Khan touts benefits of online schools
By Taha Adib | April 23, 2012Salman Khan, once a hedge fund manager, reaches more than six million students across the world monthly by providing free educational videos via the Internet.
Salman Khan, once a hedge fund manager, reaches more than six million students across the world monthly by providing free educational videos via the Internet.
Maggie Zou / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth's record number of early decision applicants for the Class of 2016 which rose 2.6 percent from last year reflects an overall trend of steadily-increasing applications to the College over the past five years, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.
MAGGIE ROWLAND / The Dartmouth Staff Precarious situations in Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt and Syria continue to cause a great deal of alarm for Israel, Dickey Center for International Understanding Director Kenneth Yalowitz said during a discussion in the Haldeman Center on Monday.
"Bye Bye COS" a consulting firm that alleges to assist students who have been "wrongly accused" of violating College policies distributed flyers in bathrooms in Baker-Berry Library following the company's Sept.
The Dickey Center for International Understanding's Great Issues Scholars Program will introduce 51 recently-selected members of the Class of 2015 to current international issues this year, according to Amy Newcomb, the student programs officer at the Dickey Center.
Nik Medrano / The Dartmouth Staff While showing a video of a robot scaling the side of a cliff with its arthropod-like shell, modern warfare expert Peter Singer warned students, professors and community members that what was once considered science fiction has entered the realm of reality.
Harvard University and Princeton University will reinstate non-binding early action programs for undergraduate applicants to the Class of 2016, The Harvard Crimson and The Daily Princetonian reported on Thursday.
Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Staff Showing photographs of blood-stained Egyptian flags and violent attacks on demonstrators, British-Greek reporter and photographer Iason Athanasiadis brought his audience's attention to the realities of the Egyptian revolution on Wednesday afternoon.
Highlighting the importance of innovation, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said the United States government must encourage small businesses to increase exports and must fund scientific research in order to maintain the nation's global competitiveness during her keynote address at the ninth annual Business and Society Conference at the Tuck School of Business on Feb.
The Council for Aid to Education released a study showing charitable contributions to colleges and universities that indicated the beginning of a slow economic recovery for institutions of higher education, according to Inside Higher Ed.