I’m not sure the past of the university contributed too much to the UVA march. I think it was more a decision to march in a place steeped in the Confederate heritage as Virginia was one of the leaders of the CSA, and supplied the major armies/generals. Plus, UVA was given a green light rating which means that the school in its behavior and policies will generally protect the right to free speech, by FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which has ratings on how much an educational institution’s policies protect free speech. (Just for information, VT and UC-Berkley, for example, only has a yellow light rating which means they both have “at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application.”)

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Both universities allude to many different aspects of the academic experience in their mission statements. What stands out to me about Princeton University is the emphasis on a level of education that is distinctive among the world’s great universities. While ETH Zurich acknowledges the highest state of knowledge and practical skills, the University’s aim of understanding ethical and cultural values and educating responsible members of society is very impressive.

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ETH is also a very well known school in my area (power electronics).
Its interesting to find that #1 university in Switzerland have “stimulate an understanding of ethical and cultural values “, while disappointed to that we no longer see these values emphasized in top US universities like Princeton or Harvard.

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