The Princeton Theological Seminary was separated from Princeton in 1812， since the Presbyterians wanted their ministers to have more theologicaltheological adj.神学的， 神学上的 training， and the faculty and students would be content with less. This reduced the student body and the external support for Princeton for some time.
The university was arguably an obscure backwater when President James McCosh took office in 1868. During his two decades in power， he overhauled the curriculumcurriculum n.课程， oversaw an expansion of inquiry into the sciences， and supervised the addition of a number of buildings in the High Victorian Gothic style to the campus. (Princeton Companion) The oftphotographed McCosh Hall is named in his honor.
In 1896， the college officially changed its name from the College of New Jersey to Princeton University to honor the town in which it resided. During this year， the College also underwent large expansion and officially became a university. Under Woodrow Wilson， Princeton introduced the preceptorial system (1905)， a thenunique concept that replaced the standard lecture method of teaching with a more personal form where small groups of students， or precepts， could interact with a single instructor， or preceptor， in their field of interest.
In 1930， the Institute for Advanced Study， not affiliated with the University， was founded in Princeton and became the first residential institute for scholars in the country， with Albert Einstein appointed as one of its first professors. The 20th century has seen an influxinflux n.流入 of scholars， research personnel， and corporations to Princeton from all parts of the world.
In 1969， Princeton University first admitted women as undergraduates. In 1887， the university had actually maintained and staffed a sister coIlege in the town of Princeton on Evelyn and Nassau streets， called the Evelyn College for Women， which was closed after roughly a decade of operation. Years later the administration decided to admit women and turned to the issue of transforming the school，s operations and facilities into a femalefriendly campus. The administration barely finished these plans by April 1969， when the admission，s office had to start mailing out its acceptance letters. Its fiveyear coeducationcoeducation n.男女同校 plan provided ＄7.8 million for the development of new facilities that would eventually house and educate 650 women students at Princeton by 1974. Ultimately， 148 women， consisting of 100 freshwomen and transfer students of other years， entered Princeton on September 6， 1969 amidst a frenzy of media ogling and ribbing.
Princeton University has been home to scholars， scientists， writers， and statesmen， including three United States presidents， Woodrow Wilson， Grover Cleveland， and John F. Kennedy， the last of whom spent his freshman fall at the University before leaving due to illness； he later enrolled at Harvard. The entertainer and civil rights figure Paul Robeson grew up in the Borough of Princeton， and artisans from Italy， Scotland， and Ireland have contributed to the town，s architectural history. This legacylegacy n.遗赠(物)， 遗产(祖先传下来)， spanning the entire history of American architecture， is preserved through buildings by such architects as Benjamin Latrobe， Ralph Adams Cram， McKim， Mead & White， Robert Venturi， and Michael Graves.
Athletics
Princeton is frequently among the best athleticsathletics n.运动 programs in the Ivy League. The Princeton Review declared the university the 10th strongest “jock school” in the nation. It has also consistently been ranked at the top of the Time Magazine，s Strongest College Sports Teams lists. Most recently， Princeton was ranked as a top 10 school for athletics by Sports Illustrated. Princeton is best known for its men and women，s lacrosse teams， winning several NCAA titles in the past number of years. And though other varsity teams may not have won the NCAA title， five teams in 1996~1997 came home as national runnerups.
Princeton has dominated the Ivy league， winning a record 21 conference titles from 2000~2001. At the culmination of 2004， Princeton had garnered a total of 36 Ivy League conference titles from 2001~2004 sports seasons. Most recently in 2005， the Tigers， women，s soccer team made the NCAA Final Four， the first Ivy League team to do so. The Tigers have completely dominated field hockey， taking every conference title since 1994.
Princeton，s basketball team is perhaps the best known team within the Ivy League， nicknamed the “perennial giant killer”. From 1992~2001， a nine year span， Princeton，s men，s basketball team had entered the NCAA tournament 6 times. The basketball team has also dominated the Ivy League， with its first losing season (2005) in 50 years of Ivy League Basketball.
Princeton，s historical place in American Sports along with that of Rutgers is sealed in the first Intercollegiate Football game ever played on the Rutgers campus on November 6， 1869. Rutgers and Princeton today do not compete in Football as Rutgers plays in Division 1A while Princeton plays in Division 1AA. However， the two schools compete in nearly every other sport that both offer and remain rivals.
Yale University耶鲁大学
耶鲁大学成立于1701年，是一所私立大学。它和哈佛、普林斯顿大学齐名，历年来共同角逐美国大学和研究生院前三名的位置。该校教授阵容、课程安排、教学设施方面堪称一流。漂亮的歌特式建筑和乔治王朝式的建筑与现代化的建筑交相互映，把整个校园点缀得十分古典和秀丽。秋季的校园中金黄暗红的落叶遍地，阳光斜照那些黄褐色巨石建成的古色古香的巍峨建筑物。耶鲁的名气、它的美丽和庄严，以及夕阳西下时站在校园中央向四周环视时那种凝重的历史感吸引着世界各地优秀的学子们……
该校最强的学科是社会科学、人文科学以及生命科学。耶鲁大学管理研究生院于1978年创设了独特的课程——公营和私营企业专业管理(Pub1ic＆Private Management)课程，它着重公营及非赢利机构的专业管理训练。课程安排有六成是授课，四成为个案研究，后者有一半是公办或非赢利机构的个案。耶鲁大学的企管硕士不叫MBA，而是MPPM，其来源也在于此。
耶鲁拥有许多杰出的校友：美国现任总统布什与他的父亲老布什都是耶鲁大学校友，原总统克林顿与他的夫人希拉里就是在耶鲁的图书馆里认识的。着名影星朱迪·福斯特，《时代》周刊的着名专栏作家凯文·翠林都是耶鲁人……