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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

Continuing Ed

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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John Merrow ’63

An education journalist on the state of our schools

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Gail Koziara Boudreaux ’82

A CEO on the state of the nation’s healthcare

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Robert B. Reich ’68

A public policy expert on what he’d like to fix

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Judy Geer ’75, Th’83

An Olympian on the joy of rowing

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Steve Kelley ’81

A cartoonist on humor in tense times

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John C. Rhead ’67

A psychotherapist on the ’shroom boom

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Sue (DuBois) AnderBois ’05

A new city councilor on the value of local government

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Nathaniel Fick ’99

A new ambassador on cyber threats

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Rachel Dratch ’88

A comic actor on a laugh-filled life

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How We Chose

Ranking alumni athletes was no easy task.

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Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens III ’79

A coach on helping athletes be great people

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Allan A. Ryan ’66

A legal expert on war crimes—and worse

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