Massachusetts Institute of Technology reportedly is doing away with a requirement for diversity statements for new hires, which is being billed as a watershed moment for college institutions that previously had widely accepted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives pushed by Democrats and the Biden administration.
The requirement of diversity statements was considered a potential political litmus test for hiring, but MIT has ended them, according to the Unherd report Sunday.
“Requests for a statement on diversity will no longer be part of applications for any faculty positions at MIT,” an MIT spokesperson wrote in an email to Unherd on Saturday, acknowledging MIT President Sally Kornbluth has made the policy change “with the support of the Provost, Chancellor, and all six academic deans.”
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