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Vol. XXXVI No. 1September/October 2023
A Brief History of the Origins of the Faculty Newsletter as it Marks its 35th Anniversary
This past March marked the 35th anniversary of the “zeroth” issue of the MIT Faculty Newsletter (FNL). The FNL was founded in response to the decision of then Provost John...
Vol. XXXVI No. 1September/October 2023
The Faculty Chair: A Job Description (2.0)
Over the last year, several people have asked me what the chair of the faculty does. In this column – which resumes a tradition of columns from the faculty chair...
Vol. XXXVI No. 1September/October 2023
Contract with the Graduate Student Union
Graduate students are core partners with the faculty in the research and teaching activities of the Institute – we on the faculty explore and learn alongside them. It is essential...
Vol. XXXVI No. 1September/October 2023
Advancing Racial Equity After the End of Affirmative Action
“At the same time, as all parties agree, nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her...
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...
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
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...