New York Times — December 14, 2010
“Former Prime Minister of Britain Embarks on a Global Opportunity at N.Y.U.”
EXCERPTS:
“[Former British Prime Minister Gordon] Brown, the university announced, has been named N.Y.U.’s inaugural “distinguished global leader in residence.” Still a member of Parliament, he will bring the cachet and credentials that go with being a former chief executive of Britain to a university on an ambitious global mission, with a new liberal arts campus in Abu Dhabi and study-away sites on five continents.”
“Two years ago, Mr. Brown appointed [NYU president John] Sexton as co-chairman of a Britain and United States study group on higher education in a global context.”
“His is just the latest big international name to land on an American campus. Yale University also has a penchant for former British prime ministers, with Tony Blair teaching a course on faith and globalization for the third year. The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was teaching two courses at Princeton this semester when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.”