The Trustees of Princeton University is a 40-member board responsible for managing
Princeton University's endowment, real estate, instructional programs, and admission. The Trustees include at least 13 members elected by alumni classes, and the
Governor of New Jersey and the
President of the university as ''ex officio'' members.
The Trustees' mission and responsibilities stem from the original Charter of the college, written in 1746. The Trustees oversee the budget of the university through the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO). Notable recent policy decisions include implementing the
residential college system, accepting
coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
, and increasing the size of the undergraduate student body.
Unlike most other governing boards of universities, the Trustees of Princeton University is chartered as a 40-member
corporation in its own right that has the authority to establish and govern Princeton University and to grant degrees in the same. This is similar to most of the oldest universities and colleges in the United States (including all of the Ivy League universities except for
Cornell University), such as the
President and Fellows of Harvard College and the
Yale Corporation.
Current Trustees
Officers of the Board
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Christopher L. Eisgruber
Christopher Ludwig Eisgruber (born September 24, 1961) is an American academic and legal scholar who is serving as the 20th President of Princeton University, where he is also the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Princeto ...
'83, President of the university
* Louise S. Sams '79, chair of the Board
* Brent L. Henry '69, Vice Chair of the Board
* Peter C. Wendell '72, Clerk of the Board
* Hilary A. Parker ’01, Secretary of the University
Ex officio
* Christopher L. Eisgruber — President of the University
*
Phil Murphy — Governor of New Jersey
Members of the Board
See also
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President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Yale Corporation
*
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
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Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College
References
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External links
Official website
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