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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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“Sandy” Alderson ’69

The New York Mets president on America’s game

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Susan Dentzer ’77, Adv’22

Dartmouth’s first alumna trustee chair on coeducation

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Edward T. Kelley ’90

A global health expert on the lessons of Covid-19

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John White ’61

A UFO researcher on what’s out there

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Sam Stein ’04

Politico’s White House editor on his beat

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Cal Newport ’04

A digital tech expert on working smarter

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Niko Lalos ’20

An NFL Giant on dreaming big

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Dhiraj Mukherjee ’91

Shazam’s cofounder on being a “wantrapreneur”

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Odette Harris ’91

A neurosurgeon on being a disruptor

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Frank B. Wilderson III ’78

On Afropessimism

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Welton Chang ’05

On using technology to defend human rights

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John J. Donahoe ’82

The CEO of Nike on just doing it

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