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MIT Faculty Newsletter  
contents Vol. XXVI No. 4
March / April 2014

This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on the issue of graduate student housing, including an analysis of the recent draft report by the Graduate Student Housing Working Group.

Spotlight
Credit: Kunal Mukherjee
One Investment Worth Making: Graduate Student Housing
Graduate student leaders express the need for more graduate student housing.
Observations from the Swartz Report Community Engagement Process
Faculty Chair Steve Hall and former Provost Chris Kaiser comment on MIT's process in commuity engagement regarding the Aaron Swartz. report.
Faculty Need a Campus Planning Committee as a Standing Committee
Jonathan King writes in favor of the recent faculty meeting motion to establish a Campus Planning Committee.
 
Editorial
The Importance and Value of Our Graduate Students
Editorial Subcommittee
MIT graduate students are key to our scientific and engineering productivity; they will be the coming generation of researchers and innovators; and they will be the . . .
Editorial
MIT "Town Gown Report" to the City of Cambridge
Editorial Subcommittee
In 1991, the Cambridge Mayor’s Committee on University and Community Relations called on the City's educational institutions to submit an annual “Town Gown Report.”
One Investment Worth Making: Graduate Student Housing
Caleb Waugh, Charlotte Seid, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Andrea Dubin
With recent conversations surrounding the Graduate Housing Working Group and East Campus Steering Committee, we are grateful for the opportunity to share . . .
Analyzing the Draft Report by the
Graduate Student Housing Working Group
Frederick P. Salvucci
The draft report by the Graduate Student Housing Working Group does a very good job of providing data which documents the escalating cost of off-campus housing . . .
Executive Summary of the Draft Report to the Provost of the Graduate Student Housing Working Group
In March 2013, the Provost appointed the Graduate Student Housing Working Group to evaluate how graduate student housing needs are currently met, identify . . .
From the Faculty Chair
Observations from the Swartz Report
Community Engagement Process
Steven Hall, Chris Kaiser
In July 2013, a review panel led by Prof. Hal Abelson issued its report to President Reif on MIT’s involvement in the Aaron Swartz case. In his letter sharing the report . . .
Faculty Need a Campus Planning Committee
as a Standing Committee
Jonathan King
The Motion to establish a Campus Planning Committee as a standing committee of the faculty at the November Institute Faculty Meeting (introduced by Profs. Nazli . . .
Letters
The Value of a Faculty Campus Planning Committee
Patrick Henry Winston
Following the faculty meeting at which a group of faculty moved to create a Campus Planning Committee, I had the pleasant sense that I agreed with everyone.
New Enrollment Tools to be Piloted in CI-H/HW Subjects
Diana Henderson
When pre-registration for fall term begins on May 1, a new suite of online enrollment tools will be piloted in subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the . . .
M.I.T. Numbers
Women as a Percentage of Total Undergraduates, Graduate Students, and Faculty: Academic Years 1901-2014
   
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