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==Education and academic life== ===Stanford University=== Clinton entered [[Stanford University]] in the fall of 1997.<ref name="NYT073007"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Chiang|first=Harriet|title=Stanford graduation for Chelsea Clinton|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-graduation-for-Chelsea-Clinton-History-2907469.php|access-date=March 7, 2012|newspaper=San Francisco Gate|date=June 18, 2001|archive-date=June 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622020518/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-graduation-for-Chelsea-Clinton-History-2907469.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The week before she arrived on campus, her mother published an open letter in her syndicated column asking journalists to leave her daughter alone. Chelsea arrived at Stanford in a motorcade with her parents, Secret Service agents, and almost 250 journalists. For her security, bullet-proof glass was installed in her dorm windows and surveillance cameras were placed in hallways. Secret Service agents in plain clothes lived in her dorm.<ref name="SteinTumulty">{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987056-1,00.html|author1=Stein, Joel|author2=Tumulty, Karen|date=September 29, 1997|title=Don't Look, It's Chelsea Clinton|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 5, 2010|archive-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923091314/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987056-1,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> With the exception of an occasional tabloid story written about her, Chelsea's four years at Stanford remained out of public view.<ref name="Purdum"/> Clinton obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in history, with highest honors, at Stanford in 2001.<ref name=NYT073007>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/us/politics/31chelsea.html|author=Kantor, Jodi|date=July 30, 2007|title=Primed for a Second Stint as First Daughter|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 8, 2008|archive-date=December 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210003929/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/us/politics/31chelsea.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Purdum"/> The topic of her 167-page senior thesis was the 1998 [[Good Friday Agreement]] in Northern Ireland.<ref name="Purdum">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/17/national/17CHEL.html?ex=1205125200&en=c1272733823406ca&ei=5070|date=June 17, 2001|author=Purdum, Todd S.|title=Chelsea Clinton, Still a Closed Book|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 8, 2010|archive-date=August 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810013915/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/17/national/17CHEL.html?ex=1205125200&en=c1272733823406ca&ei=5070|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2003/12/power-punk-chelsea-clinton/|title=Power Punk: Chelsea Clinton|date=December 15, 2003|last=Kaysen|first=Ronda|work=[[The New York Observer]]|access-date=October 11, 2016|archive-date=October 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012083837/http://observer.com/2003/12/power-punk-chelsea-clinton/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Further education=== Starting in 2001, Chelsea pursued a master's degree at [[University College, Oxford|University College]] of the [[University of Oxford]] where her father had studied politics as a [[Rhodes Scholar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1441248.stm|date=July 21, 2001|title=Chelsea Clinton heads for Oxford|work=BBC News|access-date=August 4, 2010|archive-date=August 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813234722/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1441248.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Upon the recommendation of British and American advisers, the university implemented security measures,<ref name="Oxfd">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1572756.stm|date=October 1, 2001|title=Chelsea Clinton Arrives in Oxford|work=BBC News|access-date=August 4, 2010|archive-date=July 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701234904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1572756.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> and fellow students were asked not to discuss her with the press.<ref name="Lyall">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/style/britain-is-becoming-chelsea-clinton-finds.html?pagewanted=all|author=Lyall, Sarah|date=March 31, 2002|title=Britain Is Becoming, Chelsea Clinton Finds|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 4, 2010|archive-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614022806/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/style/britain-is-becoming-chelsea-clinton-finds.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> Arriving at Oxford just after the [[September 11 attacks]], Clinton was drawn to other American students who were also feeling the emotional after-effects of the trauma. She told ''[[Talk (magazine)|Talk magazine]]'':<blockquote>Every day I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling. Over the summer, I thought I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity's sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans—people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.<ref name="Lyall"/></blockquote> Clinton was criticized for those remarks in the London press and by the newspaper ''[[Oxford Student]]'', whose editorial attacking her angered the university. However, people who met Clinton at that time described her as charming, poised and unaffected, as she adjusted successfully to life abroad.