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

MIT is the first elite school to discontinue the practice of requiring applicants to submit a DEI statement.

A view of the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., on July 8, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

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.