00paw0513_coverCE1 no box_00paw0707_Cov74 4/30/13 2:00 PM Page 1 Online education Princeton Senior theses Alumni LGBT conference Weekly INCOMING! PRINCETON’S NEXT PRESIDENT, CHRISTOPHER EISGRUBER ’83 May 15, 2013 • paw.princeton.edu PRINCETON VARSITY CLUB PVC LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP The PVC is extremely grateful to its Lifetime Members whose commitment to Education Through Athletics will provide essential long-term support for PVC programs and initiatives that benefit the entire Princeton Athletics community. Rev. James H. Adams, III ’61 Mr. Ogden M. Hunnewell ’74 Hewes D. Agnew, M.D. ’58 Mr. John R. Ingram ’83 Ms. Jacquelyne Hata Alexander ’84 Mr. Richard F. Jacobson ’78 Mr. Dwight D. Anderson ’89 William F. Jiranek, M.D. ’78 Mr. Carl G. Behnke ’67 Mr. Richard W. Kazmaier, Jr. ’52 Mr. John R. Berger ’74 Edwin A. Keeble, Jr. ’66 (D) Dyan Bhatia, M.D. ’92 Mr. Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 Mr. David H. Blair ’67 Mr. William B. King ’67 Mr. & Mrs. James C. Blair ’61 Ms. Tara Christie Kinsey ’97 Ms. Courtney E. Booth ’99 Mr. Ronald J. Landeck ’66 The Hon. William W. Bradley ’65 Mr. William J. Ledger ’54 Mr. Frank F. Brosens ’79 Rabbi Joshua B. Lief ’96 Edward R. Burka, M.D. ’52 Ms. Rose Peabody Lynch ’71 Mr. John Wm. Butler, Jr. ’77 Mr. Brian J. McDonald ’83 Mr. David G. Chandler ’80 Mr. Christopher A. Mill ’66 Mr. YoungSuk “Y.S.” Chi ’83 Mr. Stephen C. Mills ’81 Mrs. Janet Morrison Clarke ’75 Mr. Richard A. Monaghan ’76 Justin J. Conway, M.D. ’07 Mr. Jason A. Mraz ’89 Mr. David R. Covin ’91 Mr. Michael E. Novogratz ’87 Mr. Jonathan T. Dawson ’66 Mr. Henson J. Orser ’87 Mr. Ralph D. DeNunzio ’53 Mr. William C. Powers ’79 Mr. Melville P. Dickenson, Jr. ’49 (D) Walter C. Reisinger, Jr. ’85 Ms. Karen Sculli Doniger ’91 Kimberly E. Ritrievi, Ph.D. ’80 Mr. William B. Doniger ’88 Mr. Thomas S. Roberts ’85 Mr. Harold D. Duff (D) Ms. Caroline Buck Rogers ’77 Kent R. Duffy, M.D. ’75 Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr. ’80 Ms. Lauren W. L. 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Khan. comp-lit professor. 91 LEAGUE SHOP THE SALE ONLINE NOW! MAY2013 PAW AD.indd 2 4/25/2013 1:36:37 PM MEMBERS GET FREE SHIPPING EVERYDAY! MAY2013 PAW AD.indd 3 4/25/2013 1:36:38 PM THE PRESIDENT’S PAGE A Renewed Commitment to Diversity ntil the second half of the 20th century, Princeton debate, are most likely to occur when the broadest possible was a homogeneous institution — overwhelmingly range of perspectives are brought together. Indeed, the best white and male. But thanks to the leadership of way to open minds is to expose them directly to those least President Bob Goheen ’40 *48 and his successors, like themselves; to create an environment in which the most Ucoupled with the strong support of several generations of talented members of every racial, cultural, and socioeconomic Princetonians, the composition of our University community grouping can engage with and learn from one another. has changed significantly, especially at the undergraduate Ultimately, equity of opportunity — and the diversity it level. Today our undergraduate student body is almost yields — is a fundamental principle of American democracy, evenly split between men and women, and the Class of 2016, as well as a matter of national self-interest. In our rapidly 42 percent of whom are nonwhite or multiracial, is the most shrinking world, cultural sensitivity and adaptability, nurtured diverse in Princeton’s history. both inside and outside the classroom, have never been more Unfortunately, progress has been much slower among important, just as American competitiveness demands that we graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and utilize the talents of our entire population, not merely those administrators, due in large part to the decentralized nature who have been traditionally well represented on our campuses. of their recruitment. A single undergraduate admission And so, in a year when nonwhite births in the United process makes it possible to implement effective strategies for States outnumbered white ones for the first time, I convened attracting a broadly diverse class. However, persuading scores an ad hoc committee of trustees, faculty, graduate students, of academic departments to act in tandem while respecting and staff to develop a blueprint for creating the truly diverse their autonomy on academic matters has proven much more community we have long aspired to be. My charge to the difficult. A similar challenge faces the large number of committee was twofold: to examine in what ways “a richly administrative units, each of which is making its own hiring diverse community enhance[s] learning, scholarship, civic decisions. In 2012, for example, just three percent of doctoral leadership, and service” and to determine how we as a candidates and one percent of postdoctoral fellows were University can “do a better job of attracting and retaining African American; only 20 percent of full professors were talented individuals from populations that have historically female; and a mere two percent of senior staff were Hispanic. been under-represented.” Ably led by Brent Henry ’69, In other words, despite our best efforts, Princeton does not vicechair of the Board of Trustees, and Deborah Prentice, come close to looking like America today, let alone tomorrow, chair of the Department of Psychology, the committee has when, by 2042, if not before, demographers predict that ours sought to address these questions by engaging more than will be a nation of minorities. 2,500 individuals on our campus through surveys and focus groups, organizing an academic conference to solicit expert views, and collecting a wealth of data.