Misrepresenting Booz Allen Hamilton

In today’s “community letter,” President Wright wrote that Booze Allen Hamilton had described Dartmouth as one of ten enduring institutions.

Dartlog reader Stan Horowitz, though, tells us that this misrepresents the ranking’s meaning:

I don’t know about President Wright, but I actually read the Booz Allen Hamilton report that named Dartmouth as one of the two most outstanding schools in the world. Here is the first paragraph:

Dartmouth College’s understated contemporary strength masks some of the most important and contentious episodes in the history of American institutions in which the college literally fought for its survival. Not only has Dartmouth endured ? its record of endurance has had implications (and benefits) for all American organizations, both academic and commercial. Here’s an important case where its history is not dispensable nostalgia or an antiquarian slide show. Rather, it’s the key to understanding the institution’s enduring vitality.

Somehow this doesn’t seem entirely consistent with President Wright’s vision of the school. It may be worth noting that there are no examples of successful endurance or innovation during the tenure of the current school administration cited in the report.

Readers may also be interested in Booz Allen’s press release on the subject.

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