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...piloted Princeton on a crash course with NACAC by requiring that its early decision applicants file no early action applications, a decision that could result in Princeton’s expulsion from the organization. But Hargadon is retiring after this year, giving Princeton’s president, Shirley M. Tilghman, the opportunity to appoint a dean whose view on early decision could be different than Hargadon’s. And Tilghman has demonstrated sensitivity to the inequalities that can be created by seemingly neutral policies—she has discussed reforming one of academia’s sacred cows...
...Tilghman said that Princeton’s investigation found that the officers involved were checking the site’s security, and had no intention of using the admissions information to change their own decisions...
...condone these actions, there is no evidence that there was any intention on Mr. LeMenager’s part to do anything other than test, and then demonstrate, the site’s security or that he used confidential information for any other purpose,” Ms. Tilghman said...
...Tilghman said that “[o]ne of the lessons of this experience is that even individuals with a high degree of sensitivity to ethical principles in traditional settings can fail to be equally sensitive when technology is involved (as when someone who would never open a sealed envelope...enters a secured Web site...
Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman wrote in an e-mail to the Princeton community, “I deeply regret the enormous strain that these events have caused, first and foremost, to the students whose rights were violated...