MIT Will Study Status of Minority Faculty Members, as Black Professor Begins Hunger Strike

by E Wayne Ross on February 8, 2007

The Chronicle: MIT Will Study Status of Minority Faculty Members, as Black Professor Begins Hunger Strike

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will formally examine the hiring, advancement, and experiences of minority faculty members, in a move announced just days before a black professor started a hunger strike on Monday over the denial of his bid for tenure.