布朗大学Brown-University简介.ppt

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1、BrownUniversitybyHanNanaABriefIntroductionAboutBrownItsCharacteristicsEventsFamousAlumniAboutBrownFoundedin1764,BrownUniversityistheseventh-oldestcollegeintheUnitedStates.OriginallylocatedinWarren,RhodeIsland,andcalledtheCollegeofRhodeIsland,BrownmovedtoitscurrentspotonC

2、ollegeHilloverlookingProvidencein1770.UniversityHallUniversityHallVanWickleGatesAboutBrownItwasrenamedin1804inrecognitionofa$5,000giftbestowedbyNicholasBrownaprominentProvidencebusinessmanandalumnus,Classof1786.1804renamedBrownUniversity(onlymen)1971mergedwithPembrokeCol

3、lege(onlywomen)BrownUniversity(withthePembrokeCampus)1764CollegeofRhodeIsland(Men’sBaptistschool)ItsCharacteristicsLowenrollmentAdvocatefreedomAsmallbutexquisiteresearchuniversityLaystressonundergraduateeducationItsCharacteristics---LowenrollmentUndergraduateenrollment9.

4、5%ChineseMainlandenrollment4.5%PLME(ProgramofLiberalMedicalEducation)2-3%SAT(ScholasticAssessmentTest)NMS(NationalMeritScholarship)IndependentspiritResearchabilityAdaptivecapacityItsCharacteristics---AdvocatefreedomReligiousFreedomBrownstudentscomefromall50statesandmoret

5、han100countries.ItwasthefirstIvyLeagueschooltoacceptstudentsfromallreligiousaffiliations,atestamenttothespiritofopennessthatstilltypifiesBrowntoday.ItsCharacteristics---AdvocatefreedomAcademicFreedomIn1850,BrownPresidentFrancisWaylandwrote:"Thevariouscoursesshouldbesoarr

6、angedthat,everystudentmightstudywhathechose,allthathechose,andnothingbutwhathechose."ItsCharacteristics---AdvocatefreedomTheNewCurriculum(1969)Modes of Thoughtcoursesforfirst-yearstudentsThe introduction of interdisciplinarycoursesThe abandonment of "generaleducation"dis

7、tributionrequirementsThe ABC/NoCreditgradingsystem,whicheliminatedpluses,minuses,andD's;agrade of "NoCredit"wouldnotappearonexternaltranscripts.ItsCharacteristics---Advocatefreedomeliminateddistributionrequirementsandallowsanycoursetobetakenonasatisfactory/nocreditbasis.

8、FourcoursesforasemesterItsCharacteristics---AdvocatefreedomUndergraduatespursuebachelor’sdegreesinmoret