Tuesday, March 04, 2008

New healthcare plan unveiled

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

A revised plan for reduced healthcare benefits for retiring faculty and staff was presented at the Winter term meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held in Alumni Hall on Monday. The plan diminishes the reductions initially proposed in a plan presented to the faculty at its Fall term meeting, which drew widespread criticism from faculty and staff members. More »

Locals vote on school’s response to cheating

By Nick Swanson, The Dartmouth Staff

Citizens of Hanover and Norwich, Vt., will have the chance to vote today on whether they approve of Hanover High School’s decision to turn the investigation of the Hanover High cheating scandal over to the police, as part of the Dresden annual budget. More »

Meeting reviews College’s web site

By Emily Goodell, The Dartmouth Staff

The Dartmouth HomeTeam, a three-person group responsible for maintaining Dartmouth’s home page, laid out plans for the future of the College’s web site at Monday’s Web Town Meeting in Carson L02. The team discussed new initiatives developed in response to a recent user survey, including a redesign of online campus maps and improvements to the site’s search engine. More »

Record N.H. snowfall delays

By Mat Grudzien, The Dartmouth Staff

In a winter that has been marked by treacherously icy sidewalks and impassable roads, Scully-Fahey Field joins the list of weather-related casualties, as its planned renovations lag nearly three months behind schedule. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • The Forum on Education Abroad released a new code of ethics for U.S. colleges and universities and overseas institutions that will coordinate foreign study programs, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Monday. More »
  • In a speech at last week’s Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook revealed that sales of Apple laptops exceeded those of Dell laptops to American users in higher education during 2007, according to Computerworld. More »
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