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Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
President Sally Kornbluth’s Response to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
Dear members of the MIT community, The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” along with a...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
An Impossible Choice: How Trump’s “Compact” Threatens Our Universities*
As a former university president — of MIT — I have been thinking about how I would act if I’d been on the receiving end of the Trump administration’s proposed...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
Democratic Campus Expression Has Been Key to US Science and Technology Leadership
Faculty and students on US college and university campuses were key to the emergence of US leadership in science and technology in the period after WWII. This includes the revolutions...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
The University Compact – My Take
When I first read The University Compact, I did not see a threat – I saw a mirror. A mirror held up to American higher education in general and MIT...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
Thoughts About the Compact
Dear Colleagues, I would like to share some thoughts about the compact proposed by the federal government to MIT and certain other universities although I am on sabbatical and don’t...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
Statement by Some Members of the MIT Council on Academic Freedom on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
As members of The MIT Council on Academic Freedom, we generally support the Compact as an opportunity for the MIT administration to promote its obligations of intellectual diversity, non-discrimination, institutional...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
MITCAF Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
MITCAF statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” Summary. The MIT Council on Academic Freedom objects to the proposed draft compact between the federal government and MIT....
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
For MIT and Country
On October 1st, the administration in Washington invited MIT and eight other institutions to sign a “compact” that would offer favorable governmental treatment in exchange for our commitment to “pursuing...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
Reconstruction, Reclamation, and the New Compromise
After the Civil War, the United States entered a brief but transformative era known as Reconstruction, an ambitious national experiment in democracy and racial inclusion. For the first time in...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
MIT’s Faustian Bargain
There are many ways for a university to lose its soul. Some do it slowly, by trimming values until only the trimmings remain. Others do it quickly, with a pen....