Princeton's founding goal, like that of Oxford and Cambridge, is to provide a well-rounded education and develop students as "whole persons" who will serve their country.
原來，普大承繼牛津劍橋，它的立校宗旨本就是提供通識教育、培養學生成為「完整的人」，以便將來服務桑梓（這也就是牛劍所定義的「紳士」）。