University president Christopher Eisgruber said in a letter to the school community Saturday that the board of trustees had concluded that "Wilson's racist views and policies make him an inappropriate namesake" for Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs and the residential college.
Earlier in the week, Monmouth University of New Jersey removed Wilson's name from one of its most prominent buildings, citing efforts to increase diversity and inclusiveness. The superintendent of the Camden school district also announced plans to rename Woodrow Wilson High School, one of the district's two high schools.
The school will now be known as the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, he said. Princeton had already planned to close Wilson College and retire its name after opening two new residential colleges currently under construction but will change the name to First College immediately.
Only perfect people should get statues apparently. Or we can understand that great good things can be done by imperfect people. We should celebrate their accomplishments instead of focusing on the negative.
What? What about the guys who built black universities? For all that goes how about First Nations university in Regina? How much more segregation can you get?
Ya, that will fix things good work minions
FFS
can we just stop already
I feel like all of the intellectuals have already moved on from ivy league colleges and found better jobs in the private sector because they are actually competent.
Now do Yale, you dopes.
The ignorant and selective application of modern moral and societal standards to historical figures continues.. Anyone familiar with 1984 and Demolition man recognizes the similarities to the society we live in today..
Before Woodrow Wilson became president of Princeton, the school was basically a glorified country club. He transformed it into one of America's elite universities. This is beyond stupid.