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(11/11/08 8:52am)
The Association of Alumni proposed an amendment to its constitution on Monday that would bring trustee election procedures in line with Board of Trustees' recommendations. The amendment would alter the voting system and the number of candidates allowed in the elections, among other changes, in an effort to "simplify and clarify election procedures," Association President John Mathias '69 said.
(09/26/08 6:54am)
The addition of five new members to the College's Board of Trustees three weeks ago has prompted little public backlash from alumni who oppose the Board's expansion, but a recent communication acquired by The Dartmouth indicates some alumni are once again considering legal action in an attempt to reverse the Board's decision.
(09/24/08 8:27am)
College President James Wright has overseen a significant increase to the size
(09/24/08 8:25am)
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(09/06/08 5:35pm)
The Dartmouth Board of Trustees moved forward today with its September 2007 decision to increase its size with the addition of five new members. The Board's attempt to implement the decision became a year-long governance saga that played out in Hanover and the courts of Grafton County after the College's Association of Alumni executive committee voted in October 2007 to file suit to block the addition.
(08/19/08 6:55am)
Dartmouth may have been hurt by a "special bias" in the college rankings that Forbes.com released last week, according to Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder, who devised the research methodology. This potential bias stems from the prevalence of internal faculty evaluations and the relatively small number of students at the College who use Ratemyprofessors.com, which is a heavily-weighted factor in the analysis. Dartmouth, the Ivy League institution with the lowest ranking, placed 127th.
(08/15/08 6:49am)
Citing relatively high levels of student debt and dissatisfaction with teaching quality, Forbes.com rated Dartmouth the 127th best college in America on Thursday in the publication's first foray into university rankings. Dartmouth, which received the lowest ranking in the Ivy League, was an exception among small colleges, which were generally rated highly in the report.
(08/08/08 7:31am)
Although the withdrawal of the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College in June paved the way for Dartmouth's Board of Trustees to make significant changes to its structure, more than one month later the Board has yet to take any action. The Board's silence appears to be the result of its ongoing negotiations with the Association, as the groups work to address the underlying causes of recent alumni controversies.
(08/01/08 6:50am)
Dartmouth alumni have the highest mid-career median incomes in the country in comparison to other college graduates, according to a survey by PayScale, Inc., a company that compiles compensation information across business sectors. Dartmouth ranked second in terms of average income of the highest-paid 10 percent of alumni, behind Yale University. The College placed 18th for graduates' starting income, with alumni less than five years into their careers earning an average of $58,000. The survey also noted that incomes generally increase at the same rate for all graduates, irrespective of their alma mater, although starting salaries for Ivy League graduates are on average 32 percent higher than those for alumni from other liberal arts schools. In addition, the survey found that there is little correlation between undergraduate major and long-term income.
(07/29/08 5:36am)
Congressman Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H., surveyed the bridge on Monday with community leaders and representatives from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
(07/25/08 7:43am)
The UNH survey came a day after an American Research Group poll showed Shaheen having a 22-point lead, contributing further to speculation that the UNH results may be anomalous.
(07/18/08 8:01am)
A team of researchers at Dartmouth has shown for the first time that different forms of the autoimmune disease scleroderma can be classified solely by variations in gene expression, according to findings published on July 16 in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS One, an online, open-access publication. This research may have wide-ranging implications for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
(07/15/08 7:17am)
Democratic National Committee Chairman and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean visited Hanover on Friday to meet with residents of the Kendall retirement community. Dean is currently on a multi-state tour campaigning for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, D-Ill. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Dean said New Hampshire will be critical in the general election as it is the only New England state not leaning toward Obama, who is currently only 0.7 percent ahead of the Republican presumptive nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. in the state, according to the Real Clear Politics average. Dean said Obama is a better choice for older Americans, arguing Obama has better judgement on national security issues and does not want to privatize social security, unlike McCain. "To have national security you have to have respect for America at home and abroad, and to do that you have to engage in the kind of relationships that Senator Obama has talked about," Dean said. "You don't talk down to your allies, you don't treat them as junior partners."
(07/11/08 7:22am)
Photos of an Iranian missile test distributed to journalists on Wednesday by officials with the country's Revolutionary Guard were altered to show four missiles launching instead of three, according to a Scientific American interview with Dartmouth computer science professor Hany Farid published on Thursday. Farid, an expert in digital forensics, said he believes similarities among the missiles' smoke plumes and rocket trails suggest elements of the image may have been digitally cloned. "It's almost certainly doctored in some way, but there are some subtleties here," Farid told Scientific American. "Whoever did it did a reasonably good job."
(07/01/08 6:52am)
Following Friday's confirmation that the Grafton County Superior Court had approved the dismissal of the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College, new information has come to light about the funding of the suit and the involvement of The Hanover Institute, a non-profit organization that has traditionally sponsored causes critical of College policies. The court action brings to an end the eight-month legal saga in which the Association attempted to bar the College's Board of Trustees from adding eight members not elected by alumni to its membership.
(06/27/08 4:50pm)
The Grafton County Superior Court has approved the dismissal of the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College, Association President John Mathias '69 confirmed today. This action brings to an end the eight-month legal saga in which the Association attempted to bar the College's Board of Trustees from adding eight members not elected by alumni to its membership.
(06/27/08 6:17am)
The Association of Alumni officially moved to end its lawsuit against the Dartmouth Board of Trustees early this week, joining with the College to file a "stipulation of dismissal" with the Grafton County Superior Court. It has become increasingly clear, however, that alumni are actively considering the possibility of continuing the legal effort, according to interviews with leaders in the alumni community.
(06/20/08 5:35am)
In a fatal blow to the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College, candidates critical of the suit swept all 11 of the Association's executive committee seats in the organization's annual election, according to results released June 10. The Association has since ended its engagement with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Williams and Connolly, which represented the organization in the suit.
(06/10/08 6:45pm)
In what may spell the end of the Association of Alumnis lawsuit against the College, candidates critical of the suit swept all 11 of the Associations executive committee seats in the organizations annual election, according to results released today.
(06/09/08 4:40am)
For the first time in Dartmouth's history, three members of the graduating class have been named valedictorians, as they all maintained 4.0 grade point averages throughout their College careers. Nicholas Christman '08, Jean Ellen Cowgill '08 and Margaret Fitchet '08 are this year's valedictorians, although only Christman and Cowgill will speak at Commencement.