{"id":2440356,"date":"2025-05-29T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mit-becomes-latest-elite-university-to-shut-down-dei-office\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:10:09","slug":"mit-becomes-latest-elite-university-to-shut-down-dei-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mit-becomes-latest-elite-university-to-shut-down-dei-office\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT becomes latest elite university to shut down DEI office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmit-becomes-latest-elite-university-to-shut-down-dei-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440356&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced the closure of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office, a decision made following a review led by Vice President of Equity and Inclusion Karl reid, who resigned earlier this year.MIT President Sally Kornbluth emphasized that the university remains committed too maintaining a diverse surroundings, stating that attracting talented individuals from all backgrounds is key to the institution&#8217;s success. This move aligns with the Trump governance&#8217;s policies that discourage DEI mandates in higher education, as MIT aims to comply with an executive order that prohibits certain DEI practices. The university was previously under inquiry by the Department of Education for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices. Meanwhile, other institutions like Harvard have resisted these directives, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-can-use-the-first-amendment-to-make-twitter-open-to-free-speech-again\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Can Use The First Amendment To Make Twitter Open To Free Speech Again\">ongoing national debate<\/a> over DEI policies in academia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MIT becomes latest elite university to shut down DEI office<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2132835\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) closed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DEI office<\/a> as President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> continues to battle with colleges and universities over DEI policies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MIT President Sally Kornbluth shared in a letter that the Institute Community and Equity Office will be closing following a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >months-long review led<\/a> by Vice President of Equity and Inclusion Karl Reid, who resigned from his position in February. The university&rsquo;s review of DEI began before President Donald Trump took office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3424351\/trump-administration-fight-student-aid-fraud-ineligible-recipients\/\">Trump administration announces steps to fight student aid fraud after millions paid to ineligible recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3424186\/linda-mcmahon-lack-of-attention-antisemitism-triggered-focus-elite-universities\/\">Linda McMahon declares a &#8216;lack of attention&#8217; toward antisemitism triggered a focus on elite universities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3423637\/china-trump-administration-student-visa-interviews\/\">China pushes Trump administration to roll back restrictions on new student visas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kornbluth wrote that the university will continue to foster a diverse environment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;MIT is in the talent business,&rdquo; Kornbluth wrote in the letter. &ldquo;Our success depends on attracting exceptionally talented people of every background, from across the country and around the world, and making sure everyone at MIT feels welcome and supported.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision for MIT to shutter its DEI office follows an investigation launched in March by the Department of Education&rsquo;s Office for Civil Rights in which MIT was included among 45 universities accused of &ldquo;engaging in race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While MIT is seeking to comply with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-delivers-on-promise-bans-vaccine-passports-with-executive-order\/\" title=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Delivers On Promise, Bans \u2018Vaccine Passports\u2019 With ...\">executive order prohibiting<\/a> DEI mandates and policies, Harvard University is pushing back against the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to manage the school&rsquo;s DEI and anti-semitism policies. So far, the Trump administration has frozen or cancelled more than $3 billion in federal funding for Harvard.&nbsp;Earlier this week, the Trump administration ended all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3422427\/trump-administration-divert-remaining-harvard-federal-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">federal contracts<\/a> with the institution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3382676\/schools-evading-trump-anti-dei-executive-order-parents-defending-education-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">REPORT SHOWS HOW SCHOOLS ARE EVADING TRUMP&rsquo;S ANTI-DEI EXECUTIVE ORDERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order prohibiting the implementation of DEI policies. In response, dozens of universities, including Harvard, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3382676\/schools-evading-trump-anti-dei-executive-order-parents-defending-education-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">renamed and rebranded<\/a> their offices, while continuing to administer DEI objectives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2132835\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2132835\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT closes DEI office amid ongoing Trump administration conflicts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2440357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-DEI.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48641,51272,53360,56126],"class_list":["post-2440356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dei-office","tag-diversity-2","tag-elite-university","tag-mit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-DEI.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440356"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440360,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440356\/revisions\/2440360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}