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/

Notable Quotes
  • Administrative Working Group Report

    "[M]any [Dartmouth] employees did not know what the annual priorities or even longer-term strategic goals of the institution are.  Obvious priorities like the current construction of new buildings are readily apparent, but other critical priorities like financial aid, providing more accessible services to students, and supporting cross-institutional cooperation are little known or understood.  Many employees do not understand the orgranization of the institution, the decisionmaking process, or the strategic planning process."

    --January 2007 Report from the Working Group on Administrative Communications and Culture, page 5

  • McKinsey & Co. Report

    "Many respondents believed the hiring process takes too long and is too caught up in procedural bureaucratic red tape...

  • Jacob Baron ‘10

    "[T]he bureaucrats themselves seem unclear on how many professors we have.  Elsewhere on Dartmouth's website -- on the 'Facts' page under 'Ask Dartmouth' -- the current number of tenure-track Arts and Sciences faculty is listed as 363, nine less than the number listed in 'Ask Dartmouth.'"

     --The Dartmouth, Apr. 16, 2007

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

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