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...Princeton, its dynamic duo of new administrators—President Shirley M. Tilghman and Provost Amy Gutmann ’71—have already highly publicized their plans to bring diversity to Princeton, a university that has traditionally had a rather homogenous faculty and student body...
...difference between [Princeton President] Shirley Tilghman and Lawrence Summers is like the difference between Abe Lincoln and Dan Quayle,” West said...
Last week, Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman told the Daily Princetonian that it would join a Harvard brief if invited. Yale university officials have also said that Yale plans to file a brief and invite other universities to join...
...Princeton Alumni Weekly last February, Tilghman wrote an article defending Princeton’s adherence to early decision. “The ultimate test of any admission process for Princeton is whether it is fair and equitable to our applicants and whether it allows the University to enroll the strongest possible class,” she wrote. “In our experience, a carefully administered early decision program meets this test...
...it’s hard to imagine Tilghman saying anything negative about early decision while Hargadon remained in charge. If nothing changes this year—either by a Yale policy change, large numbers of students breaking commitments, or a successful legal assault—Tilghman could, if she were so inclined, take the lead in eliminating early decision. If Princeton announced it was moving to early action or getting rid of early admissions altogether, Yale would surely follow. And if the so-called “Big Three” schools were all early action, the next tier...