TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
Both the men’s and women’s squash teams were undefeated this weekend, going a combined 4-0 while visiting Navy, George Washington University and Franklin & Marshall College. The women’s team dominated the Diplomats on Sunday, winning 9-0. (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
After breaking a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory against St. Lawrence University on Saturday, the Dartmouth men’s hockey team will search for additional wins against Harvard on the road and Providence College at home this weekend in non-conference competition. (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
As the nation waits to see whether President Barack Obama will follow through on his campaign promise to eliminate the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Dartmouth remains one of four Ivy League institutions to permit the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to train students on campus. The Army ROTC, which has had a tu (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
In the wake of the House of Representatives’ narrow approval of a health care bill that Democratic leaders believe will extend coverage to 36 million previously uninsured Americans, several College and health policy experts told The Dartmouth that, although the bill would extend coverage to recently graduated students, the (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team opened regular-season play on Friday, falling 89-58 to Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The game marked the first time since 2005 that the Big Green (0-1, 0-0 Ivy) suited up without 2009 Ivy League Player of the Year Alex Barnett ’09, who graduated in the spring. (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
Research scientists often spend hours — if not days — hunting for the specific chemical, machine or genetically modified organism they need to perform experiments. This search may soon only take a matter of minutes, however, thanks to the creation of a multi-institution scientific database, called eagle-i, that will provide (Read More)
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President Barack Obama signed national community service legislation to expand AmeriCorps. Learn how this law will help students in paying off student loans. (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
Ivy League student representatives discussed housing policies, career services, disciplinary action and academic advising this weekend at the Ivy Council fall conference. An estimated total of 45 delegates from all Ivy League institutions except Harvard University attended the event, which Dartmouth hosted for the first tim (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
Dartmouth officials are currently working to draft an internal review of the College’s operations to prepare for its upcoming reaccreditation, according to Provost emeritus Barry Scherr, who is tasked with overseeing the review through December. Reaccreditation — a largely perfunctory exercise that occurs every 10 years — v (Read More)
Confessions of a Community College Dean:
Thoughts on CommunityI've opined before that academic deans, and community colleges, need more glamorous portrayals in the media. Dean Wormer from Animal House had one great line ("fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son"), but he was generally held up for ridicule. Larry Miller's "dean" character in the (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
The appointment of College President Jim Yong Kim was celebrated as a landmark for Asian Americans. It seems unbelievable that, over the last century and a half, the federal government was responsible for race-based imprisonment and immigration bans. Since the repeal of such discriminatory acts, Asian Americans have made si (Read More)
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In modern society, particularly in the United States, the pressure placed on young people to seek out higher education is greater than ever. It has become expected, perhaps almost required, that kids go to college, and it has become a key component in achieving success in adulthood. College graduates are expected to be [. (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
Arguing that the United States’ university-based teacher programs need “revolutionary change,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan criticized the programs for failing to prepare students to teach and for having too few resources in an address at Columbia University last week. Dartmouth education professors, however, sai (Read More)
TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.:
College President Jim Yong Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth Editorial Board on Tuesday that he has formed a “study group” to examine and potentially reshape the College’s approach to undergraduate education. Kim said he hopes to pursue an “evidence-based” approach to higher education, applying cutting-edge educat (Read More)