A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline
But the Institute is facing ongoing challenges in two related areas: funding, and our talent pipeline.
Since she joined MIT in January 2023, President Kornbluth has fostered bold thinking – from solutions to dramatically accelerate progress against climate change, to helping ensure the power of AI is harnessed for good, to exploring daring new links between engineering and life science.
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But the Institute is facing ongoing challenges in two related areas: funding, and our talent pipeline.
The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," along with a letter asking that MIT review the document.