ADADThis month, Princeton’s president wrote about efforts to combat systemic racism on campus and beyond, such as diversifying the school’s faculty and making Princeton a more welcoming place. Two weeks later, the Education Department sent the university a letter disclosing its investigation. “On September 2, 2020, you admitted Princeton’s educational program is and for decades has been racist,” Robert King, assistant secretary in the Office of Postsecondary Education, wrote. ADADMichael Roth, president of Wesleyan University, and Biddy Martin, president of Amherst College, decided to write a letter and asked other university presidents to sign on. ADAsked about the presidents’ letter, Angela Morabito, a spokeswoman for the Education Department, wrote in an email, “The allegations of current systemic racism at Princeton are deeply concerning.

Source: Washington Post September 25, 2020 22:07 UTC