Princeton University changed the name of the School of Public Policy and Wilson College, after it concluded that the racist views and policies of US President Woodrow Wilson made it inappropriate to name his college.
In announcing the move, the University Dean, Christopher Iceberg, said on Saturday that it was related to the death of George Floyd, Briona Taylor, Ahmed Arbrey and Richard Brookes, who are black Americans who have died in the hands of the police in recent months.
The University’s Board of Trustees ’vote yesterday, Friday, to change the name of the College of Public and International Affairs and Wilson College after a wave of protests around the world against ethnic grievances fueled by the death of a number of Americans with dark skin.
This contrasts with a decision taken in 2016 to keep the names of the two colleges after discussing their change after student protests in November 2015.
The School of Public Policy will be called the "Princeton College of Public and International Affairs," and the Wilson College will be called "The First College."
However, the Princeton Board of Trustees confirmed that the highest honorary degree for students at the university, the Woodrow Wilson Award, will retain its name, because it is the result of a gift, which legally obliges the university to name the award in the name of Wilson.
Wilson was president of Princeton University before he became governor of New Jersey and then president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Source: Reuters
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