Princeton University will remove the name of President Woodrow Wilson from its school of public policy and a residential university, the school’s president announced.
Christopher Eisgruber announced the institution’s decision in a statement posted on the school’s website. He cited Wilson’s “racist views and policies” as the main factor in the decision.
“The trustees conclude that Woodrow Wilson’s racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or university whose academics, students, and alumni must be firmly against racism in all its forms,” the statement read. .
The trustees voted Friday to remove the name. The school will be known as “The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs”, while the university will simply be called “First College”.
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Protests over the school’s name have been ongoing since 2015, after which the school formed a committee to study Wilson’s legacy at the school.
