Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions

On many campuses, officials hoped the focus on economic diversity would preserve racial diversity — Black, Hispanic and ...

MIT, other elite colleges are prioritizing economic diversity in admissions amid absence of affirmative action

America's top universities are recruiting more students from urban and rural areas and offering free tuition to those from ...
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MIT Class President Highlights Palestine, Urges Arms Embargo

CAMBRIDGE, MA – On May 30, Megha Vemuri, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Class of 2025, dedicated her commencement address to the Palestinian cause. Her remarks, delivered ...
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Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program Celebrates 55th Anniversary

“Over the past 55 years, HST has proven that when engineers, scientists, and clinicians get together, human health leaps ...
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The speech that got MIT's 2025 class president banned from graduation

Megha Vemuri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2025 class president, was banned from participating in her graduation commencement ceremony last week, after she accused the university of having ...
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Readers react to MIT class president remarks on Palestine

Re “MIT bars class leader from graduation after speech,” (A1, May 31): I was disappointed to read that MIT class president, Megha Vemuri, was banned from her graduation ceremony after she gave a ...
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2025 MIT class president banned from graduation ceremony after pro-Palestinian speech

The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before.Related video ...