Data

Academic Year	Official Transcript Total	Paper Transcript Total
2009	19,159	19,159
2010	17,245	17,245
2011	16,561	16,561
2012	13,819	13,819
2013	12,237	9,839
2014	9,257	4,625
2015	8,076	3,601
2016	8,112	3,264
2017	8,192	2,701
2018	8,691	1,829
2019	9,271	1,511

• Unofficial Banner Transcripts were made available to students in December of 2009
• Unofficial eTranscripts were made available to students in January 2013
• Both have contributed greatly to the continuing decrease in the overall official transcript volume.
• This allows students to use unofficial transcripts when there is no need to use an official transcript and is a cost savings to the College.
• Official transcript volume is split 79% eTranscripts and 21% paper transcripts.
• Paper official transcripts are now primarily processed off-site: only 397 transcripts were processed in the Registrar's Office in 2018-9.
• Paper official transcript volume is down to 1,511, from a high of 19,159 in 2009.

 

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The Dartmouth Course Approval Routing System (DCARS) supported 463 courses in its fifth year of implementation. Additionally, 75 courses were newly cross-listed in the system, along with 1 course removed from a cross-list.

Year	Updates to Courses	New Courses	Cross-lists Created	Courses Reinstated (no change)	Cross-lists Removed
2014-15	400	184	186	0	0
2015-16	444	328	257	0	0
2016-17	186	257	59	14	0
2017-18	228	307	60	34	2
2018-19	162	289	75	12	1

 

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Managed scheduling and offering of 2,184 courses:

Academic Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Total	2,024	2,039	2,062	2,106	2,177	2,168	2,168	2,099	2,100	2,140	2,184

Each course count represents every offering with a unique subject, course number and title combination except for cross-listed courses which are counted once. Off-Campus Study courses are included.

 

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Assigned 2,098 courses to classrooms from the academic schedule*, and 761 courses to classrooms for final examinations.

*Does not include classrooms assigned for small arranged courses, language drills, or other ad-hoc classroom assignments.

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Reviewed and processed 1,075 student petitions to the Registrar

Petition Type	Petition Count
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	5-Year Average
Change in Grade	151	136	134	131	175	145
Add Course After Deadline	108	116	113	129	100	113
Drop Course After Deadline	46	39	31	15	26	31
Additional 2-Course Load	48	71	46	40	45	50
Additional 4-Course Load	2	4	2	2	2	2
Unlimited 2-Course Load	4	4	8	2	4	4
NRO After Deadline	0	0	0	1	0	0
NRO Grade Chg After Deadline	0	0	0	0	0	0
Repeat Course for Grade Only	4	1	0	1	5	2
Postpone Summer Term	28	22	22	17	34	25
Waive Summer Term	59	62	41	59	55	55
Exempt Summer Term	19	20	22	27	32	24
Additional Term in Residence	87	73	63	59	96	76
Five+ Year Enrollment Pattern	85	104	80	71	112	90
Reduce Sr Yr Residence Req	328	349	330	215	337	312
Late Exchange of Courses	15	19	34	36	24	26
Late D-Plan Change Fee Waiver	8	6	2	0	0	3
Reduced Tuition	5	9	16	12	27	14
Total	998	1,035	944	817	1,075	943

• Grade changes increased notably this year.
• Additional 2-course loads settled back to lower numbers after a peak in 2016.
• This year saw summer term postponements and exemptions reach their highest counts yet.
• Requests for an additional term in residence and a five+ year enrollment pattern are also higher than ever before.
• Requests to reduce the senior year residency requirement have returned to to nearly 1/3 of the senior class, after a large drop last year.
• Requests for reduced tuition are higher than ever before.

 

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 Processed 2,079 enrollment verifications, 1,842 of which were provided electronically

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Staff-Assisted Verifications	1,385	1,549	1,332	754	430	Over 273*	514	112	589	508	237
Self-Service Enrollment Verifications	0	0	0	294	1,727	1,845	2,275	1,726	1,908	1,707	1,842
Total	1,385	1,549	1,332	1,048	2,157	Over 2,118*	2,789	1,838	2,497	2,215	2,079

*Some data missing for 2013-14.

We modified our enrollment reporting processes to the National Student Clearinghouse which minimized the time at the beginning of terms where online verifications were unvailable; staff-assisted verifications have dropped almost in half as a result.

 

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We supported 82 students studying away on non-Dartmouth programs (transfer terms) and 49 students on exchange programs.  The total number of transfer term participants had steadily decreased in recent years, with increases the last two years, while the total number of students participating in exchange programs is the lowest in the last five years.

Transfer Term Students

Academic Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Summer	71	70	105	64	39	43	34	24	17	20	29
Fall	66	43	46	54	42	35	17	20	22	28	49
Winter	83	82	86	122	15	9	4	6	9	13	10
Spring	20	16	13	8	5	1	1	3	3	3	4
TOTAL # of STUDENTS	240	211	250	248	101	88	56	53	51	64	82

Note: The significant drop in the number of transfer term students which started in 2013 is a result of new Committee on Instruction (COI) policies.

*One student this year participated in a transfer term program that spanned both summer and fall of 2018.

 

Exchange Program Students

Academic Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Number of Students	39	39	46	37	43	33	54	55	53	54	49

 

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Certified 70 VA Benefit recipients

Academic Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Undergraduate Students	26	28	32	32	35	36	42	51	62
A&S Graduate Students	9	12	8	6	5	8	9	8	8
Chapter 31	4	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	7
Chapter 30	6	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Chapter 35	4	5	7	3	6	7	6	5	3
Chapter 1606	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Chapter 33: Post 9/11 GI Bill recipients	21	30	30	32	32	34	38	49	59
Students eligible for the Yellow Ribbon program	11	25	24	28	29	30	34	46	55
TOTAL number of students certified	35	40	40	38	40	44	51	59	70

The number of Undergraduate Veterans Benefits recipients that we certified is the largest in the last five years and has been trending upwards  As of spring term 2019 Guarini School of Graduate Students certifies A&S Graduate Students. 

 

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Graduated 1,055 undergraduate students

	Graduates
Academic Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Summer	13	17	22	27	35	22	30	20	26	25	21
Fall	27	40	32	31	24	33	30	39	24	31	26
Winter	28	25	38	30	31	29	40	33	32	28	27
Spring	998	1,003	984	1,005	969	1,032	993	985	987	1,062	981
Total	1,066	1,085	1,076	1,093	1,059	1,116	1,093	1,078	1,069	1,146	1,055