Joseph Asch ‘79

“Dartmouth Safety and Security often turns students over to the Hanover Police. Additionally, Safety and Security does not transport incapacitated students to DHMC [Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center] in its own vehicles, so when Dick’s House determines that a student is incapacitated, the College calls for the Town of Hanover ambulance ­­– an action that almost always elicits an arrest by the Hanover Police Department.

“Once in the hands of the Hanover Police, a student confronts a choice between a court hearing that usually leads to a fine of between $250 and $300, an Internet-retrievable court record and a possible 30-day loss of driving privileges when the court automatically reports excessive consumption to the DMV or participation in the town’s day-long ‘diversion’ program at a cost to the student of $400.”

The Dartmouth, Feb. 16, 2007

Notable Quotes
  • Jacob Baron ‘10

    "According to the registrar's website, Dartmouth's economics department is offering 39 courses this term.  Some 35 have capped enrollments, but only nine of those caps are set at under 20 [students].  Of the 35 capped courses, as of April 8, 11 had enrollments that met or exceeded their caps, and another 13 were within three students of their caps.  Those data speak for themselves.  For an institution that sells itself on its supposedly small and accessible classes, the facts are pathetically out of line."

      --The Dartmouth, Apr. 16, 2007

    available at http://thedartmouth.com/2007/04/16/opinion/priorities/print/

  • Professor Meir Kohn

    "...to promote good teaching, the College needs to hire and to tenure more good researchers. The first thing the College should do is replace 'guest worker' visiting faculty with regular faculty.

  • Administrative Working Group Report

    "[T]he consensus-driven approach to decision making employed at Dartmouth often provides senior leadership with a single position reached by compromise rather than providing several well-reasoned options to consider.  Ultimately, the consensus-driven approach leads to delays, changes in decisions as a result of additional analysis, and can cause runarounds."

    --January 2007 Report from the Working Group on Administrative Communications and Culture, page 10

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