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Misplaced Hostility Toward MIT Reflects Larger Threat to America’s Meritocracy

The school’s nature and governance makes it an unworthy target of the White House’s animus against elite universities.

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sally Kornbluth, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023.
The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sally Kornbluth, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023. AP/Mark Schiefelbein