https://prismreports.org/2024/12/30/mit-student-palestine-activism/ https://baystatebanner.com/2024/09/04/mit-reports-drop-in-black-hispanic-enrollment-after-supreme-court-ends-affirmative-action/
Broad Institute announces 87 layoffs
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a prominent biomedical research center in Cambridge, has laid off 87 employees across its software engineering, IT and administrative divisions. Of the 87 eliminated roles, 75 are in software and IT. The... — read more
Private equity pain (Bloomberg)
"But a chorus of industry leaders has declared an end to the era of easy profit, and that’s pressuring schools to more delicately balance their spending needs as returns on the asset class dwindle. That’s according to an analysis by Markov Processes... — read more
Losing faith in higher ed
"Nearly 80% of Americans surveyed in a new U.S. News-Harris Poll survey say that higher education institutions are more worried about their endowment than creating leaders of tomorrow, and more than 60% believe they are prioritizing donors, press and... — read more
Prez facing political pressure
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/09/penn-president-resigns-00130961
edX mess
edX is a massive open online course provider (MOOC) created by Harvard and MIT that is now selling elite and brand name tech bootcamps. https://www.highereducationinquirer.org/2023/09/2u-crash-exposes-latest-wage-of-edugrift.html
Graduate Student Union Organizing
https://orgchart.mit.edu/node/5/letters_to_community/unionization-election-results-graduate-students https://ovc.mit.edu/news/faqs-about-graduate-student-unionization/
History
While this article is predominantly about the Chicago School of Economics, it mentions the role of the CIA at MIT. https://academic.oup.com/ser/article/20/3/989/6582368
Price Fixing?
https://www.highereddive.com/news/price-fixing-lawsuit-against-568-group-of-top-ranked-universities-can-conti/629837/
What's the role of MIT during the Second Civil War?
US Civil War II: a battle between the Christian Right and the Neoliberals Republicans likely to win House and possibly Senate in November Christian Right using the Hungary (Orban) playbook Big Bank Biden perceived as weak-very weak for... — read more
Where did all the 2U money go?
"The proceeds of the acquisition will be used by a nonprofit led by Harvard and MIT that will focus on closing the learning and opportunity gap through the development of new partnerships, digital tools, and strategies. The nonprofit will devote... — read more
MIT's in worsening climate change
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-power-of-big-oil-part-three-delay-nte18d/
Let's all pretend we didn't see it coming
"We live in an economic system that is unsustainable, unjust, and exploitative. Many of us in academia and the thought industry have known this for decades. Others with great wisdom have known this for centuries. Techies and disrupters think it can... — read more