Woodrow Wilson renamed at Princeton

Princeton announced today they would be removing Wilson’s name from both the public policy school and the residential college.

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/06/27/board-trustees-decision-removing-woodrow-wilsons-name-public-policy-school-and

Here is a discussion from 2015 of his role in resegregating federal agencies:

https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2015/11/when-woodrow-wilson-segregated-federal-workforce/123913/

He did a lot worse than segregating federal agencies. But this is a good move for Princeton, I just hope that they choose someone/something better to name it after.

The new name is the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

And the residential college was already slated to be replaced (though it will now be called First College for it remaining years).