Clinton to speak
President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a two-day academic conference at Princeton on America's Progressive tradition.
The conference on "The Progressive Tradition: Politics, Culture and History" will begin Thursday, Oct. 5, with Clinton's address and continue the next day with panel discussions featuring distinguished scholars.
Tickets for Clinton's address will be distributed through lotteries for students, faculty and staff. Information on the lotteries and a conference schedule will be available at <www.princeton.edu> when details are finalized. The conference is co-sponsored by the Program in American Studies and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Growth occurred in the social sciences (especially economics and politics), engineering (particularly electrical engineering) and physics.
University officials have expected gains in some of the newer master's degree offerings as they have become more established. For example, the master of engineering, a one-year, coursework-only program, has nearly doubled in size to 30 students since it started in 1998. Similar growth has been observed in the three-year-old master of public policy program.
"Those programs represent a new kind of endeavor to capture experienced, mid-career professionals," Redman said.
University officials would like to keep the Graduate School at its current size of about 1,750 students so that it can continue to provide students with high levels of support. In keeping with other top-ranked research institutions, Princeton provides full financial assistance to virtually all research doctoral candidates.
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