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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. Traditional letter grades are optional. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adp5xdxUBo78] | 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. Traditional letter grades are optional. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=adp5xdxUBo78] | ||
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| − | In 2005, Brown University's "Queer Alliance" threw a raucous party | + | In 2005, Brown University's "Queer Alliance" threw a raucous and drunken party in a dignified old Brown University building. It was covered by disguised reporters for [[The O'Reilly Factor]], causing bad publicity for the university.[http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/04/27/CampusNews/Chaos.And.Management.Failures.Marred.Sex.Power.God-1880141.shtml?norewrite200605012032&sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com] |
==Slavery and Justice== | ==Slavery and Justice== | ||
Revision as of 01:23, March 27, 2007
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 [1]. 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 Friends, four Congregationalists, and five Episcopalians, and by twelve Fellows, of whom eight, including the President, should be Baptists "and the rest indifferently of any or all denominations." [1]
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. Traditional letter grades are optional. [2]
Recent events
In 2005, Brown University's "Queer Alliance" threw a raucous and drunken party in a dignified old Brown University building. It was covered by disguised reporters for The O'Reilly Factor, causing bad publicity for the university.[3]
Slavery and Justice
Brown recently did a study on its own history, and found that the Brown family heavily participated in the slavery trade, finding that slave labor was extremely important in the funding of the university during its early days. The report was widely publicized by the University, and the results published online under the title "Slavery and Justice at Brown".
Notes
- ↑ "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.")