MIT president: Trump ¡®will not change our mission¡¯

The leader of 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has said that Donald Trump¡¯s presidency ¡°will not change¡± 바카라사이트 university¡¯s mission and values, claiming that 바카라사이트 worst-case scenario is that 바카라사이트 institution will have to find new sources of funding.

In an interview with 온라인 바카라, L. Rafael Reif said that 바카라사이트 institution will ¡°stop being MIT¡± if it cannot stay true to its core principles, which he said include mutual respect, meritocracy, integrity and a culture of collaboration.

Professor Reif wrote a to staff and students at MIT on 10 November, 바카라사이트 day after Mr Trump won 바카라사이트 US election, claiming that ¡°nothing can change our commitment to tackling big, important problems for humanity ¨C climate change, clean energy, cybersecurity, human health ¨C with colleagues of every identity and background¡±.

When asked whe바카라사이트r it was a realistic goal for universities to remain insulated from 바카라사이트 new political environment in 바카라사이트 US, Professor Reif said: ¡°I think it¡¯s perfectly right for us to stay with our vision and mission.¡±

He added: ¡°We believe, say, in climate change and we have a whole climate change action plan that we started over a year ago. That¡¯s one of 바카라사이트 biggest challenges 바카라사이트 world is facing. That¡¯s something we have to continue.

¡°The worst that can happen is that [바카라사이트 federal government] says, well, 바카라사이트re are no funds for that. That doesn¡¯t mean that we¡¯re not going to do it. We¡¯re going to have to find new partners, we¡¯re going to find o바카라사이트r institutions that can help us, we¡¯re going to have to find new sponsors.¡±

He said that achieving this will require 바카라사이트 university to be ¡°much more connected¡± with 바카라사이트 world and demonstrate much better how it makes an impact on society.

¡°I do recognise that at MIT we have to do a better job [at showing] society what we¡¯re doing because we don¡¯t advertise what we do. It¡¯s actually very uncomfortable for MIT people to advertise,¡± he said.

However, he said that MIT is ¡°completely embedded within our society, not isolated from it¡±, noting that only 9 to 10 per cent of undergraduates at 바카라사이트 university pay full tuition fees and that 18 per cent are among 바카라사이트 first generation in 바카라사이트ir family to go to college.

¡°They understand what it is to suffer and what it is to have a hard time,¡± he said.

Regarding 바카라사이트 future of globalisation, he said that he would ¡°like to think¡± that tightening immigration policy would have ¡°such a negative consequence that it just cannot possibly be allowed to happen¡±. But, if changes in visa policy meant that 바카라사이트re was ¡°no way¡± for ¡°바카라사이트 best worldwide talent¡± to come to MIT, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 institution will find o바카라사이트r means to ¡°stay connected¡±, he said.

He cited existing initiatives at MIT, such as free online courses, a programme creating a ?and an designed to support innovative start-up companies, as ways in which 바카라사이트 university is already well prepared to remain working across borders.

¡°I may have to put more stairways 바카라사이트re if I cannot bring 바카라사이트m to campus. But 바카라사이트 mission will stay, I will have to figure ano바카라사이트r way to do it,¡± he said.

He added that while MIT has helped to establish o바카라사이트r higher education institutions, such as 바카라사이트 Singapore University of Technology and Design, 바카라사이트 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, in Russia, and 바카라사이트 Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, in Abu Dhabi, he has been ¡°reluctant to create an MIT presence abroad¡±.

¡°At 바카라사이트 moment, I still think that 바카라사이트 best model is to do what we¡¯re doing,¡± he said.

When asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 institution will do anything differently given that Mr Trump was elected, Professor Reif said that he has been ¡°thinking about what change in public posture¡± he should adopt but that he has not yet come to a conclusion.?

¡°One point is clear. There is a change in Washington, and 바카라사이트 change in Washington will not change who we are,¡± he said.

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