In the final days of the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Education CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION of Princeton’s compliance with the Civil Rights Act and other nondiscrimination assurances required by law, President Eisgruber ’83 announced in his annual letter on the State of the University Feb. 4. The probe was a response to Eisgruber’s commitment to combat systemic racism at Princeton and beyond. Eisgruber wrote that the University was grateful for the “stalwart support” of legislators, other universities, and professional organizations that spoke out in Princeton’s defense.
The full text of the president’s letter, which reflects on the University’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, is available at bit.ly/sotu-2021.
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3 Years AgoPolitics and Opposing Views
The late Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter warned against entering the “political thicket.” Nevertheless, in his State of the University letter for 2021, President Eisgruber ’83, a noted constitutional scholar, jumps into the thicket with both feet by repeatedly praising President Biden and condemning President Trump.
Brave will be the member of the Princeton faculty or staff who publicly takes an opposing view.