[2] While completing her PhD in 1969, Weiss Malkiel became the first woman to join Princeton University's Department of History faculty.
However, after a negative departmental vote she was denied the promotion and as a result, history department chairman Richard D. Challener resigned in protest.
[10] While the number of A's has indeed decreased under the policy, many argue that this is hurting Princeton students when they apply to jobs or graduate school.
[13] Weiss Malkiel stepped down from her role as Dean of Princeton's Undergraduate College in 2010[6] and officially became a Professor of History Emerita upon her retirement in 2016.
[2] Following her retirement, she published a book titled ''"Keep the Damned Women Out": The Struggle for Coeducation,[14] and was elected a fellow of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.