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Princeton’s professors are both outstanding scholars and outstanding teachers, and its undergraduate and graduate students bring to the University not only keen minds but also a diversity of experiences and perspectives that enrich campus discourse and nourish new ideas. At Princeton, they find an exceptionally strong array of departments, programs, and centers that are committed to advancing the frontiers of knowledge.
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Endowed Professorships |
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 Over the past two centuries, Princeton alumni, parents, and friends have endowed more than 170 chairs, supporting distinguished faculty in virtually every field of study. These chairs are occupied by some of the University’s greatest researchers and scholars, men and women who advance the frontiers of knowledge in their work. They are also great teachers, equipping Princeton students with the knowledge to break new ground and, ultimately, to serve their communities, their nation, and all nations.
The ability to recognize outstanding teacher-scholars with endowed chairs is crucial for Princeton to fulfill its mission to be both a superb research university and the best undergraduate college in the world.
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Endowed Preceptorships |
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 In 1905, President Woodrow Wilson ’1879 hired a group of assistant professors, known as preceptors, to work with undergraduates. These young faculty members were extraordinary scholars who went on to gain renown in their fields even as they made important contributions to academic life at the University.
This tradition is continued through endowed preceptorships, which enable the University to recognize and support the work of faculty members who show great promise early in their careers. Through the decades, these coveted awards have been incomparable tools for fostering the distinction of Princeton’s faculty.
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Freshman Seminars |
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 Princeton is distinguished from other great research universities by the meaningful interactions it fosters between senior faculty and undergraduates. Freshman seminars introduce first-year students to the challenges and rewards of studying complex subjects under the guidance of Princeton’s most outstanding faculty members.
These small seminars are based in the residential colleges to encourage interactions over meals and in other informal settings. With their emphasis on small group discussion, research papers, and in-class presentations, they are an invaluable prelude to the independent work of Princeton’s upperclass curriculum.
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Senior Theses |
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 The independent work undertaken by juniors and seniors is a hallmark of a Princeton undergraduate education. The senior thesis is an original, in-depth research project that focuses on a student’s specific interests, under the close supervision of a member of Princeton’s distinguished faculty. The thesis is the capstone of a student’s academic experience as well as a rite of passage shared by Princetonians of every era. In recent years, however, the scope of senior projects has grown enormously, and many have become very expensive undertakings.
In the sciences and engineering, original research now requires expensive equipment and materials; in the social sciences and the humanities, it often demands travel and language study in order to work with primary sources.
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