The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shuttered its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) office, eliminated diversity statements from faculty job applications, and cut its Vice President of Equity and Inclusion position. A promising step, but don’t be fooled—DEI persists at MIT. It hasn’t been rebranded; it’s still openly embedded. Interdepartmental committees thrive, and numerous administrative […]
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When Dwight D. Eisenhower stepped down from his generalship as the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe following the Second World War, he became the President of Columbia University. During his short tenure at the university, a professor approached him and extolled the virtues of European scientists at the institution, to which Eisenhower queried, “They may […]
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Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on June 10, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. Following the College Fix’s recent report of a doctoral student’s drag show recital mocking the Catholic Mass at the University of Nebraska, an advocacy group sent […]
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