August 31, 2023 While I readily admit that my reflections and opinions about admissions to highly selective colleges and universities will not result in any changes to the recent affirmative
June 13, 2023 A reaction to an article in The New York Times entitled “For Colleges, Admissions is a Business. and Business is Booming.” In The New York Times issue
June 8, 2023 As the cliché goes, “It’s not you, it’s me.” In this sense, education (you) is not what today’s students (me) need. What do I mean by this?
May 23, 2023 On Sunday, April 2, 2023, I read an interesting and provocative article by Frank Bruni that was published in the New York Times. The title of the
April 13, 2023 WHY AM I WRITING ABOUT THIS ISSUE? For the past five decades, those in the Princeton University Admission Office have made a concerted effort to diversify the
March 28, 2023 This is the story of what began on a summer morning, July 18th, 2026. A full-page ad appeared in The New York Times presenting a bold challenge
February 22, 2023 The world couldn’t be more different in early 2023 than anyone could have planned for. As such, many of the “strategic plans” hatched in 2018 or 2019
December 22, 2022 In 2020, the National Asian American Voter survey found that 70% of Asian Americans supported Affirmative Action, while only 16% of them opposed it. Despite this, some
September 30, 2022 Having been the Dean of Admission at Princeton from 1978 to 1983, I read with interest that Harvard and Yale, along with scores of other colleges and
Interview by Alison Herget, Higher Education Program Manager at Minerva Project. Many students feel overwhelmed when they think about life after high school. They know they want to go to