Letter regarding the release of the Institute Community and Equity Officer's report
The following email was sent today to the MIT community by Provost Martin Schmidt. To the members of the MIT community, In April 2013, President Reif created the position of Institute Community and Equity Officer (ICEO). As the first person to hold this post, Professor Ed Bertschinger undertook an extensive listening tour across our campus, and he collected the many ideas into a number of findings and recommendations. Today, we wish to share this report, Advancing a Respectful and Caring Community: Learning by Doing at MIT, and to begin the process of collecting community feedback. You may read more about the report here. Outlining what Professor Bertschinger learned and suggesting next steps, the report offers an encouraging view of many aspects of our life as community, while also detailing areas for further attention. A number of the ideas in the report would involve the whole community and require serious commitments of time and...