February 16, 2007

As MIT Studies Bias Against Minority Professors, One Begins a Hunger Strike

By SIERRA MILLMAN

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 over the denial of his bid for tenure.

James L. Sherley, an associate professor of biological engineering, began a planned fast last week with a vigil lasting several hours outside the offices of MIT's president and provost on the first day of its spring semester.

Mr.

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