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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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R. Owen Williams ’74

Transylvania University’s president on moving from investment banking to higher ed.

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Robert Berlinger ’80

On more than three decades in a director’s chair.

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Mortimer Mishkin ’46

An acclaimed neuroscientist on studying the brain.

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“Nuanced Decisions”

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris ’84 discusses legacies, athletes and the Belushi factor.

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Karen (Jennings) Lewis ’74

A Chicago teachers’ union leader on education reform.

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Nick Lowery ’78

“The Kick” on life after professional football.

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“Not a Threatened Species”

As Dartmouth’s recently appointed professor of Shakespearean studies, Jonathan Crewe keeps the Bard alive and relevant in Hanover.

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Nancy (Denny) Kellogg ’78

A pediatrician specialist on treating abused children.

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Robert M. Groves ’70

The U.S. census director on surveying America.

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Kyrie Robinson ’90

On designing technology for its users.

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William McNabb ’79

The CEO of Vanguard on thinking for the long term.

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Anne Bagamery ’78

The D’s first female editor on life as a journalist.

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