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Brown University

A collage of book covers about higher education and elite college admissions includes College, Excellent Sheep, The Chosen, The Diversity Bargain, The Price of Admission and The University: An Owner’s Manual.

11 Books That Trace the Contradictions Running Through Elite Higher Education

Spanning a century of institutional history, these titles explore how America's universities have served as both engines of upward mobility and guardians of privilege.
By The Editors
Woman wearing black sweater poses with chin on hand

Carrie Mae Weems On Reimagining Campus as Canvas

"What universities allow you to do is have a captive audience of the curious, of scholarship, of research, of inquiry,"  Weems told Observer.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Ronald Perelman (bald middle aged man) smiling and holding a drink

Billionaire Ronald Perelman Donates $25 Million for Brown University ‘Arts District’

Ronald Perelman is pledging $25 million in order to establish an "arts district" at the university.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
princess michael of kent's daughter

Where Do Royals Go to College in America?

By Margaret Abrams
DNC Chair Tom Perez.

DNC Chair Tom Perez Accepts Side Gig as DNC Struggles

By Michael Sainato
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 01: People walk on the Columbia University campus on July 1, 2013 in New York City. An interest rate hike kicks in today for student loans, an increase for 7 million students. Congress left town at the end of last week failing to prevent rates on new Stafford student loans increasing from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

New Study: Campus Anti-Semitism Surges 40 Percent Over Last Year

By Paul Miller
Dave Harrington leads Dave Harrington's Merry Pranksters in a superjam

Brooklyn Label Other People Merges Jazz & Electronica With Open Ears

By Justin Joffe
Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment expert, waits for his client New York Times reporter Judith Miller in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court October 7, 2004 in Washington, DC. Miller was found to be in contempt of court for not disclosing a source during an federal investigation federal into the disclosure of the name CIA officer Valerie Plame to the press.

Floyd Abrams Speaks Freely to Political Correctness on America’s Campuses

By Jeff Robbins
Exterior of Yale New Haven Hospital.

Yale Rib Blunder Is Latest High-Profile Medical Error

By John Bonazzo

Don’t Tolerate Intolerance at Brown University

By The Editors
Ms. Chemla (Photo by Aaron Adler / Makeup by Sandy Linter)

Will Alexandra Chemla's iPad App Change the Art Dealing Business?

By Nate Freeman

Every Ivy League School (& Local Paper) Wants a Piece of This Teen

By Sage Lazzaro
Ray Kelly. (Photo: Getty)

Ray Kelly Gets Booed at Brown University

By Jill Colvin
Ms. Paxson couldn't leave the mid-Atlantic region altogether.

Brown University President Christina Paxson Celebrates New Job With Fi-Di Condo

By Kim Velsey
The illusive Mr. Allegra, via Forbes

19-Year-Old iPhone Uber-Hacker Lives With His Parents, Needs an Internship

By Nitasha Tiku

Meet The Young Reporter Who Rocked MSNBC’s World

By Hunter Walker

Bloomberg Defeats Social Promotion

By NYO Staff
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