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'''Brown University''' is an [[American]] university located in Providence, [[Rhode Island]].  It is one of the most [[liberal]] members of the [[Ivy League]], with pervasive pass-fail grading and the unlimited ability to drop a class without penalty at almost any time during the course.  The school featured a student prostitution ring in the 1980s<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/08/us/ex-students-testify-on-prostitution-at-brown.html</ref><ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19860313&id=TX0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6930,1408644</ref> and a [[Title IX]] lawsuit in the 1990s.

'''Brown University''' is an [[American]] university located in Providence, [[Rhode Island]].  It is one of the most [[liberal]] members of the [[Ivy League]], with pervasive pass-fail grading and the unlimited ability to drop a class without penalty at almost any time during the course.  The school featured a student prostitution ring in the 1980s<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/08/us/ex-students-testify-on-prostitution-at-brown.html</ref><ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19860313&id=TX0zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6930,1408644</ref> and a [[Title IX]] lawsuit in the 1990s.

Brown was founded in 1764, making it the 7th oldest university in the United States.  The University motto is ''In Deo Speramus'', which means "In God We Hope" or "In God is our Hope."  The current President of Brown is Christina Paxson;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/president/|title=President}}</ref> it has 628 full-time faculty members and 7,595 students.

Brown was founded in 1764, making it the 7th oldest university in the United States.  The University motto is ''In Deo Speramus'', which means "In God We Hope" or "In God is our Hope."  The current President of Brown is Christina Paxson;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/president/|title=President}}</ref> it has 628 full-time faculty members and 7,595 students.

The 1836-7 Brown catalog lists the names of the entire student body: 43 freshman, 60 sophomores, 45 juniors, and 41 seniors. Candidates for admission were required, among other things, to

The 1836-7 Brown catalog lists the names of the entire student body: 43 freshman, 60 sophomores, 45 juniors, and 41 seniors. Candidates for admission were required, among other things, to

:bring satisfactory evidence of unexceptionable moral character, and be thoroughly acquainted with the Grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, be able to construe and parse... the Historical Books of the New Testament, or three Books of Xenophon's Cyrop&aelig;dia, and translate English into Latin correctly.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=00Dr0QOabAjYypfexv&id=4xEWeUleibIC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22brown+university%22&as_brr=1#PPA13,M1 The Catalogue of Brown University], 1836-7</ref>

:bring satisfactory evidence of unexceptionable moral character, and be thoroughly acquainted with the Grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, be able to construe and parse... the Historical Books of the New Testament, or three Books of Xenophon's Cyrop&aelig;dia, and translate English into Latin correctly.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?vid=00Dr0QOabAjYypfexv&id=4xEWeUleibIC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%22brown+university%22&as_brr=1#PPA13,M1 The Catalogue of Brown University], 1836-7</ref>

Brown did not admit women until 1891, when a women's college named Pembroke College was founded.  Brown became coeducational in 1971 when the undergraduate school merged with Pembroke College.

Brown did not admit women until 1891, when a women's college named Pembroke College was founded.  Brown became coeducational in 1971 when the undergraduate school merged with Pembroke College.

:What a world of agony its clanging notes foretell

:What a world of agony its clanging notes foretell

:To the slumbrous sleepy student

:To the slumbrous sleepy student

:As he bids his rest farewell...<ref>Boone, Ilsley (1904), College Hill Verse: Being Selections from Student Publications of Brown University, 1894-1904, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0Ov889qyeUnxOVt4ej&id=zufLsuEUEHgC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22brown+university%22&as_brr=1#PPA4,M1 p. 4]</ref>

:As he bids his rest farewell...<ref>Boone, Ilsley (1904), College Hill Verse: Being Selections from Student Publications of Brown University, 1894-1904, [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0Ov889qyeUnxOVt4ej&id=zufLsuEUEHgC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22brown+university%22&as_brr=1#PPA4,M1 p. 4]</ref>

Brown University accepts applications for admission from homeschooled children.<ref>Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 12</ref>

Brown University accepts applications for admission from homeschooled children.<ref>Christian Examiner, Sept. 2007, Vol 25, No 9, Pg. 12</ref>

==The New Curriculum==

==The New Curriculum==

Brown prides itself on its "New Curriculum," first established in 1969, which allows students to take virtually any course they want, with no general distribution requirements. Any course can be taken pass/fail.<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adp5xdxUBo78</ref>  However, the current undergraduate curriculum is currently under review, with recommendations set to be made in the spring of 2008.<ref>http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/03/01/CampusNews/New-Task.Force.Will.Review.College-2751247.shtml</ref>

Brown prides itself on its "New Curriculum," first established in 1969, which allows students to take virtually any course they want, with no general distribution requirements. Any course can be taken pass/fail.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adp5xdxUBo78</ref>  However, the current undergraduate curriculum is currently under review, with recommendations set to be made in the spring of 2008.<ref>http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/03/01/CampusNews/New-Task.Force.Will.Review.College-2751247.shtml</ref>

==Controversies==

==Controversies==