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Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Letter By 77 Faculty Re: Professor Abbot’s Lecture Cancellation
We, a group of concerned Faculty, believe that the cancellation of the scheduled EAPS Carlson Lecture by invited speaker Professor Dorian Abbot of the University of Chicago casts a shadow...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Avoiding Corporate Conflict of Interest Among MIT Leadership
After initially resisting such calls, Boston’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute recently enacted strict new rules to avoid conflicts of interest in which Board of Trustees members might profit from investments...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Protecting Freedom of Expression at MIT
The recent EAPS lecture cancellation has raised again questions of academic freedom, a central issue for all faculty. In this issue of the Faculty Newsletter we publish a series of...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
My Soviet Past: Why We Need to be Vigilant About Academic Freedom
In September of this year, MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences decided to cancel the prestigious Carlson Lecture, which was going to be delivered by Professor Dorian Abbot....
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Feedback on the First Draft of MIT’s “Five-year Strategic Action Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
Thank you for inviting all members of the MIT community to submit their feedback on this important report. I am an MIT lifer who entered as a freshman in 1961,...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
MIT’s Endowment Returns and Fossil Fuels
To the Faculty Newsletter: The announcement on October 14 of MIT’s spectacular endowment returns frames a question: How much less spectacular might the return have been if MIT had been...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Improving MIT’s Written Commitment to Freedom of Expression
There is no single place in MIT’s official documentation where the Institute’s commitment to free expression on campus for all community members is clearly and prominently set out. Policies &...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Is MIT Losing Control of its Own Destiny?
Most people will take for granted that MIT is currently the most preeminent technical university in the world, and that it will remain so for the foreseeable future. Its prestige...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression
Academic freedom and the right to freedom of speech or expression are related, but distinct. The legal right to freedom of speech only limits the state (originally only Congress) from...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Open Letter to MIT Faculty from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
November 4, 2021 Dear Colleagues: As faculty in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), we study a wide range of work and employment relations topics, including union-management...