BY FROMA HARROP That was a pleasant stroll across the Ivy League campus of Brown University, in Providence, RI. I saw the gardening crews, the maintenance trucks, the pricey restoration work on Faunce Arch. I passed the skating rink, the president’s mansion and the new Department of Facilities Management building. As I surveyed the handsome spread [tax-exempt, sadly], I wondered, “Is all this really necessary – I mean – for the education of these students?” […]