College hires McKinsey to assess admin. priorities
As part of the most extensive effort yet to evaluate the organization of the College, Dartmouth has hired McKinsey and Co., a management consulting firm, to gather data and assess the effectiveness of the administration. The first phase of the review process began last week when consultants arrived on campus to gather data and conduct interviews with people who have institutional responsibility, according to John Crane, the College's deputy librarian and liaison to McKinsey. College Provost Barry Scherr and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Adam Keller spearheaded the assessment last month, and College President James Wright announced the project last week during his administrative forum. "We do need to ensure that the administration is effective in both the ways in which it communicates across the institution, in its use of resources and in the way it delivers services that support the academic and residential mission," Wright said. According to Scherr, the evaluation will examine the areas to which the administration allots importance and will determine whether these should remain institutional priorities.