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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY BULLETINVolume 103, Number 4 April 24, 2014 cates for scientific research. Sessions focused on the purpose of universi- Leaders mull future of higher education ties, the risks and rewards of online education, expanding higher education access to diverse populations, serving at Princeton-Fung Global Forum in Paris as agents of social change and many other topics. DANIEL DAY future of higher education “at a time izing through networks that facilitate The Fung Forum was established when it is the object of high hopes, the discussion of the challenges facing in 2012 as part of a $10 million gift niversity leaders and policy- site of rapid change and the focus of colleges and universities throughout to Princeton from William Fung, makers from around the world intense scrutiny.” the world.” a member of the Class of 1970 and Ugathered in Paris April 9-11 to “It is imperative that all of us who The conference in Paris was the former trustee. The gift is intended discuss the future of higher education care about higher education think second annual Princeton-Fung forum; to enhance the University’s engage- at the Princeton-Fung Global Forum. creatively and share ideas about how the first was held in Shanghai in 2013. ment with the international scholarly In welcoming participants to the to address the significant, evolving Partnering with Princeton in hosting community and to inspire collabora- opening session, Princeton University issues that we face today,” Eisgru- the 2014 conference was the Paris- tive thinking about important global President Christopher L. Eisgruber ber said. “As this conference itself based Fondation maison des sciences issues. said the conference would address the illustrates, higher education is global- de l’homme, which advances and advo- The opening event April 9 was held in a salon at the Westin Vendôme hotel in central Paris. Events April 10-11 were held at the Hôtel de Ville, which houses the offices of the mayor and city council of Paris. Knowledge for its own sake On the first evening, David Rem- nick, editor of The New Yorker and a 1981 Princeton graduate, moderated a panel discussion on tensions over whether higher education should be devoted to knowledge for knowledge’s sake or be a means to create higher- paying jobs and overall economic success. Christine Musselin, vice president for research at Sciences Po of Paris, said that all knowledge has value yet public expectations have short- ened the time in which results are expected from researchers. “You want that knowledge to be applicable very quickly. You want technology transfer immediately,” she said as she and the other panelists contemplated the mean- ing of “usefulness” of an education. Photo courtesy of Princeton University Princeton courtesy of Photo Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber engages with Paulina Gonzaléz-Pose, chief of UNESCO’s section for higher education, Continued on page 7 and other panelists in a conversation he moderated at the Princeton-Fung Global Forum in Paris. Marcoux named Princeton’s next director of athletics E MILY A RONSON role in her life as a scholar, athlete and ments in men’s and women’s athletics leader. hung overhead. t a media conference following “Princeton athletics taught me so Eisgruber continued: “Mollie Mar- her appointment as Princeton many life lessons that I use every day,” coux understands the values of this AUniversity’s Ford Family Direc- Marcoux said April 15 to a crowd of University’s athletic program because tor of Athletics, legendary Princeton coaches, staff, students and media she has lived them. As an undergradu- student-athlete Mollie Marcoux said gathered on Carril Court in Jadwin ate, Mollie embodied the very best of she is thrilled to return to the Uni- Gymnasium. “To [be able to] do what it means to be a student-athlete versity that played a transformative everything I can to be sure that future at Princeton — winning acclaim for generations of Princeton students her performances on the ice as a star continue to have the educational and hockey player, on the field as a standout character-building experience that I soccer player, and in the classroom as had while being a student here is very an exceptional and determined student. exciting.” She truly represents the ‘Education Marcoux, a varsity athlete in soc- Through Athletics’ philosophy that cer and ice hockey, was named to the guides this University’s approach to Photo by Amaris Hardy athletic director position effective Aug. collegiate athletics.” Mollie Marcoux speaks at a media 4. She will succeed Gary Walters, who Marcoux graduated with honors from conference after being selected as announced last fall that he would step Princeton in 1991. She earned four Princeton’s next Ford Family Director of down after leading the athletics pro- letters each in soccer and ice hockey, as Athletics, succeeding Gary