Dartmouth's annual safety and fire report, released on Oct. 1, shows a decrease in the number of liquor law arrests made by Hanover Police in the last few years. Arrests have declined steadily to 16 in 2012 from 134 in 2010. The number of liquor law violations referred for disciplinary action, however, has escalated to 83 in 2012 from 40 in 2011. Hanover Police has begun referring more students to its Alcohol Diversions programs rather than arresting them, police captain Frank Moran said. Sexual assault cases rose to 24 in 2012 from 15 in 2011. The increase is likely a result of victims being more willing to report sexual assault rather than a significant change in the number of incidences, Moran said.
A survey published in Communication Education showed that students taught by professors who use an informal and self-deprecating style engage in more uncivil behavior in class, such as texting, Inside Higher Ed reported. Students also perceive a lack of credibility in such professors, and informality correlates to 20 percent of self-reported uncivil behavior. The survey, which included 438 undergraduates at a southeastern university, refutes much of the current conventional wisdom regarding professor-student relationships, though the results may not imply causation.
Northern Illinois University graduate Andrew Carson compiled previously unseen data on job placement for almost 60 graduate philosophy programs in the United States and Canada, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Of the 2,600 PhD graduates in the data set, 39 percent obtained tenure-track or long-term positions immediately following graduation since 2000. New York University, Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University had the best placement records, with around 70 percent of graduates holding tenure-track or long-term jobs. In the long run, the top three institutions with graduates in such positions are Yale University at 91 percent, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with 86 percent and Northwestern University at 79 percent. Carson said his report is preliminary and he plans to turn the study into a long-term project.
