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The Rise of Grade Inflation

The growing number of high marks has many professors—and some students—worried academic excellence is being cheapened. Has Dartmouth reached a breaking point?

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Lisa Furlong

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Sarah (Murray) Sliva ’03

“When I was a small kid, I always had my nose in a book and thought I’d be an author. Now, it’s as if my life is coming full circle because hospice and palliative medicine is so much about learning people’s stories to provide the best care possible.
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Sarah E. Harris ’00

A new trustee on her tribal heritage

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Jason Blydell ’08

A combat vet on helping men cope with change

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Patricia Herrera ’96

A theater professor on pursuing her passion

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Owen Parsons ’08

An Emmy Award-winning comedy writer on being funny

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Sarah Jackson-Han ’88

An international aid strategist on intractable issues

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Martin Cetron ’81

A 30-year veteran of the CDC on global health

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Katie Silberman ’09

A screenwriter on storytelling in Hollywood

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Ben Rice ’22

A New York Yankee on navigating professional baseball

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Kirsten Gillibrand ’88

A U.S. senator on 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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James Nachtwey ’70

A photographer on his career at the front lines

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Alison Fragale ’97

A behavioral psychologist on power, status, and the workplace

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Caroline Pott ’02

A conservation biologist on life in the middle of the Pacific

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