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Beilock: The idea that everyone needs a four-year college degree is outdated
“The idea that everyone needs to go to a four-year college or university, I think that's outdated.”
Beilock: Dartmouth was first Ivy League school to reinstate SAT
“We were the first Ivy League to bring the SAT back at Dartmouth, and many of our peers followed”
Beilock: Elementary teachers often lack math competency, transferring anxiety to students
“One of my findings is around teachers especially in lower grades, being really unprepared in terms of math competency and transferring that on to young students.”
Beilock: Dartmouth loses money on every research dollar brought in
“We lose money on every research dollar we bring in.”
Beilock: Higher education market is failing students who graduate overburdened with debt
“I'd push back and say I don't think the market's working exceptionally well because I think students are coming out overburdened with loans without the kind of job prospects that we have responsibility.”
Beilock: Two years makes her the third-longest-serving Ivy League president
“At my inauguration two years ago, I just finished my second year, and I'm the third longest serving Ivy president right now.”
Sian Beilock: K-12 education fails to close income-based achievement gaps
“Students come into kindergarten at very different levels depending on their parents' income, and they leave at those same levels.”
Beilock: Dartmouth aid packages exclude loans, costing lower-middle-income families $5,000 yearly
“Look, I think we do at Dartmouth because we don't, our students are packaged without loans. They don't take out loans. And in fact, for a student in a middle income family, lower middle income family, it's about 5000 a year to go to Dartmouth.”