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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 ...
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Legacy admissions are being rolled back: Here’s which colleges have changed policies
according to a blog post on the MIT admissions webpage. Johns Hopkins formally decided to end its legacy admissions policy in 2014 after years of transitioning away from the process. In the wake ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology shutters DEI office following monthslong 'comprehensive assessment'
MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced Thursday the closure of the school's Institute Community and Equity Office, as well ...
CNN1y
What are legacy admissions — and do colleges need them?
an MIT admissions officer, wrote in 2012. Pomona also hasn’t noticed a change in donations since removing legacy preferences, Starr said. “For every person who may be disappointed that legacy ...
New York Post9mon
Spike in Asian Americans at MIT proves it was discriminating against them
Cue the rejoicing? No, because the group is Asian Americans and the discrimination has happened in the realm of college admissions. MIT has released its first post-affirmative action admissions ...
Washington Examiner9mon
MIT’s post-affirmative action numbers show racial admissions system worked against Asian students
MIT’s announcement comes after some universities have refused to release the demographic data on their new classes. Trump administration blocks admission of international students into Harvard ...
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OPINION: A year after the Supreme Court’s historic affirmative action ruling, MIT’s drop in student diversity provides a cautionary tale
MIT admissions officials acknowledge that they purposefully did not collect race or ethnicity data for applicants this year, even though nothing in the court’s ruling prohibits this. Collecting ...
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After Ban on Race-Conscious Admissions, MIT’s Black and Latino Enrollment Plunges
MIT Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill attributed the decline to the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which prohibited colleges who receive federal funding from ...
New York Magazine3mon
What Does an SAT Score Mean Anymore?
After two pandemic-disrupted application cycles, during which basically every college in America ditched its SAT and ACT requirements, the dean of admissions, Stu Schmill, announced that MIT would ...
National Review9mon
MIT Begins to Discriminate Less
Cue the rejoicing? No, because the group is Asian Americans, and the discrimination has happened in the realm of college admissions. MIT has released its first post-affirmative-action admissions ...
Forbes4mon
Want To Get Into MIT? Here’s What You Should Be Doing This Summer
If you are seeking to level up your STEM-focused admissions profile and stand out to MIT admissions officers, here are three strategic summer plans to consider — and how to make the most of each ...
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MIT’s post-affirmative action numbers show racial admissions system worked against Asian students
"Comparing MIT’s admission statistics to last year’s, it is hard to escape the conclusion that MIT was engaging in unlawful discrimination," Adam Kissel, Heritage Foundation visiting fellow at ...