Dartmouth College president to step down next year

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth Faculty President Philip Hanlon stated Tuesday he'll step down in June 2023 after 10 years main the Ivy League faculty, saying “the time is true to cross the torch.”

“Once I arrived at Dartmouth in 2013, I laid out a 10-year imaginative and prescient for my presidency: Dartmouth could be a magnet for expertise, dare to tackle a number of the world’s most pressing challenges, and elevate the tight connection between college students and school that makes the Dartmouth expertise so distinctive,” he stated in a message to the group.

Faculty officers stated that underneath Hanlon’s management, analysis spending has elevated by greater than 50%. In addition they praised him for championing investments in new tutorial facilities and for his dedication to rising inclusion and variety on campus.

In 2014, college students staged at sit-in at Hanlon’s workplace in Hanover and demanded he implement a “Freedom Funds” they drafted that sought better inclusiveness and a extra welcoming setting on campus. In early 2015, he introduced a sequence of reforms aimed toward addressing issues he stated have been “hijacking” the varsity’s promise: high-risk ingesting, sexual assault and a scarcity of inclusion. The adjustments, dubbed the “Transferring Dartmouth Ahead” plan, included a ban on onerous liquor, the event of a compulsory four-year sexual violence prevention curriculum and the creation of latest residential communities.

In 2018, 9 girls filed a federal lawsuit accusing Dartmouth of ignoring years of sexual harassment and assault by former professors. The lawsuit, which was later settled for $14 million, sparked heated debate on campus and prompted some alumni to demand Hanlon’s resignation.

The varsity responded with a spread of reforms to meant to forestall sexual misconduct and different abuses of energy. An exterior advisory committee evaluating that effort a 12 months later stated it felt “much less like an effort to remodel tradition throughout an entire campus, and extra like a response to a lawsuit.” In its most up-to-date report, issued in September, the committee stated progress has been made however a extra cohesive, effectively-communicated framework is required.

Hanlon, a mathematician and 1977 Dartmouth graduate, beforehand served as provost and govt vp for tutorial affairs on the College of Michigan.