Dartmouth or Duke

<p>An article in today’s campus newspaper, The Dartmouth, on the efforts of the college to boost its image better covers what I was trying to articulate regarding the “global presence” issue.</p>

<p>GLOBAL PRESENCE
In anticipation of Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary in 2019, former College President Jim Yong Kim initiated the strategic planning process in 2009 to advance the College’s mission, improve its standing in the U.S. and the world and guarantee the caliber of a Dartmouth education. Nine working groups, composed of administrators, faculty and staff, released reports on March 9.
Global Dartmouth, a Strategic Planning working committee, evaluated Dartmouth’s reputation at the international level and made recommendations to improve its standing as a leader in higher education abroad.
The group recommended that the College require every undergraduate students have at least one “significant global experience” to graduate, create “hubs” in cities around the world for international programming and called for the renaming of Dartmouth College to Dartmouth University for international audiences.
“In French, ‘college’ means junior high school,” said Lynn Higgins, associate dean of faculty for international studies and a member of the Global Dartmouth working group. “In France, I have to refer to Dartmouth as a university or otherwise people misunderstand what our college is. It’s just a translation problem.”
Dartmouth’s international influence hinges on both providing global opportunities to students, like foreign study programs, and promoting the faculty’s international accomplishments.
“Dartmouth’s global activities are not as well known as the accomplishments merit,” Higgins said. “I think we need to be more visible.”</p>

<p>Also, peace corps is generally a post-graduation opportunity to my understanding so not sure how that applies with respect to definition of global brand.</p>

<p>Anyhow, Dartmouth is an incredible school in a sweet spot as a LAC with a lovely campus that is perfect for many as I encouraged someone in another thread to give their admitted student a chance to discover first-hand rather than dismiss the school given its current campus controversy.</p>