<p>Brown students are among the top 6-7th in the nation when compared with HPY + Mit + Stanford + CIT, but the school’s ranked around 15th (according to USnews ranking 2011), which is not very impressive to the student parents and alumni.</p>
<p>Hope new president can boost the rank to at least within 10 in very near future, i say within 2-5 years. </p>
<p>Here are my suggestions based on my perception on Brown’s strength and the future priorities. </p>
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<li><p>make public health program top in the nation. (a new program with new president’s expertise and background)</p></li>
<li><p>make medical school rank climbs up to within 20th in very near future. (with the new school building, facilities, research and faculties)</p></li>
<li><p>establish top-notch finance/MBA program (e.g. finance engineering), so there are more students in the wall street, better for fund-raising. (Based on Brown’s outstanding applied math program and others)</p></li>
<li><p>others input ---- if you have</p></li>
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<p>Endowment is very important to school, school must have a plan to extend/enhance its fund-raising channels and bases. One of the most effective way is the presence of the students or alumni in wall street. Look at Dartmouth, because its student’s heavy presence in wall street, i believe their fund-raising is much easier than many schools.</p>