Steffaney Wood

Steffaney Wood for The Davidsonian SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 As the largest class in the history of the college, the 513 members of the Class of 2019 are part of the college’s plan to eventually expand to a student body of 2,000. Although this first-year class only has nine more enrolled students than a year ago, this gradual increase represents the new ideal number of incoming students. The decision to expand the college came about as a result of wanting to increase overall diversity and become more similar in size to peer institutions. A total of 2,000 students will leave roughly 1,850 on campus at any given time, accounting for those who…

Steffaney Wood for The Davidsonian OCTOBER 7, 2015 This semester, Davidson published its expectations for students’ workloads, defining them as “at least 48 total hours of academic work each week in a fifteen-week semester” for a four-course schedule. According to Registrar Angie Dewberry, these expectations are not new, but this is the first time they have been explicitly defined. They are published in the Academic Program and Policies of the 2015-16 College Catalog. In addition to specifying specific numbers of hours that students are expected to devote to coursework, the definition also states that “students are typically expected to engage in academic activities outside of the scheduled time in class. Depending…