The Disqualifying Hypocrisy of Princeton’s President

Once again, Princeton University’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, has taken to the friendly waters of The Atlantic. In his call to action on the part of universities and their leaders, Eisgruber correctly affirms “the rights of faculty members to pursue, publish, and teach controversial ideas.” Further, he makes an unintentionally noteworthy disclosure. The author’s biography mentions his forthcoming book, Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right. The cruel irony is that Eisgruber’s deeds at Princeton got free speech outrageously wrong.

Eisgruber protected his administration’s defamation of Princeton’s highly acclaimed then-professor Joshua Katz. Princeton mathematics professor Sergiu Klainerman, a free-speech advocate, deemed Eisgruber’s actions an “abuse of power and likely cover-up.”

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Bill Hewitt

Bill Hewitt writes commentary at Tiger Roars on Princeton University matters. He is a 1974 alumnus.

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Once again, Princeton University’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, has taken to the friendly waters of The Atlantic. In his call to action on the part of universities and their leaders, Eisgruber correctly affirms “the rights of faculty members to pursue, publish, and teach controversial ideas.” Further, he makes an unintentionally noteworthy disclosure. The author’s biography mentions his forthcoming book, Terms of Respect: How Colleges Get Free Speech Right. The cruel irony is that Eisgruber’s deeds at Princeton got free speech outrageously wrong.

Eisgruber protected his administration’s defamation of Princeton’s highly acclaimed then-professor Joshua Katz. Princeton mathematics professor Sergiu Klainerman, a free-speech advocate, deemed Eisgruber’s actions an “abuse of power and likely cover-up.”