February 21, 2003

MIT and Princeton Open 2 Summer Programs to Students of All Races

By PETER SCHMIDT and JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University have decided to ditch admissions policies for summer programs that accepted only minority students -- MIT in response to a federal investigation and Princeton fearing one.

At MIT, officials decided last month to open two summer programs to applicants of all racial and ethnic backgrounds in response to a discrimination complaint being investigated by the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, officials

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