From Forbes: ...Dartmouth College [has] announced a landmark $25 million gift from Karen and Jim Frank and their son Daniel Frank to support Dartmouth Dialogues, the college’s initiative focused on civil discourse, bridge-building, and the free exchange of ideas. The gift, one of the largest ever made at an American university specifically dedicated to civil discourse programming, will help endow the initiative and expand its reach across campus.
...The announcement reinforces a trend emerging across highly selective universities. While students often assume colleges are looking for entrepreneurs, researchers, or changemakers, they are also increasingly drawn to applicants who demonstrate something rarer: a genuine love of learning paired with the humility to question assumptions, revise beliefs, and continue growing. Increasingly, supplemental essays reward students who can wrestle with this complexity.
Last year, Harvard University asked applicants to describe a time they strongly disagreed with someone and explain what they learned from the interaction. Amherst College similarly invited students to reflect on engaging with viewpoints different from their own. George Washington University went even further, explicitly framing civil discourse as a defining characteristic of its community and asking students to reflect on meaningful dialogue that created new perspectives or deeper relationships.
...Admissions officers are often less interested in whether a student changed someone's mind than in whether the student demonstrated the maturity to engage a challenging idea without dismissing it. Can they seek understanding before judgment? ...
Full story at https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizdoestone/2026/06/02/what-dartmouths-25-million-gift-signals-to-applicants/.
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