In Short

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Kolligian Jr.

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The Board of Trustees approved a $3.1 billion budget for the 2024-25 academic year, including $279 million for undergraduate financial aid, the University announced March 29. Undergraduate aid grew by 7.8%, while tuition and fees for undergrads increased 4.5% to $82,650. The University estimated that the “net cost after aid” for the average scholarship recipient will be about $13,000. The trustees also approved a 4.3% increase in graduate student stipends.

John Kolligian Jr., executive director of University Health Services, and Calvin Chin, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, are co-chairing a new task force that has engaged the Jed Foundation, a mental health nonprofit the University previously worked with from 2016 to 2020, to evaluate Princeton’s mental health climate and resources. At the conclusion of the 18-month partnership, the task force will transition into a standing committee on mental health, Kolligian and Chin announced at the March meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community.

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Chin

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The Princeton faculty approved a proposal by graduate school administrators to add graduate students to its four governing subcommittees, which were previously composed solely of faculty members. The subcommittees oversee academic policies, curriculum, fellowships, and student life and discipline. 

In early April, a group of postdoctoral researchers and scholars at the University announced its intent to petition the National Labor Relations Board and establish a union, the Princeton University Postdocs & Scholars-UAW (PUPS-UAW). The group’s open letter to the University, which was signed by 147 researchers and scholars, urged the administration to “remain neutral and not attempt to influence postdoctoral workers against unionizing.”