FairAdmissions@MIT launches campaign to compel MIT to abide by federal civil rights law

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Jan. 10, 2024 - PRLog -- Cambridge (MA) - FairAdmissions@MIT, in conjunction with outside counsel, is preparing litigation to compel the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to stop violating Title IX's prohibition of sex discrimination and start abiding by federal civil rights laws as well as its own published nondiscrimination policies.

More than two decades of admissions data show that female undergraduate applicants to MIT are admitted at twice the rate as male applicants. Even though year after year twice as many males apply as females, every entering MIT class ends up artificially gender balanced. In violation of Title IX, MIT appears to treat applicants differently based on sex, illegally discriminating against men to achieve contrived gender parity.

In addition, once students arrive on campus, MIT continues to illegally discriminate on the basis of sex by offering dozens of single-sex, female-only campus programs, scholarships, fellowships, prizes, funds, workshops, initiatives, mentorships, certificates, and awards. Eight federal civil rights complaints have been filed against MIT for nearly 40 of those discriminatory single-sex female-only programs, all of which facially violate Title IX. These complaints are currently under review at the Boston Office for Civil Rights.

Sex discrimination at MIT is widespread and systemic, notwithstanding MIT's legal obligation as a recipient of federal funds to comply with Title IX. FairAdmission@MIT's legal action is intended to compel MIT to follow Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 that clearly "prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance."

"The first phase of our program is identifying male college students or recent graduates who had top SAT/ACT scores, great GPAs, strong recommendations, and substantial extra-curricular activities yet got rejected by MIT," explained Mark J. Perry, President of FairAdmissions@MIT. "Our litigation strategy will mirror the successful efforts used by Students for Fair Admissions to end racial discrimination in college admissions. We intend to do the same for sex discrimination at MIT."

Male undergraduate applicants with stellar records who were rejected by MIT are urged to visit https://fairadmissionsmit.org/ to confidentially share their stories.

About FairAdmissions@MIT

FairAdmissions@MIT is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit 501(c)(3), single-issue advocacy group. We advocate that MIT's admissions policy should be sex-blind and based on individual merit, objectively accepting the most academically qualified individuals rather than socially engineering an artificially constructed entering class that can only be achieved by discriminating against male applicants. We have engaged outside counsel and are fully financed to take our case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.