MIT TOSSES CONTROVERSIAL "DIVERSITY STATEMENT' HIRING REQUIREMENT--BECOMING FIRST ELITE US UNIVERSITY TO THROW AWAY PRACTICE---"THEY DON'T WORK"

MIT tosses controversial ‘diversity statement’ hiring requirement — becoming first elite US university to throw away practice: ‘They don’t work’

By Chris Nesi--Published May 6, 2024--Updated May 6, 2024, 12:29 p.m. ET---The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will no longer require prospective hires to pledge allegiance to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion as an employment condition, becoming the first elite university in the country to do away with the controversial practice denounced by free speech advocates as a “political litmus test.”  MORE AT MIT tosses controversial 'diversity statement' hiring requirement (nypost.com)