Brown University

Rhode Island Ivy

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.

It's known for its open curriculum, which allows undergraduates unusual freedom in choosing courses without general education requirements.

She got into Brown.

The university is often associated with progressive politics and creative independence.

campus

Pembroke

Welsh coastal settlement

academics

concentration

Sustained single-minded attention

  • seminarGroup discussion for learning
  • thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
  • researchSystematic fact-finding effort

professor · undergraduate · graduate · interdisciplinary · Egyptology · humanities · sciences · honors · advising · capstone

Ivy-League

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Prestigious Cambridge university

Dartmouth · Cornell · Penn · elite · selective · endowment · need-blind · prestige · tradition

Providence

RISD

Providence art institution

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Fraudulent credential seller

community college · for-profit college · state university · public university · trade school

institutional political/cultural identity

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Mormon-founded Utah university

United States Military Academy · The Citadel

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