“The committee heard from many employees (through public meetings, emails, and the staff survey), that they would like to see greater accountability at every level, more transparency around goal setting, regular performance reviews, and a compensation program more clearly based on merit.”
–January 2007 Report from the Working Group on Administrative Communications and Culture, page 8
"I felt that the [Student Life Initiative] distracted resources and attention from arguably more urgent weaknesses that Dartmouth should have addressed, such as the shockingly large class sizes and the almost total lack of academic advising."
The Dartmouth, Feb. 10, 2006
"Administrators at Dartmouth banned a campus group from giving Christmas presents to other students through the campus mail after the gifts had been bought, wrapped, and ready to mail. Scott Brown, the school’s dean of religion, stated that giving Christmas presents is an act 'that a large number of students will take offense at.'"
"When you're Parkhursted, a stranger has more rights than you do and I think they make it like a criminal process. Is it really necessary to make someone feel like an outlaw?"
