MIT Announces Plans to Close DEI Office

MIT joins a growing list of universities looking to scale back their DEI programs to secure federal funding.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass., on May 25, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has decided to shutter its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office, becoming the latest institution to adopt such changes under pressure from the federal government.

In a letter that was dated May 22 but only drew media attention a week later, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said the university would “wind down” its Institute Community and Equity Office, which described its mission as “stewarding MIT’s values and their interconnections.”