University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 is heading a search committee that will offer recommendations on candidates to President Shirley Tilghman. Tilghman will then select a candidate to present to the University’s Board of Trustees.
Eisgruber said that he hopes a successor will be named by January, giving the incoming dean time to get acquainted with the position under the guidance of Malkiel.
The six professors and two students who make up the committee were announced on Sept. 16. They are Whitman College Master and economics professor Harvey Rosen, religion professor Wallace Best, math professor Manjul Bhargava, politics professor Brandice Canes-Wrone, classics professor Robert Kaster, electrical engineering professor Margaret Martonosi, Veronica Shi ’11 and USG Undergraduate Life Committee chair Michael Weinberg ’11.
“We sought students and professors who brought to the Committee good judgment, active engagement with undergraduate education at Princeton and a variety of perspectives on the academic experience at the University,” Eisgruber said in an e-mail.
Despite the small size of the committee, Eisgruber said that he is open to input from the wider campus community. He added that the committee is still trying to decide “how best to solicit ... communications from all members of the community.”
“You begin any dean search by canvassing opinion,” Eisgruber said, “which means ... encouraging as broad a range of nominations as possible from people who are knowledgeable about the institution that the dean will lead.”
The dean of the college is responsible for the University’s undergraduate academic program. Though Malkiel is best known for implementing the controversial grade-deflation policy, she also helped create the four-year residential college system, the McGraw Center for Learning and Teaching and the freshman seminar program.
Many students will be particularly interested in candidates’ stance on grade deflation.
The limit on A-range grades has caused controversy since the policy was implemented in the 2004-05 academic year, with many USG presidents working to abolish or chip away at the policy.
Eisgruber said the committee will consider many qualifications. “A great dean should combine scholarly distinction, a deep commitment to teaching and undergraduate education, strategic vision, and administrative skill,” he explained.
Several members of the committee and Malkiel either declined to comment or could not be reached for comment.
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