Noliwe Rooks
Princeton University
“We were able to hire more black faculty when the Center for African American Studies was opened in 2006 at Princeton. But the number of black faculty went down afterwards. Now the board of trustees has convened a committee to discuss diversity at the graduate level, faculty and staff. However, the number of black students overall has increased. I think it will be interesting when the U.S. Supreme Court decides this summer if affirmative action should be eliminated at institutions like Princeton. Other places where we’ve seen that happen have been affected tremendously.”
