted on their student loans in the first two years of repayment also increased to 15 percent, up from 11.6 percent in the previous year. The data released by the Department of Education which also includes information from borrowers at public institutions represents 3.6 million students, more than 320,000 of whom defaulted between October 2008 and September 2010. Higher education experts speculate that the numbers reflect the impact of a poor economic climate, and may forecast greater problems for financial aid in the future, The New York Times reported.
(09/15/10 2:00am)
CAROL FOLT, PROVOST
(08/24/10 2:00am)
"The purpose of the games with the educational background is that having a dildo ring toss or pin the clit on the vulva' is more entertaining and in some ways more welcoming than a brochure or a website," Baxivanos said. "I think the purpose is to be welcoming and to maintain a light-hearted attitude towards topics that are otherwise taboo."
(08/13/10 2:00am)
This September, the new worst class ever will arrive in Hanover, sad to be leaving their high school friends, confused about Dartmouth terms like "facetime" and "blitz" (RIP) and inevitably looking for guidance on this oh-so-large and bustling campus. For perhaps the first time in our own Dartmouth careers, these younger students will be looking to us. As much as I live in denial that my Dartmouth career is finite, it might be time to start considering what wisdom we will impart as upperclassmen.
(08/10/10 2:00am)
Although the College's new Visual Arts Center is still slated to open in May 2012, construction of the building's foundation has taken longer and has been noisier than builders and project managers anticipated, according to Chief Facilities Operator Linda Snyder. While College officials are considering alternative plans to reduce the disruption, local business owners and employees working on Lebanon Street have complained about the noise and other inconveniences resulting from the construction.
(08/05/10 5:00pm)
Microsoft Online Services will replace BlitzMail as Dartmouth's service provider for e-mail, vice president for information technology Ellen Waite-Franzen announced Thursday. College officials hope to fully transition to Microsoft Online Services for e-mail, calendar and collaboration tools by the end of the 2011 calendar year, according to Waite-Franzen, and the transition for students will happen by Fall 2011.
(07/30/10 2:00am)
Following complaints stemming from recent budget cuts and overcrowding at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, nurses at the hospital are considering unionization and are currently engaged in discussions with Massachusetts Nurses Association representatives, DHMC media relations manager Rick Adams said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
(07/30/10 2:00am)
Habits of the mind such as persistence, creativity, empathy, independence, taking responsible risks, managing impulsivity and metacognition are teachable and must be practiced every day, Kim said.
(07/27/10 2:00am)
Harvard University's Interim Director of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer has been appointed the first Associate Dean of the College for Student Support Services, according to Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears. Ameer who co-founded Harvard's student advising program will oversee the undergraduate deans, Career Services, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, the Academic Skills Center and Student Accessibility Services upon assuming her position Aug. 16, according to Spears.
(07/23/10 2:00am)
The play which originally began as a project in her Playwriting I class tells the story of a young girl who learns that her mother has committed suicide. Her mother's tragic death leads the girl, Juliet Limond, to drop out of art school and travel back home to West Virginia, where she lives with her grandmother and tries to make sense of her mother's decision.
(07/20/10 2:00am)
When Michael Mastanduno, associate dean of the faculty for the social sciences and government professor, assumes his role as dean of the faculty on August 1, he will be tasked with overseeing faculty from all 40 academic departments of the College. Several of Mastanduno's colleagues interviewed by The Dartmouth said his prior experience as both a professor and an administrator will prove invaluable as he works to recruit and maintain high-quality faculty members in his new position over the coming years.
(07/20/10 2:00am)
The lecture which was initiated by College President Jim Yong Kim as an effort to reinstate former College President John Sloan Dickey's "Great Issues" course was established to "promote discussion of current global issues and supplement [students'] classroom experience with real life lessons on innovation, collaboration and leadership," Kim said during his introduction for Bloomberg.
(07/16/10 6:00pm)
Bloomberg who was accompanied by longtime girlfriend and current member of the College's Board of Trustees Diana Taylor '77 urged students to consider different perspectives and to strive for "common sense, common ground solutions."
(07/09/10 4:00pm)
As part of an initiative to reinstate the "Great Issues" course, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will speak to the Dartmouth community at the inaugural Dartmouth Presidential Lecture on July 16 in Moore Theater, according to an e-mial sent to the Dartmouth community by College President Jim Yong Kim Friday afternoon. Kim will deliver the second lecture of the series on July 29.
(07/06/10 2:00am)
The transition process will begin this month as Pyramid employees visit and evaluate current conditions at the Inn, Olsen said.
(07/02/10 2:00am)
The College has contracted Pyramid Hotel Group -- a private hotel company based in Boston -- to assume the day-to-day management responsibilities at the Hanover Inn, according to an e-mail sent to the Dartmouth community by Senior Vice President Steven Kadish on Friday.
(06/29/10 2:00am)
The Outpatient Surgery Center currently consists of four operating rooms and offers orthopedic, plastic and eye surgeries as well as adult and pediatric urological, ear, nose and throat procedures, according to Merrill. In the upcoming year, the center will likely begin expanding into the four remaining operating rooms in the newly-constructed building in Lebanon, he said.
(06/03/10 1:23am)
Research findings about health care spending at hospitals nationwide produced by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has recently come under fire in the academic community, with critics claiming that its figures inaccurately represent health care spending and quality. Researchers behind the Atlas have been challenged over their claims about the quality of health care institutions in instances when their findings only discuss spending practices, and also over failures to adjust data for geographic variations that would affect researchers' results, according to an article published Wednesday evening by The New York Times.
(06/01/10 2:00am)
Beginning next year, College President Jim Yong Kim will focus on a new "strategic planning process" to shape a long-term vision for the College, according to College officials. He will also continue his work forming the Center for health Care Delivery Science, student committees on alcohol and sexual assault policy and a revamped academic advising system.
(06/01/10 2:00am)
Folt, who was appointed provost on May 5 and who is also the outgoing dean of the faculty, will step down from her position as dean as soon as a replacement is selected.