Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Building an Office of DEI: A Timeline

• Designing A DEI Roadmap

  • Reports of the Committees on the Status of Women Faculty published (March 2002) 
  • Faculty Resolution Concerning Underrepresented Minority Faculty and Graduate Student Recruitment and Retention developed (2004)​
  • Faculty Policy Committee Statement on Representation of Minorities on the Faculty and in the Graduate Student Body published (2004) 
  • ​Report on the Initiative for Faculty Race and Diversity published (2010) 
  • Report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering published (2011)​
  • Diversity Summit Report published (2012)​
  • Minority Business Club (MBC) splits into the Black Business Student Association (BBSA) and the Hispanic Business Club (HBC) (2013)​ 
  • Future of MIT Education published (2014)​
  • Report on the Status of Undergraduate Women at MIT published (2016)​

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• The Foundation: Ongoing Research, Reporting, and Advocacy for Action

  • Institute Community & Equity Office (ICEO) publishes “Advancing a Respectful and Caring Community: Learning by Doing at MIT” (2015)​
  • #BlackOut​ for Philando Castile & Alton Sterling​ led by BBSA (2016) 
  • Senate DEI Committee, Student, Staff, and Alumni subcommittees established (2017)
  • MIT Sloan publishes inaugural Official DEI Report​ (2018)
  • Senate Student Advocacy Letter for Senior Associate Dean for DEI​ published (2019)​
  • MIT Sloan appoints Associate Deans for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Innovation & Inclusion (2020)
  • Diversity & Inclusion Task Force Report Published (2020)
  • MIT Sloan Student Affinity Group Council created (2020)​
  • Interactive Business Inclusion Solutions (IBIS) report published (2020)
  • DEI-focused coursework introduced to program curricula (2020)
  • Student affinity groups drafted and submitted letter of concern to MIT Sloan Office of the Dean (2021)

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• Getting the Rest of the Band Together

  • MIT hires Malia Lazu, Lecturer, TIES Group (2020)
  • MIT Sloan appoints Associate Deans for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Innovation & Inclusion (2020)
  • MIT Sloan convenes Diversity & Inclusion Task Force (2021)
  • Assistant Dean, DEI, hired (2021) 
  • Associate Director, DEI, Career Development Office (CDO), hired (2021) 
  • Associate Director, DEI, Admissions, hired (2021)
  • Senior Associate Director, Culture & Belonging, hired (2021)
  • Senior Administrative Assistant hired (2021) 
  • Data Research Analyst, DEI hired (2021) 
  • Assistant Director, DEI Communications, Office of Communications, hired (2022) 
  • Assistant Director, DEI hired (2022)

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• Ideas + Action = Impact

  
  
  • Developed and launched Open+Inclusive (2020-21) 
  • Inaugurated StudioTime to support operating areas’ DEI goals development (2021)
  • Discussions and Dilemmas launched (2021)
  • Redesigned courses to include DEI concepts and tools (2021)
  
  
  • In partnership with MIT Sloan’s Career Development Office (CDO), developed “Writing the Code: Telling Our Stories” speaker and event series (Fall 2021)
  • DEI Forum (student/staff engagement meetings) reconvened (2021) 
  • Hosted the Office of DEI Fall Social for students, faculty, and staff (Fall 2021)
  • In partnership with MIT Sloan’s Student Life Office, hosted a Fall Social for students (Fall 2021)
  • Hosted Office of DEI Holiday Cookie Giveaway (Winter 2021)
  • Hosted Office of DEI Holiday Gathering (Winter 2021)
  • Launched RealTalk at MIT Sloan (2022)
  • Developed and launched DEI Goals Portal (2022)

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