Overview

• MIT closed its Institute Community and Equity Office and eliminated the vice president for equity and inclusion position.
• The move caps an 18-month comprehensive assessment of DEI programs that began before Donald Trump’s return to the presidency.
• In March, the Department of Education launched a civil rights probe into MIT over alleged race-exclusionary practices, antisemitic harassment and sex discrimination.
• MIT reports that federal grant reductions tied to the closure have cost the university up to $35 million.
• Harvard’s refusal to dismantle its DEI programs has triggered over $3 billion in frozen federal funding and ongoing litigation.