Brandeis is a relatively new university—founded in 1948 on what was formerly the property of Middlesex College—but it has accomplished a great deal in six decades. Not only are its 3,233 undergraduates exposed to excellent teaching in the humanities, sciences, and liberal arts in general, but the university is highly regarded as a research institution. A $691 million endowment (a number that will grow... [Purchase this review to continue reading]