MIT No Longer Asks Faculty Applicants to Make DEI Pledges: ‘They Don’t Work’

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will no longer require those seeking faculty posts to submit a statement about their commitment to the cause of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the first elite school to backtrack on the practice that’s becoming commonplace. “Requests for a statement on diversity will no longer be part of applications for any faculty positions at MIT,” a spokesperson for the institution told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement. The change was made at the direction of MIT President Sally Kornbluth and backed by the institution’s provost, chancellor, vice equity and inclusion chief, and all six academic deans, the spokesperson noted....