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'''Brown University''' is an American university located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a member of the Ivy League, and was rated as the 15th best U.S. college in 2007 by U.S. News and World Report [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php]. Brown was founded in 1764; 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 Ruth J. Simmons; it has 628 full-time faculty members and 7,595 students.
'''Brown University''' is an American university located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a member of the Ivy League, and was rated as the 15th best U.S. college in 2007 by U.S. News and World Report [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php]. Brown was founded in 1764; 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 Ruth J. Simmons; it has 628 full-time faculty members and 7,595 students.
Brown and Penn both have claims to be considered the first nonsectarian institution of higher learning in the United States. Brown's charter specified that
:into this liberal and catholic institution shall never be admitted any religious tests, but on the contrary, all the members hereof shall forever enjoy full, free, absolute, and uninterrupted liberty of conscience.
The charter required that the makeup of the board of thirty-six trustees include twenty-two [[Baptists]], five [[Religious Society of Friends|Friends]], four [[Congregational church|Congregationalists]], and five [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalians]], and by twelve Fellows, of whom eight, including the President, should be [[Baptists]] "and the rest indifferently of any or all denominations." <ref>"[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PRE_PYR/PROVIDENCE.html Providence]." ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. 1911. 11th edition. Vol 22 (POL-RHE). p. 511c: (Makeup of board, 22 Baptists, etc. No religious tests for admission. "Considered extraordinary liberal.")</ref>
==The New Curriculum==
==The New Curriculum==