College growth affects atmosphere, professors say
Despite its tradition of maintaining a compact campus centralized around the Green, Dartmouth has recently undertaken a number of projects including the 1978 Life Sciences Center and Black Family Visual Arts Center meant to expand classroom and research resources for students that have created hubs of student activity in farther reaches of campus. While such resources have helped Dartmouth maintain its world-class academic caliber, they may also contribute to a growing student body and the erosion of the small college atmosphere, according to former music professor Jon Appleton, who began teaching at the College in 1967 and left in 2009. "Over the last 20 years, Dartmouth has gone from a small college to a university," Appleton said.
