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President’s Annual “State of the University” Letter 2026: From Growth to Focus

President’s Annual “State of the University” Letter 2026: From Growth to Focus

Christopher L. Eisgruber
Princeton’s Office of the President 

Ten years ago, Princeton University’s Board of Trustees published a strategic framework to guide the institution into the future. As I prepared this annual letter to the community—the tenth in a series that began in 2017—I reread the framework and the mission statement included in it.

The strategic framework and the values expressed in it have shaped a period of remarkable, mission-driven growth. As I describe in the paragraphs that follow, those values will be equally crucial in the months and years to come, when changed political and economic circumstances require that we transition from a period of exceptional growth to one defined by steadfast focus on core priorities.

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