Bear With Me: Brown Rise Up

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Trump administration on elite universities, focusing on Brown and the formation of the student organization Brown Rise Up.

Welcome back to Bear With Me, a new interviews show on politics from the Brown Daily Herald newsroom. I’m your host, Evan Tao. Elite universities like Brown have been one of the main targets of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape American civil society. Brown is no exception. In September, the federal government proposed a compact with Brown and eight other schools which it deemed “good actors.” In response, some students formed an organization called Brown Rise Up, organizing...

People in this episode

Host: Evan Tao

Topics covered

• politics
• student activism
• higher education
• Trump administration
• civil society

Keywords

• Brown University
• Trump administration
• student organization
• civil society
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brown Daily Herald, Brown Rise Up

Places: Brown, United States

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