<ref name="Lyall"/> At Oxford University in 2003, Clinton completed a [[Master of Philosophy]] degree in [[international relations]].<ref name="OxfordGrad">{{cite web|title=Chelsea faces finals test|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6574693.chelsea-faces-finals-test/|work=Oxford Mail (UK)|date=June 18, 2003|access-date=August 5, 2010|archive-date=October 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016091051/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6574693.chelsea-faces-finals-test/|url-status=live}}</ref> Her 132-page thesis was titled ''The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: A Response to Global Threats, a Part of a Global Future'', supervised by [[Jennifer Welsh]] and [[Ngaire Woods]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: a response to global threats, a part of a global future|last=Clinton|first=Chelsea|date=2003|publisher=[[University of Oxford]]|oclc= 54042709}}</ref> Following her graduation, she returned to the United States.<ref name="NYT073007"/> In the spring of 2010, Clinton completed a [[Master of Public Health]] degree at the [[Columbia Mailman School of Public Health|Mailman School of Public Health]] of [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Derschowitz, Jessica|date=July 30, 2010|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chelsea-clinton-all-grown-up/|title=Chelsea Clinton All Grown Up|publisher=[[CBS News]]|access-date=February 20, 2024|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404122921/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chelsea-clinton-all-grown-up/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/08/chelsea_clinton_marc_mezvinsky.html|date=August 2, 2010|title=Chelsea Clinton, Marc Mezvinsky wedding details: 'Like a family wedding'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-date=October 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009232552/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/08/chelsea_clinton_marc_mezvinsky.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She pursued Doctor of Philosophy coursework at New York University's [[Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service]].<ref name=TIME>{{cite magazine|last=Frederick|first=Jim|url=https://ideas.time.com/2012/09/26/q-a-with-chelsea-clinton/|title=Chelsea Clinton Talks About Her Five-Year Plan|magazine=Time|date=September 26, 2012|access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=July 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713155614/http://ideas.time.com/2012/09/26/q-a-with-chelsea-clinton/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/news/pressArchive/August_2010.pdf|title= NYU Wagner in the Media: August 2010|website= wagner.nyu.edu|publisher= New York University|access-date= December 3, 2016|archive-date= May 3, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140503061532/http://wagner.nyu.edu/files/news/pressArchive/August_2010.pdf|url-status= live}}</ref> In 2011, Clinton transferred back to [[University College, Oxford]], to complete her [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in international relations.<ref name="CSM-oxford">{{cite news |last=Bauder |first=David |date=November 14, 2011 |title=Chelsea Clinton to work for NBC while earning doctorate at Oxford |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1114/Chelsea-Clinton-to-work-for-NBC-while-earning-doctorate-at-Oxford |access-date=April 24, 2012 |archive-date=August 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811164710/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1114/Chelsea-Clinton-to-work-for-NBC-while-earning-doctorate-at-Oxford |url-status=live }}</ref> She stated that she took this step for the purpose of working with her preferred [[doctoral advisor]], [[Ngaire Woods]].<ref name="TIME" /> Clinton finished her dissertation in New York City<ref name="5mins" /> and was awarded the degree in May 2014.<ref name="APphd">{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Ken |date=May 10, 2014 |title=Chelsea Clinton gets PhD from Oxford |work=The Christian Science Monitor |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0510/Chelsea-Clinton-gets-PhD-from-Oxford-For-what |access-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-date=May 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511044708/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0510/Chelsea-Clinton-gets-PhD-from-Oxford-For-what |url-status=live }}</ref> Her dissertation was entitled ''The Global Fund: An Experiment in Global Governance''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clinton |first=Chelsea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QFLeoQEACAAJ |title=The Global Fund: An Experiment in Global Governance |date=2014 |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |location= Oxford}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Global Fund: an experiment in global governance |oclc=908403645}}</ref> Clinton received an award in 2012 from interfaith organization [[Temple of Understanding]] for her "work in advancing a new model of integrating interfaith and cross-cultural education into campus life", together with [[Khalid Latif (imam)|Imam Khalid Latif]] and [[Rabbi Yehuda Sarna]].<ref name= "UnderstandingAward">{{cite web| first= Andrea | last= Swalec|date=October 16, 2012|title=Chelsea Clinton Recognized for Interfaith Work at NYU| website= DNAInfo.com|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121016/greenwich-village/chelsea-clinton-recognized-for-interfaith-work-at-nyu/|access-date=April 6, 2013| url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130320095640/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121016/greenwich-village/chelsea-clinton-recognized-for-interfaith-work-at-nyu|archive-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>
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