The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shuttered its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) office. According to Fox News, MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced the closing of the Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO) last week. “As I’ve said many times, MIT is in the talent business,” Kornbluth’s announcement read. “Our success depends on attracting exceptionally talented people of every background, from across the country and around the world, and making sure everyone at MIT feels welcome and supported, so they can do their best work and thrive,” it added. MIT has acknowledged the failure of its DEI programs, is sunsetting the Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO), and is winding down its Strategic Action Plan for Belonging, Achievement, and Composition. https://t.co/d4pY8p8N9H pic.twitter.com/t7W51Y5s4U — BabblingBeaver (@Babbling_Beaver) May 22, 2025 Fox News reports: Among the top priorities listed in the memo, titled “How we support our community,” was a section with the header “Core programs will continue, but we will wind down the central ICEO.” “This process began nearly 18 months ago,” a university spokesperson told Fox News Digital, noting that the decision followed a “comprehensive assessment” of the Institute. The ICEO, which billed itself online as a steward of “MIT’s values and their interconnections,” claimed it built “community through care, education, restorative practices, and programming that embraces, celebrates, and helps increase MIT’s diversity in all its forms.” MIT will also eliminate the role of vice president for equity and inclusion, Kornbluth confirmed. Earlier this month, the school became the first in its class to scrap diversity pledges in its hiring and admissions processes – a practice slammed by free speech advocate organization FIRE as functionally serving as “ideological litmus tests.” ( @realDonaldTrump – Truth Social Post )( Donald J. Trump – May 28, 2025, 10:10 PM ET ) "MIT scraps DEI office, ends programs amid Trump’s fight with Harvard" Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shut down its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) office last week, The… pic.twitter.com/acmD7O5S5D — Donald J. Trump TRUTH POSTS (@TruthTrumpPosts) May 29, 2025 From the New York Post: In March, the Trump administration expanded a civil rights probe into the Cambridge, Mass. school over alleged racial discrimination. That deepened a Title VI investigation of reported antisemitic harassment and sex discrimination on campus, according to Education Secretary Linda McMahon. “Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,” McMahon said in a statement putting MIT and 44 other universities on notice. “We will not yield on this commitment.” Kornbluth’s move also comes amid President Trump’s ongoing battle with nearby Harvard University, which has refused to eliminate DEI programs and since lost more than $3 billion in federal funding. Trump earlier this year signed executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs and his administration has made the issue a red line in the legal fight with Harvard over funding cuts. MIT has also joined court challenges to the Trump administration’s reductions to National Institute of Health (NIH) and Department of Energy grants for medical and scientific research. Last week, the university revealed the grant cuts had cost MIT up to $35 million and forced it to cut the number of available places for graduate students in its 2025-26 intake by roughly 100 — an 8% reduction from the 2024-25 academic year.