A drop from 25% to 16%. This will be used as evidence that Black & Brown applicants are (and have been) less qualified to be admitted to and succeed at MIT, despite Schmill’s eloquent (albeit heavily footnoted) statement to the contrary. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/21/m...

MIT says incoming class is less diverse as a result of Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action - The Boston Globe

The Cambridge institution is one of the first major universities to release demographic data for its incoming class since the landmark ruling.

Here’s Schmill’s blog post: “… when there are now fewer African-American first-years enrolling at MIT than when I was a freshman more than forty years ago, that cannot possibly be the right outcome for our community.” mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/...

MIT after SFFA | MIT Admissions

technology and the dream, deferred

MIT is private. how the fuck can it not admit anyone it cares to?