A seatbelt soaked by tears; a bright yellow Penske truck packed full of things; two days of driving into the heart of the Midwest from the bayous of Louisiana. These are my memories of moving away from the first place I called home. Since then, I’ve gotten used to the motions of cramming everything ...
The Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, approved the University Resources Committee’s $1.061 billion operating budget plan for fiscal year 2018, including a 4.4 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and fees, wrote President Christina Paxson P’19 in a community-wide email ...
Updated Dec. 15 at 11:35 p.m. The University accepted 22 percent of its early decision applicants to the class of 2021, offering spots to 695 students — the largest number of students ever admitted early decision. The accepted applicants were chosen from the University’s largest early decision ...
The process of applying to master’s and PhD programs is largely self-directed, which can be a benefit for some students, but it can also create barriers for others. While around 11 percent of the class of 2015 reported pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree, only 3 percent pursued a fellowship or ...
For the first time this fall, the University has added online courses for students to take during the academic year in a push to increase the learning opportunities available to students. In addition, this spring, Professor of English James Egan will be teaching the first non-writing-based online course ...
Jean Wyllys, Brazil’s first openly gay congressperson, spoke Monday night at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs about the process of democracy, detailing four scenarios of democracy and applying them to the current political climate in Brazil in order to address the country’s ...
Brown touts one of the highest matriculation rates for its undergraduate students into medical school among universities in the United States. But interviews with 36 students and alums who have experience with the pre-health advising system, along with six faculty members, indicate that the path to ...
On Brown’s inaugural Indigenous People’s Day Monday, Native Americans at Brown hosted a celebration on the Main Green that commemorated past activism and called for additions to current support structures for Native American and Indigenous students. Attended by students, faculty members, alums and ...
Trigger warnings elicit both objection and support at universities across the nation. Students and faculty members at Brown have various attitudes towards their usage and implication. Maud Mandel, dean of the College, said the University does not have an explicit policy about the usage of trigger warnings, ...
Local and national leaders in the prison education movement convened Friday morning to discuss their experiences, ideas and challenges as they sought to strengthen and create programs that provide higher education to incarcerated populations. “He who opens a school door closes a prison,” quoted ...
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