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"In this project, the staff of the ‘Prince’ trace power on campus through histories, data analyses, detailed profiles, and deeply-held opinions. It's an issue about personalities. These are personalities we have to be aware of, no matter what their role is."
This week, the ‘Prince’ examined who runs Princeton, searching for the power players on campus. But today, Daybreak looks to answer a slightly different question: “Who’s really running Princeton?” We look at the day-to-day of facilities and dining hall workers, how facilities is structured, and whether or not their compensation reflects their impact on the campus community. Listen in.
We asked Princeton undergraduates to send us the names of their favorite teacher's assistants — and they answered. Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond interviewed three STEM TAs: Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) PhD candidate Jessica Jin, COS Master's Student Rish Raghu, and Math Undergraduate Ben Zenker '24. They explain the demands of their job and how they balance the research and studies on top of it all. Listen in.
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While the faces at the top administrative levels of the University are well-known, some of the most important decisions on campus are made by or in consultation with certain committees whose membership and inner workings are more of a mystery.
When students come to Princeton, there are more than 500 student organizations they can choose to be a part of.
Over the past 10 years, as Princeton has expanded its student body, it has also expanded its administration. Since 2012, the number of non-instructional full-time staff has increased by nearly 1200 people, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
President Christopher Eisgruber doesn’t speak publicly much, but when he does, we’ve gotten jarring reminders about how little he understands students and our problems. Take the most pressing campus issue: Princeton’s well-documented mental health crisis, which calls for a transformational response from administration. But instead of taking responsibility for — or having curiosity about — the University’s role as both a potential driver of this crisis and a provider of solutions, he’s blamed it on ‘online activity’ making it hard to “think healthy” and now-infamously belittled students’ concerns with Princeton’s toxic work culture to calls for “academic mediocrity.”
Two weeks ago, Campus Club suddenly shut down with a note attached to the front door that indicated that the club would be closed overnight from Sept. 14 to Sept. 15. The top floor of Campus Club has also been closed at times during the past couple of weeks, including all day on Sept. 18, raising questions as to what’s going on the top floor.
Fleas found at campus club
Stalled progress on Indigenous Studies minor
Across Washington Road, there is another center of power that has significant influence over students’ social life, the Interclub Council (ICC). The Daily Princetonian looked at the history of the body and its role on campus today.
With over 1,000 faculty, nearly 9,000 students, and an annual operating budget of nearly three billion dollars, Princeton University is a colossal institution to manage and maintain. While much of the work of running the University is carried out by almost 7,000 staff, the top-level administration of Princeton is carried out by a group of 25 individuals colloquially known as the Cabinet.
The following is purely satirical and entirely fictional.
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President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 was the only president of a selective, private university on a panel of college leaders invited to the White House to reveal a new Department of Education report, titled “Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education."
This year, graduate students have sought to unionize, creating a new body to represent their interests. This would serve as an alternative to an older body, the Graduate Student Government (GSG). From teaching loads to health insurance and international student opportunities, the GSG has had a number of missions since its foundation in 1989. Executive board members noted that graduate students’ interests and social environments are often overlooked by the University, making the GSG’s goal critical.
In the first year of the University’s expanded aid policy, which covers all tuition and fees for most families making up to $100,000 annually, the University has also seen an increase in another statistic: delays. Over 200 undergraduates’ financial aid awards were delayed this academic year, with some awards still outstanding four weeks into the semester.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated with comment from Princeton Public Schools.
