The Institute-wide Planning Task Force has released its preliminary report, which includes:

• An overview of MIT’s approach to the recent economic downturn.
• A full accounting of the 200+ ideas conceived of by the Task Force.
• A set of recommendations for moving forward and acting on the ideas.

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Users may comment on each section of the following report by scrolling to the bottom of each section and clicking the "Add new comment" link. You may also submit anonymous comments by logging out and using the Share anonymous feedback on the report form. Although the Task Force is unable to respond to individual comments, all submissions will be reviewed in advance of preparing their final report.

Looking forward:

While some of the Task Force’s ideas are sufficiently developed and will be implemented early this fall, others will take months or years to evaluate and require extensive consultation with the many faculty, student, and staff committees that are the foundation of the Institute’s culture of shared governance.

Recognizing that the work to sculpt a stronger MIT will require collective wisdom and collaborative action, we encourage you to share your feedback on the report via the updated Idea Bank. The Task Force will accept feedback through the early fall, and later deliver a final report, which we will also post. As always, the Institute-wide Planning website will provide news and regular updates.

Please frame your comments in ways that reflect our community standards of integrity and mutual respect. Posts may be edited if they do not reflect MIT's community standards of integrity.

Following a period of community feedback early this fall, a final report will be released on this website.

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