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Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Affirmative Action: Is it Legal? Does it Work?
This brief common-sense opinion is intended to encourage thoughtful civil discussion at MIT of one of the most fraught topics of the contemporary academy. Giving special preference to applicants belonging...
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...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Comms
This spring feels a little different, and it has made me think again – and more – about communication. We are in the early days of a new federal administration...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Reimagining MIT
What is the role of higher education institutions in unprecedented times? How can we reimagine MIT’s mission in this moment of urgency? What should our response be when universities are...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
A Call for Courage in the Face of Rising Antisemitism, White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism
In case anyone doubted what was unfolding before our very eyes, Elon Musk did a Nazi salute not once but twice during the presidential inauguration. To the horror of many...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
The Historical MIT
“Most human beings operate like historians: they only recognize the nature of their experience in retrospect.” This comment, by the late historian Eric Hobsbawm [The Age of Extremes: A History...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Free Expression and Written Revolution
We helped found MITCAF, the MIT Council on Academic Freedom (see “An Invitation to the MIT Council on Academic Freedom” in this issue) because we believe that free expression and...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons from last year’s Israel-Palestine campus showdown
This article is reprinted from the fall 2024 issue of Acadame, published by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). As we head into the new academic year, American colleges...