Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name on Buildings, But It will Expand Diversity Efforts

Princeton University said Monday that it will keep President Woodrow Wilson’s name on its school of public and international affairs and a residential college despite calls to expunge his name from those places on the Ivy League campus because of his staunch support of racial segregation.  But the university’s board of trustees pledged to take steps to expand Princeton’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to be transparent “in recognizing Wilson’s failings and shortcomings as well as the visions and achievements that led to the naming of the school and the college in the first place.”