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Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
The Brave New World of Higher Education
In one capacity or another, I have spent all but the first of my 83 years at school. Until I was 26, I was a student. As such, I thought...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
FNL Editorial Board Election Results: Three Re-elected; One New Member
The results are in for the recent electronic all-faculty/emeritus faculty election for members to the Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board. The only Institute election open only to all faculty and emeritus...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Commentary on “Never Mind the Firehose, You Can’t Even Lead Them to Water”
To The Faculty Newsletter: This article was very upsetting for me to read. I think it makes vast assumptions about the character and intellect of MIT’s student body without the...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Reflecting as a Student
To The Faculty Newsletter: Concerning Craig Carter’s article, “Never Mind the Firehose, You Can’t Even Lead Them to Water” (MIT Faculty Newsletter, November/December 2022): I am not an expert at...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Congratulations to our Graduates of the Years of the Pandemic
MIT’s Faculty values and takes particular pride in the accomplishments of your Class of 2023, who have overcome unprecedented stresses in the path to graduation. Many of us find it...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
The Faculty Needs Its Own Committee on Graduate Student Union Negotiations
The relationship between graduate students and their faculty mentors is the most sensitive, important, and most productive component of MIT’s academic and intellectual fabric. It is totally unacceptable that the...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Letter to the MIT Faculty: MIT Grad Student Union Bargaining Update
During the MIT administration’s negotiations with the Graduate Student Union this spring, the faculty have received several updates by email from the administration about the state of the bargaining process....
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
University Engagement with China: An MIT Approach
Executive Summary The subject of this report is MIT’s future relationship with China. The question it addresses is how the Institute and other American research universities should engage with organizations...