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Political scholar and Princeton professor Amy Gutmann ’71 was appointed last week to be the next provost of Princeton University...
...short time-frame which she had to select a new provost, Tilghman said she did not conduct an official search but instead chose Gutmann after consulting with a group of elected representatives of Princeton’s faculty, top administrators at the university, and several past presidents. Gutmann’s appointment was then confirmed at a special July 6 meeting of the Executive Committee of Princeton’s Board of Trustees...
...Ph.D in political science from Harvard, has focused mostly on such subjects as democracy, education, ethics and the value of human life. She is the author of several books dealing with these topics, including Democratic Education, Democracy and Disagreement—which she co-wrote with Harvard Associate Provost Dennis F. Thompson—and Color Conscioius: The Political Morality of Race—with Harvard’s Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy, K. Anthony Appiah...
Gutmann acknowledges the enormous impact that the provost has on the lives of students at Princeton, and says she looks forward to the challenge...
...provost is the point person for making sure that all the initiatives are taken that are necessary to enable Princeton students to have the best experience they can possibly have,” Gutmann said...