Princeton freezes most faculty and staff hiring in response to political uncertainty

March 19, 2025 1 min read

Elisabeth Stewart and Luke Grippo
Daily Princetonian 

Excerpt: Princeton will freeze most faculty and staff hiring, citing uncertainty around federal funding and a potential increased endowment tax, according to a memo sent to faculty and staff Wednesday morning. The letter, from Provost Jennifer Rexford and Executive Vice President Katie Callow-Wright, follows many other universities adopting hiring freezes in response to funding uncertainty. It represents the University’s most significant response to date to recent federal actions.

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