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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. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
MIT AAUP’s Response to the Attacks on Higher Education
American higher education is under attack by the Trump administration. Faculty, postdocs, students, and staff are hurting. Labs are at risk of closing. Research is grinding to a halt. Jobs...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
The MIT Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC): Partnering with Faculty for Student Success
The Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC) aims to support MIT students from matriculation through graduation by way of proactive, consistent, holistic advising. Advising within the academic departments is decentralized, and students...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
An Invitation to the MIT Council on Academic Freedom
On December 21, 2022, the MIT Faculty adopted a Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. Its first paragraph concludes, With a tradition of celebrating provocative thinking, controversial views,...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Creating the Role of the Vice Provost for Faculty
From the moment I became an MIT freshman many years ago, to my experiences as a graduate student, and throughout my time as a faculty member here on campus, I...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Where do we go from here?
Last month, I gave the keynote address at a local high school for their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly. In preparation, I was inspired to read and title my...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
The Leader as Moderator: Toward an Ethic of Everything (Everywhere, All at Once)
Some are called to lead from the front; many lead from the middle. There, whatever our titular authority, we report to multiple constituencies each of whom wields significant power to...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Setting the Record Straight
In his article in the last issue of the Faculty Newsletter, The Pulse Update, (Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, November/ December 2024), Prof. Yossi Sheffi writes “It [the FNL] also betrays...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
What to do if . . . .
Recent proclamations by the new federal administration directed at institutions of higher education across the nation have left many of us at MIT in a quandary. With all the talk...