Given today’s climate and realities, I think it’s time everyone moved away from the DEI terminology and concepts. I propose a new concept called representation.
For Princeton and other educational institutions, representation would mean exactly what it says: Children of alumni would be included, children of big donors would be included, highest performing academic achievers and top athletes and leaders of extracurricular activities would be included, applicants with the greatest potential would be included, international applicants would be included, and other people of all backgrounds throughout the country would be included. It would be, well, representative. For other entities, it would also work well.
Given today’s climate and realities, I think it’s time everyone moved away from the DEI terminology and concepts. I propose a new concept called representation.
For Princeton and other educational institutions, representation would mean exactly what it says: Children of alumni would be included, children of big donors would be included, highest performing academic achievers and top athletes and leaders of extracurricular activities would be included, applicants with the greatest potential would be included, international applicants would be included, and other people of all backgrounds throughout the country would be included. It would be, well, representative. For other entities, it would also work well.