Walters. gram at Princeton for 20 years. well as numerous University and Ivy “I am absolutely thrilled that Mol- League athletic and academic awards. lie has accepted our offer to return to She spent much of her career at Chel- cut. She previously coached and served Princeton,” Princeton University Presi- sea Piers Management, and is currently in athletics and admission roles at the dent Christopher L. Eisgruber said at the executive vice president and execu- Lawrenceville School. the event, as orange and black banners tive director of the world-class amateur marking years of Princeton achieve- sports complex Chelsea Piers Connecti- Continued on page 7 What’s University admits 7.28 percent of applicants 2 Employees recognized for service 4 inside? Support is key to women’s success in STEM 8 PRINCETON 2 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN April 24, 2014 NROTC returns to Princeton Princeton and the U.S. Navy are bringing the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program back to Princeton this fall through a crosstown agreement among Princeton, the Navy and Rutgers University. At a ceremony April 15 in Chancellor Green, (from left) Rutgers President Robert Barchi, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber sign the agreement. Princeton’s NROTC program, established in 1945, was last active in 1971. Photo by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photo Princeton offers admission to 7.28 percent of applicants rinceton University has offered Princeton has seen a 94.5 percent Of the applicants, 11,453 had a 4.0 a record 43 percent of those students admission to 1,939 students, or increase in applications. grade point average, and 13,477 had are women. P7.28 percent of the near-record “It is important to note that the scores of 2,100 or higher on the three In addition to the 1,939 students 26,641 applicants for the Class of pool continues to impress us not sections of the SAT. Among the high offered admission to the Class of 2018 in what is expected to be the only in size, but in exceptionality,” schools that rank their students, 97 2018, 1,141 candidates were offered most selective admission process in Rapelye said. “The task of choosing percent of the admitted applicants positions on the wait list. Students the University’s history. This com- among such a talented group is equal are in the top 10 percent of their on the wait list who may be offered pares with Princeton’s admission rate parts humbling and rewarding. As I class. The pool included more than admission in May or June would of a record-low 7.29 percent last year. have said in the past, we could have 8,900 high schools from more than receive the same financial aid con- The class size is expected to be 1,308 filled our class five or six times over 146 countries around the world. siderations as students offered students for the Class of 2018. This with qualified candidates, which Students receiving offers of admis- admission in March. class size is slightly larger than the is a testament to all of the students sion to the Class of 2018 come from The University witnessed a 12 previously reported estimate of 1,290 whose applications we reviewed and 48 states, plus Washington, D.C., percent increase in early action because the University has deter- to the educators here and abroad who Guam and Puerto Rico, with the applications. This was the third mined it has more capacity for the brought them to our doorstep.” largest representation from Califor- year since 2006 that the University next academic year. The University’s generous aid nia, followed in order by New Jersey, offered an early application round Of the 1,939 students selected for program will make a Princeton New York, Texas, Pennsylvania for prospective students whose first admission, 714 are students who education accessible to prospective and Florida. International students college choice was Princeton. The applied through single-choice early students who may not be able to represent 11.4 percent of the admit- program requires applicants to apply action and were offered admission in afford it otherwise. All students on ted students and are citizens of 68 early only to Princeton, and allows December. financial aid are offered grants that countries, including Brazil, Canada, them until May to decide whether to “We have admitted students this do not have to be repaid — giving China, Egypt, India, Korea, Mexico, accept Princeton’s offer. year who are extraordinary in every students the chance to graduate debt New Zealand, Tanzania, the United Up to 35 members of the new class way,” Dean of Admission Janet Lavin free. The University’s admission pro- Kingdom andVietnam. are expected to defer their enroll- Rapelye said. “They are accomplished cess is need-blind for both domestic Of the students offered admis- ment for a year to participate in both in and out of the classroom, and and international students, which sion, 48.4 percent are women and Princeton’s Bridge Year Program.