"Princeton seeks more students, more diversity"

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<p>AP article today about princeton's ongoing expansion, facilitated by the recent opening of whitman college. there are a couple of factual errors in the article, but it's decent coverage of what's going on in tigertown.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--princetonexpansio0914sep14,0,239354.story%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--princetonexpansio0914sep14,0,239354.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah, if only the stuff in Whitman worked!</p>

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<p>Does this effect admissions for the class of 2012 at all?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I wonder that too spiffystars</p>

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<p>Yes, it does--an estimated 50 extra students. The increase in class size actually began with the class of 2009, I believe, and each year it's gradually increasing.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/05/0321/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/05/0321/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>