MIT Shuts Down DEI Office
“A senior administrative position at the office will also be eliminated as part of a return to a merit-based focus”
This is great news. Science should not be based on progressive politics.
The New York Post reports:
MIT scraps DEI office, ends programs amid Trump’s fight with Harvard
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shut down its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) office last week, The Post can exclusively reveal.
MIT President Sally Kornbluth officially closed the Community and Equity Office after earlier prohibiting the use of diversity statements in faculty hiring or student admissions, a university official confirmed.
A senior administrative position at the office will also be eliminated as part of a return to a merit-based focus kicked off by Kornbluth in January 2024.
That process involved an assessment of the DEI office’s relative success as determined by senior faculty and staff members.
“MIT is in the talent business. Our success depends on attracting exceptionally talented people of every background, from across the country and around the world, and making sure everyone at MIT feels welcome and supported, so they can do their best work and thrive,” Kornbluth said in a statement shared by an MIT rep.
In March, the Trump administration expanded a civil rights probe into the Cambridge, Mass. school over alleged racial discrimination.
That deepened a Title VI investigation of reported antisemitic harassment and sex discrimination on campus, according to Education Secretary Linda McMahon.
“Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,” McMahon said in a statement putting MIT and 44 other universities on notice. “We will not yield on this commitment.”
Kornbluth’s move also comes amid President Trump’s ongoing battle with nearby Harvard University, which has refused to eliminate DEI programs and since lost more than $3 billion in federal funding.
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Do recall the left’s propensity for pretext, misdirection, ambiguity, and prevarication. Nothing is ever as appears with the left.
Correct. 100 quatloos says they simply reassigned people and renamed offices.
Cynical? Me? Nah. A cynic is entirely too optimistic.
Merit doesn’t exist! It is merely a construct created by the evil white cis male supremacist patriarchy!!!
/ did I miss any of the important adjectives?
Nope, looks like you got it.
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