Buckheit Educational Leadership Series

Buckheit Educational Leadership Event 2024: 
Christopher L. Eisgruber, President, Princeton University

On January 9, 2024 we welcomed President Eisgruber for a lively conversation about trending issues in education and what's currently going on at college campuses.

About Christopher L. Eisgruber

Princeton University's 20th president since July 2013, President Eisgruber has led efforts to increase the representation of low-income and first-generation students at Princeton and other colleges and universities. Princeton's socioeconomic diversity initiatives have attracted national attention from The New York Times, the Washington Post, 60 Minutes and other news outlets. Eisgruber has also been a leading voice in Washington and elsewhere for the value of research and liberal arts education. He has emphasized the importance of both free speech and inclusivity to Princeton's mission; championed the University's commitment to service; and launched initiatives designed to fortify Princeton's connections to the innovation ecosystem in New Jersey and beyond. 

Eisgruber received his A.B. in physics from Princeton in 1983, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned an M.Litt in politics at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. cum laude at the University of Chicago Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the law review. After clerking for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Higginbotham and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, he taught at New York University's School of Law for 11 years. In 2001, Eisgruber joined the Princeton Faculty, becoming provost in 2004 and president in 2013.