Department of History

Choices Program

Important Information on the Choices Program

For more than three decades, the Choices Program presented carefully researched scholarship to help educators teach about challenging issues. After a detailed financial and organizational assessment, Brown University made the difficult but necessary decision to conclude its sponsorship of the Choices Program as of June 30, 2025, amid financial headwinds facing the program. As a result:

  • Choices curriculum content – including Digital Editions, videos and Teaching with the News lessons – is no longer available, effective June 30, 2025.
  • Brown retains the intellectual property and archive of existing materials, but content is not being licensed, transferred or maintained for access or classroom as of the program end date.
  • Educators with active Digital Editions licenses that extend beyond June 30, 2025, may contact choices@brown.edu for additional guidance and assistance.

We are deeply grateful to the educators, students and scholars who remained part of the Choices community for so many years.