Due to the the USG's race relations survey, Princeton now has more data about the current state of diversity on campus than it has ever had before. We now know how many students think that their peers self-segregate; we know how many students think their high schools were more or less diverse than the University; we know that many students, particularly ethnic minorities, think that there are not sufficient social alternatives to the Street. We have new data about the state of the school with regard to a whole host of social phenomena. One of the few things we don't know now is what to do with it.
For decades, this has been the central problem in addressing concerns about diversity. Though many people have looked at the situation and agreed that things were not ideal, it has proven incredibly difficult to reach a consensus about what should be done to correct what is wrong. Indeed, it has been hard to pin down exactly what is wrong at all.
The truth is, it's still hard to know not only what the next step should be, but even which of the survey results should particularly concern us. At this juncture, both the USG and the administration should proceed judiciously and with caution — results must be further interpreted and analyzed before any action is taken. Students from across the University — not just those in cultural organizations like the Black Student Union and the Chicano Caucus — should be engaged in debating and making policy proposals. And the University should reach out to both students and alumni, bringing them together in partnerships that will help the University put the survey results in historical context and create a long term strategy for dealing with racial issues on campus.
The USG has made substantial progress in bringing race relations into the mainstream of campus debate. Now students, alumni and administrators alike must work together to create a serious plan of action that will continue to address these issues long after Matt Shapiro '05 and Chris Willis '07 have graduated. To do otherwise risks trivializing everything the USG committee has accomplished thus far.
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