Creating a campus culture that values and respects diversity and encourages students to engage in civil discourse is one of the principal tenets of Princeton’s mission. The Outdoor Action Program addresses this issue as a core value in every aspect of our programming. Our primary vehicles are through small group experiential learning opportunities in the outdoors and through our student leadership development program.

The original proposal establishing Outdoor Action identified these core principles which have guided the program for over forty years:

by Rick Curtis, Director, Outdoor Action Program, Princeton University

• OA Guide to Building an Outdoor Program

1. Introduction

To provide educational and character development experiences which advance personal responsibility, health and well-being, community, leadership development, civic engagement, and stewardship for Princeton University and the natural world through adventure-based experiential education.

Goals & Objectives

The Effects of the Outdoor Action Frosh Trip on Freshmen's Adaptation to Princeton University: A Study of Pluralistic Ignorance

Brian Wardwell
Princeton University
April 1999

This thesis was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Academic Research