Dartmouth College

For other uses of the name Dartmouth, see Dartmouth.

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Dartmouth College is a small private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, with funds partially raised by the efforts of a Native American preacher named Samson Occom, it is the ninth-oldest college in the United States. In addition to its liberal arts undergraduate program, Dartmouth has medical, engineering, and business schools, as well as 18 graduate programs in the arts and sciences; hence it would tend to be called a university in standard American usage. For the sake of tradition and in order to emphasize the central importance it gives to undergraduate education, however, it refers to itself as a college. With a total enrollment of about 5,700, Dartmouth is the smallest school in the Ivy League.

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Private - University - Hanover - New Hampshire - Ivy League - 1769 - Eleazar Wheelock - Samson Occom - Ninth-oldest college - United States - Liberal arts - College

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In 2005 Booz Allen Hamilton selected Dartmouth College as one of the "World's Ten Most Enduring Institutions," recognizing its ability to overcome crises that threatened its survival (most famously Dartmouth College v. Woodward). Dartmouth is recognized as one of the most unwired colleges in the U.S. thanks to its wireless campus.

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Booz Allen Hamilton - Dartmouth College v. Woodward - Wireless campus

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Dartmouth alumni are famously involved in their college, from Daniel Webster to the many donors in the 19th and 20th centuries. Over many generations, Dartmouth has had one of the very highest alumni donor participation rates.

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