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Fundamental to the College's mission of intellectual excellence is the
belief that education is formative, both in and outside of the classroom.
Dartmouth College has a rich and long tradition in liberal arts learning which
recognizes that education is a continuum that extends beyond the four walls of
the classroom. Dartmouth has developed an integrated curriculum which
includes a well-focused and sequential major requirement combined with a
general education component that encourages breadth and nurtures
curiosity. Dartmouth professors are respected leaders in their fields;
they conduct important scholarship and research as an essential component of
teaching and classroom learning. Yet, beyond the curriculum Dartmouth
also provides a wealth of opportunities for its students which complement and
strengthen their academic experience.
Tom Crady, Dean of the College, has overall responsibility for the
supervision, coordination, long-range planning, and budgeting for most of the
offices concerned with "student life," including First-Year and Upperclass
Deans, Residential Life, Student Life, Collis Center and Student Activities
Office, Dining Services, Career Services, Accessibility Services, College
Health Service, Outdoor Programs, Athletics and Recreation ,the Office of
Pluralism and Leadership , Undergraduate Judicial Affairs, Academic
Skills Center, and Safety and Security. The Dean also has responsibility
for managing three College auxiliaries—the Dartmouth Skiway, the Hanover
Country Club, and the Morton Farm.
Despite the diversity of programs within the Dean of the College division,
all the areas share a common set of objectives:
- In partnership with the faculty, foster the academic and intellectual
growth of students and support the College's central educational
purpose.
- Work with students to create a safe, healthy, educational, and socially
stimulating residential community.
- Articulate, affirm, and maintain standards of conduct for responsible
student behavior within the College community.
- Sponsor a rich variety of co-curricular opportunities for students'
intellectual, physical, social, emotional, and moral growth and
development.
- Provide support for the diverse community of students and staff and develop
educational opportunities for all community members to be enriched by one
another.
- Encourage students to be self-aware and to make informed decisions in
shaping their college years and subsequent lives.
These six objectives are based on the notion that, while the College
maintains selected graduate programs and professional schools, its principal
business is undergraduate education. Dartmouth College is committed to
excellence and seeks to attract the nation's brightest students and faculty who
are leaders in their field. The College strives to provide the necessary
resources to support its mission of academic excellence.
The principal purpose of the office of the Dean of the College is to enhance
undergraduate education. The various offices in this area work with
students, administrators, and faculty in order to coordinate and integrate the
academic and non-academic lives of the students so that their educational
experience is the best that it can be. Academically focused program areas
such as the Upperclass and First-Year Dean's Offices as well as the Academic
Skills Center, the Intensive Academic Support Program, the International
Office, the Native American Program, the Center for Women and Gender, Career
Services and various residential life activities seek to strengthen the total
educational experience of undergraduates.
In addition, the Dean of the College office is involved in advancing what is
commonly referred to as "the intellectual life" of the College. To that
end, the Office has developed programs and initiatives which seek to foster a
campus culture which supports and nurtures intellectual growth. The
first-year student research grants, residential life scholarships, tutoring
programs, study groups coordinated with academic departments, peer academic
advising programs, minority scholar programs, Graduate Student-in-Residence
Program, academic affinity houses, the coordination of faculty advising for
first-year students, and graduate school advising efforts are examples of this
effort.
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