Skip over navigation
Brown shield Brown shield Brown University Dean of the College Brown shield Brown shield Brown University Dean of the College

Tougaloo College Exchange Program

The Brown connection with Tougaloo, an historically black college in Jackson, Mississippi, began in the 1960s, when activists from Brown traveled to Jackson to help in the struggle for civil rights. Over the last forty years, the two schools have developed a number of programs designed to expand educational and service opportunities for Brown and Tougaloo students, faculty, and staff. Current programs include faculty exchanges, a semester-long student exchange program, and the Early Identification Program (EIP).

The Early Identification Program (EIP) is a cooperative venture between Alpert Medical School and Providence College, Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, and Tougaloo College. EIP aims to increase opportunities for careers in medicine to Rhode Island residents and to students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in American medicine. Students are identified by their premedical advisor in their sophomore year of college, participate in professional development activities, and enroll in medical school after receiving the bachelor's degree. Generally, up to two students may be admitted annually from each school. Specific information concerning the admission process may be obtained by contacting the premedical advisor at the participating institutions.