It was encouraging to see professor Christopher Eisgruber '83, speak up in favor of openness when making important decisions for Princeton. Eisgruber, who will replace Provost Amy Gutmann, argued that faculty should not vote using secret ballots. As he said, secrecy often leads to confusion and harmful accusations about who's done what.
Eisgruber's onto something. Much of the negative reaction to the grade inflation proposals could have been averted had the process been more open. Dean Malkiel's naive expectation that she could keep such an important decision quiet contributed to some students' feelings of anger and powerlessness when the plan was plopped in their inboxes. Her statement yesterday that she'd hoped the decision could have been done more privately should alarm students who care about how major decisions at Princeton are made.
Eisgruber's statement is good news for those who believe Princeton remains needlessly secret. Let's hope this is a sign of things to come.
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