Dartmouth rejects Trump administration’s higher education compact
Dartmouth will not sign the Trump administration’s higher education compact, College President Sian Leah Beilock wrote in an email to campus today.
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Dartmouth will not sign the Trump administration’s higher education compact, College President Sian Leah Beilock wrote in an email to campus today.
On Oct. 13, the Native American Program kicked off Indigenous People’s Week with midnight drumming and a demonstration on the Green, part of a series of celebrations for Indigenous People’s Month held from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1. At the demonstration, Indigenous students went around the circle and shared speeches, poems and songs to showcase their heritage.
Engineering-consulting firm Toole Group presented a plan to add bike lanes to Hanover streets on Oct. 13 to the Hanover Bike Walk Committee and town residents. The Selectboard has yet to finalize any decisions about the “Hanover Shared Streets Vision Plan,” but is looking to make town more walkable.
This summer, the College merged three divisions — the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Undergraduate Student Affairs — to form the School of Arts and Science. The Dartmouth checked in with administrators about how the School has impacted life at Dartmouth.
The College rejected multiple requests for information over the past month from The Dartmouth about the Class of 2029’s racial and ethnic demographics.
The Dartmouth, along with 54 other student news organizations, joined an amicus brief filed today by the Student Press Law Center in a federal lawsuit challenging two federal immigration laws that allow the government to revoke international students’ visas for constitutionally protected speech, including speech in student papers. Student newspapers at seven Ivy League universities — all except Columbia University — were among the 55 total in the student-media coalition.
Valley News columnist Jim Kenyon is going to retire in the next few months. His journalism career began in the Upper Valley, where he worked as an intern for the Valley News during high school. After 10 years at the Tampa Tribune, Kenyon returned to the Valley News in 1996, where he has written ever since. The Dartmouth sat down with Kenyon to reflect on his career and the future of journalism.
Last weekend, the Dartmouth community celebrated Homecoming without a bonfire for the first time in five years due to a state-wide burn ban. The bonfire was last canceled during the pandemic.
Two republicans in the New Hampshire State House of Representatives will introduce a bill this session that would restrict public schools teachers’ political speech.
Last month, news that a swastika had been drawn outside the room of a Jewish student in Topliff Hall reverberated across campus, prompting Jewish students to voice concerns about antisemitism at Dartmouth.
In an article yesterday, the Chronicle of Higher Education cited two anonymous sources saying that College President Sian Leah Beilock would not sign the Trump administration’s higher education compact “as written.”
The fall 2025 Inter-Fraternity Council and Inter-Sorority Council recruitment cycles concluded on Oct. 3 and 4, respectively, with the two councils welcoming their new class of members. According to Greek life and student societies director Hunter Carlheim, the IFC extended bids to over 325 new members, a dip from the 343 bids given out last year. The ISC, however, saw its numbers increase, with over 290 bids being offered to new members — an increase from last year’s 273 bids.
At the Dartmouth Student Government’s meeting on Oct. 12, DSG members and other Dartmouth students discussed the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” — a list of demands received by the College and eight other universities on Oct. 1 that would provide privileged funding access conditional on compliance with federal demands.
On Oct. 1, the White House approached the College and eight other universities with a draft of “The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The administration expects the nine universities to respond to the White House with “feedback” by Oct. 20.
Professors and student leaders shared concerns that the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” could threaten the College’s academic freedom.
As of Oct. 12, 569 Dartmouth faculty members have signed a petition urging College President Sian Leah Beilock not to sign the Trump administration’s “Compact” for higher education, which would set restrictions on College policies in exchange for funding benefits.
This article is featured in the 2025 Homecoming Special Issue.
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This article is featured in the 2025 Homecoming Special Issue.
This article is featured in the 2025 Homecoming Special Issue