"The institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students, and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges. We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all,"
"MIT "prides itself on rewarding merit" and "opens its doors to the most talented students," and "we value free expression.""
"These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission- work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health, and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law."
MIT became the first university to refuse President Donald Trump's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, rejecting a pledge that critics called an 'extortion' agreement for federal funding. Nine schools including the University of Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania, USC, the University of Texas, Vanderbilt, and the University of Virginia were invited to sign. MIT President Sally Kornbluth met with Education Secretary Linda McMahon and published a response on the university website. Kornbluth affirmed MIT's mission to advance knowledge, educate students, and apply research to national challenges, and emphasized values of excellence, merit, open access, free expression, and legal compliance.
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