MIT quietly ends diversity statements in hiring as leaders try to manage protests on campus

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will no longer require perspective faculty to write a document explaining how they would enhance the university's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will no longer require prospective faculty to write a document explaining how they would enhance the university's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

“We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in a statement Tuesday confirming the decision.

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