"At Brown University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony, President Christina Paxson announced plans for increased financial aid for student veterans, need-blind and test-optional admission policies and new partnerships to increase the number of veterans at Brown over the next three to five years.
Brown will seek to raise a $25 million endowment to provide funding for a need-blind process and offer full financial support for the initiative on a long-term basis. New gifts will be raised as part of the overall $500 million goal for undergraduate financial aid set in 2015 as part of the $3-billion BrownTogether campaign." …